General Notes

JAMES CONNOR bapt. 1st Sept. 1861
sp: Patrick Hughes and Judith Corrigan.

On the  Douglas County Census. 1900, It states his birth date is Sept. 1861.  It also stated that he became a citizen in 1881, which is different from his notes below.

James was an executive at the Union Pacific RR.  He was the General Supertendant of Motive Power.  He retired from the UP in Sept. 1934.
James dictated a wonderful biography about his family and ancestors, written in 1942.  I know many family members, including myself, ended up with a copy.  It was dictated to his daughter Eleanor, who was a secretary and typist.
It showed his name on the letter as James M. Connor.  I have noticed that many records has his name James Hoey Connor.   In this letter, he mentions that he saw his birth record while visiting in Ireland.  I'm assuming that it showed "M".  Also, knowing how the Catholic Irish named their children, rarely was any word other than a Christian name, used.
His dictation was  filled with many facts and exact locations of where they lived in Ireland.  I only can wish that all my great grandparents could have done the same as Jim Connor did.
As near as James could remember, he left Liverpool about October 8, 1882 and arrived in Castle Garden on October 22, 1882 with his sister ,Rose Connor.
According to Margaret Fangman, James came to US at abouth age 24.

In 1889 he lived at 2924 Indiana
In 1920and 1930  they lived at 2604 Bristol

James Connor stated in his bio that 4 Hoeys emegrated to North America, then to sacramento in 1867.  Though some of his recolection was inacrurate, it is what we have to go on.
he went on to say Peter Hoey was unmarried. he refered to who they called "madam" married in sacramento, and left him.
Sisier Married O'Corroll, feft him. Was this sister the sames as the madam?
One Hoey left in 1896 and  he was a fireman. he was 60 years old