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MICHAEL PATRICK KEARNS was born 1893 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County,  Ohio. He was the son of James and Catherine Donahue Kearns. His parents lived and died in Springfield, Ohio.

He married MARGARET CECILIA GARRITY June 19, 1919, daughter of Peter GARRITY and BRIDGET GRIFFIN.

Michael KEARNS was transferred by his employer, New York Central Railroad, from Springfield to Cincinnati sometime after 1920. Michael Patrick Kearns died June 09, 1927 in a hospital in Hamilton County, Ohio.

His death certificate listed his occupation as an accountant for the Big 4 Railroad and his residence as 12 Cortelyou Place.  After he died in 1927, his widow and children moved back to Springfield, Ohio and their grandmother Bridget Griffin Garrity lived with them until she died in 1930.

He and his wife were buried in Calvary Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. (Calvary Cemetery is located at Westside of Possum Road, south of Leffels Lane; W 1/2 S14 T5 R9.) There are numerous family members buried at Calvary Cemetery. 

 

He and his wife were buried in Calvary Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. (Calvary Cemetery is located at Westside of Possum Road, south of Leffels Lane; W 1/2 S14 T5 R9.) There are numerous family members buried at Calvary Cemetery. 

 

 

 

Obituary - Springfield Daily News, Thursday, June 9, 1927, page 9

MICHAEL P. KEARNS
    Michael P. Kearns, 34, former resident of Springfield, died at 7:30 a.m. Thursday at a hospital in Cincinnati. he had been ill for about 10 days. The body will be brought to Springfield to the home of Mrs. Kearns' mother, Mrs. Peter Garrity, 833 Center Street. Funeral Services will be held Saturday morning at the St. Joseph Church and burial will be at Calvary cemetery.
    Mr. Kearns, a graduate of the St. Joseph High School with the class of 1911, had been employed by the Big Four railroad for a number of years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Kearns; four children, Catherine, Frances, Mary and Thomas; and two brothers, the Rev. Thomas L. Kearns of Lebanon and John Kearns of Springfield.
 

Michael Patrick KEARNS - 34 years

 

Children of MICHAEL KEARNS and MARGARET GARRITY were:

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Pictured above: Margaret Cecilia (GARRITY) KEARNS holding Catherine, George Malowney Sr. and his wife Catherine Marie KEARNS (individually in 1940), together in 1958, Kitty about 1980.

1. CATHERINE MARIE "Kitty" KEARNS (picture on left), born July 16,  1920, Springfield, Ohio, died April 12, 2000 in Tampa, Florida. She married. GEORGE RAPHAEL MALOWNEY, April 23, 1940, Hillsboro, Ohio. They were married by Catherine's uncle, Father Thomas Leo KEARNS. She was buried next to George in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Tampa, Florida.

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Catherine KEARNS was named for her paternal grandmother, Catherine (DONAHUE) KEARNS who died in June 1919, two weeks after Kitty's parents returned from their honeymoon.



2.  MARGARET "PEGGY" KEARNS b. May 5, 192? in Norwood, Ohio (near Cincinnati). She died December 1998.  Peggy married WILLIAM COTTER, d. 1993, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. They had two sons and grandchildren. She was buried at St. Bernards's cemetery.

3. FRANK KEARNS, b. Ohio d. November 1990. He moved to Chicago were he lived most of his life. He worked in photography. He later retired to Springfield, Ohio, living a few blocks from his sister Peggy.



4. THOMAS L. KEARNS, b. 21 Sep 1925; d. 3 Oct 1965, Columbus, Ohio. Thomas married Ruth maiden-name-unknown in Columbus and adopted her children from a prior marriage.


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Cincinnati had long wanted to consolidate railroad services in a union station.  Seven railroads used five separate passenger terminals.  Finally, the man who would get the railroads and civic government together, appeared in Cincinnati.  He was George Dent Crabbs, a well respected businessman and civic leader.  A plan to consolidate services and provide a magnificent gateway for the Queen City of the Ohio was begun.  The seven railroads in 1933 were: Baltimore & Ohio, New York Central (Big Four), Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Southern, and Louisville & Nashville.