#mar. 16

Mrs. Thomas McKessy, of Limerick, Ireland, upon her arrival in New York on the SS Aurania, March 16, 1926. She was joining her husband, who had come over the previous September, with 10 of her 21 children. Pictured (L-R) are Johanna, John, Dennis, Lizzie, Katherine, Bridget, Eugene, Donald, Ita, and Mrs. McKessy, holding Cecilia the youngest in her arms. Of her 21 children, 4 were already in New York, 10 had just arrived, 5 had died and two were married and living in Ireland.

A peep at a class during Sunday School at the Village Juvenile Asylum, March 16, 1938. The boy fourth from the left is reading the prayer. His fellow students bow their heads reverently over clasped hands.