FAMILY ON THE MOVE

CASADEMONT, CONLON & FARRELL VISIT BROTHERWOOD WINERY

Doing research on paternal grandmother’s (Farrell) family for a possible article. Herewith some findings.

http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/search/ship_passengers.asp?
letter=p&half=1 name=Parima&year=1919&sdate=08/28/1919 Port=Barbados,*West*Indies&page=1

Leocadie ( Baba) Farrell Casademont, age 31, traveling on the freighter PARIMA from Barbados, ( making stops throughout the West Indies) arrives Ellis Island, NY with the 3 eldest, Henry Jr, (4 yr 10 months) John (10 months) and Leocadie (1 yr 11 months). The latter must be Tati, Aunt Leonor. (Perhaps she preferred Leonor to Leocadie to differentiate her from her mother) Another discrepancy: Uncle John’s birth certificate (have a copy from a business trip there, 1989) reads Born: June 9th 1919, Waverly, Christchurch, Barbados (if you’d like a copy)…the attached records his age on August 28 1919 at 10 months. Maybe Aunt Cristina in Brasil or Uncle John (90 years, June 9th 2009) would like to shed light on this maybe with help from Marie Ines.
Birthday wishes: John Casademont 27 Charter Street Apt. 809, Salem Mass 01970. Tele: 978-745-3010.

http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM06701.html

SERIES III Correspondence, 1926-1939…our grandfather Henry was presumably supplying cork to Brotherhood Winery as our grandmother’s cousin (or half brother) relative Louis Farrell Sr and Jr, owned Brotherhood Winery from 1921 until 1987 (founded 1822)oldest in USA in continuous production.

I visited BW in 1976, unaware that a branch of Baba’s family were owners. Coincidentally I had not heard of it until I went with Gina Kelly, who attended Cornell from where these records are taken. A note: during prohibition ( 1919, Uncle John’s birth year) when it was illegal to produce alchohol, Brotherwood survived by producing sacramental wine for Holy Communion in celebrating the Holy Eucharist.

Series III Correspondence 1935-1940 between the cousins: Louis Farrell, and (Joe Sr ) Margaret ( Farrell) Conlon, our grandmothers sister and mother of Marie ( Farrell) Gregory, and Joe Conlon Jr . Both Joe Senior and Junior were lawyers, and probably doing legal work for the family.