- Elizabeth Carroll ( nee:Sharkey) (65 KB)
This is my great grandmother Elizabeth Sharkey she married John Carroll in 1894 at St. Patricks, Dundalk, Louth , Ireland. She died in May 1898 before my grandfather turned four years old. - Sharkey House, Dundalk, Ireland (94 KB)
This is the Sharkey house on Hill St.,Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. Photo taken from a postcard showing the boyhood home of boxer Tom Sharkey. (it is also the birthplace of my grandfather and his mother) .Taken circa 1900 - Peter Mertlich (53 KB)
Wedding picture 1900 - Joe Sharkey, his Uncle Jack and a Unknown (120 KB)
The boy is my grandfather Joseph James Sharkey b.1894(aka; Patrick Joseph Carroll)with his Uncle Jack (John Charles Sharkey b.1880) the man seated in a chair is a unknown. It may be my grandfathers father John Carroll. - Holsten's Market (36 KB)
Holsten's Market, North Sea Rd., Southampton, New York. Owned an operated by Klaus and Elly Holsten. - Meta Mertlich (nee: Michaelsen) (79 KB)
Wedding picture 1900. - Sharkey Group Photo Circa 1904 (103 KB)
The boy is my grandfather Joseph James Sharkey b.1894 (aka Patrick Joseph Carroll)The man seated is his Uncle Tom Sharkey (the boxer),Toms Wife Kate, and Tom's brother Jack (John Charles Sharkey). - My great grandfather Klaus Holsten (24 KB)
This is Klaus Holsten (born between 1870 and 1885)he is the father of my grandfather who is also named Klaus. Seen wearing World War 1 German uniform. - Peter and Meta Mertlich (52 KB)
Omi & Opa in Southampton, New York - Joseph James Sharkey b.1894 as a Child (95 KB)
Joseph James Sharkey b.1894( aka: Patrick Joseph Carroll). Photo taken in Dundalk, Ireland. - Adelheid and Hermann Michaelsen of Kutenholz (36 KB)
My great great grandparents Hermann Michaelsen born 1852 and his wife Adelheid Viebrock born 1856. - Mertlich Family in Bremen (28 KB)
Meta and Peter with their daughters Rosa, Wilma and Elly (left to right) taken about 1917 (WW1) - Blackrock Grave (96 KB)
Margaret Sharkey(nee Kelly) with her grandaughter Lillie Lappin standing at he grave of Margarets husband and her daughter Elizabeth. The grave is at the Old Blackrock Cemetery, Golf Links Rd. Dundalk , Ireland. The Tombstone reads: “In your charity pray for the souls of James Sharkey, Dundalk who died March 10, 1906, aged 83 years, and his daughter Elizabeth Carroll, who died May 3,1898, age 27 years” This is the grave of my great-grandmother and 2nd great-grandfather. - Tom Sharkey with his Father (139 KB)
This is a photo of Tom Sharkey with his father, James Sharkey (my great-great-grandfather) of Dundalk Ireland. James was a signalman on the Great Northern Railroad - Tom Sharkey's Saloon (70 KB)
Tom Sharkey's Saloon 144 East 14th St. New York. Tom (center)with a bunch of sailors. Very tall man with a bowler hat is believed to be Pat Dillon. - Margaret Sharkey(nee: O'Shea) (22 KB)
My grandmother's wedding photo 1920. - Sharkey Family Photo (circa 1935) (64 KB)
From left to right in the back row is my grandfather Joe Sharkey, my grandmother Margaret Sharkey, Joe's Uncle Tom Sharkey (the Boxer) and Tom's brother Jack (John Charles Sharkey). Front row is John Sharkey, Charles Sharkey( my father)and Joe Sharkey (Jr.)Photo taken at 155 Butler St. Westbury, NY - 235 (696 KB)
235 - Mertlich's Guest House (40 KB)
Mertlich's Guest House, 1287 North Sea Rd, Southampton, New York. Photo taken in 1932 - Joe Sharkey and Kathleen Dillon (83 KB)
This is Joe Sharkey(aka Patrick Joseph Carroll) andhis cousin Kathleen "Tootsie" Dillon on the roof of Tom Sharkey's bar across from Tammany Hall (seen in background)at 14th St, New York. Photo taken about 1910 - 2352 (37 KB)
2352 - Merlich's Restaurant and Gas Station (18 KB)
Merlich's Restaurant and Gas Station, North Sea Rd., Southampton, New York. Jan 1934 - "Sailor"Tom SharkeyBoxing Photo (27 KB)
This is a autographed photo of Uncle Tom that hung in my grandfathers home. - Is this John Carroll? (64 KB)
This looks like the same person in the photo of Joe Sharkey and Jack Sharkey I have posted. The photo came from a loose page of a scrapbook that belonged to either my grandfather or Uncle Tom - Unknown Mertlich? (114 KB)
This is a unknown person. Photo is taken in Bad Neuenahr, Rheinland. Peter Mertlich b.1873 lived in Bad Neuenahr at one time. This may be a Mertlich or his stepfather, Jacobus Machwirth? - Luke Sharkey (60 KB)
With the aid of relatives in Dundalk it is belived that this formerly unknown picture is a photo of Tom's brother Luke. Conflicting information staes he died at age sixteen? - Elly and Erichon the Rhine (16 KB)
Elly and her brother Erich Mertlich on the Rhine by Loreli 1928 during a return trip to Germany. - Klaus HolstenGerman Passport (54 KB)
This is my grandfather Klaus Holsten b. Dec 2, 1905. Photo taken in 1926. - HolstenGastwirtschaft, in Byhüsen, Germany (85 KB)
This is a family photo of the Holsten family probably taken in the 1930's or 40's in Byhusen by the family business . The man seated in the center (with flower) is belived to be my great grandfather Claus Holsten. My grand Uncle Johann Holsten is the man on the far right as you look at the photo. Any help identifying others would be appreciated.
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