Family Research
The Rush Family
RUSH FAMILY LINE - REVISED
Great Great Granddad Denis Rush married Rose Connolly (Co Monaghan) they had the following children:
Francis (Frank) – 1860 - Catherine? – John?
Great Grandfather Frank – Baptism Line
1883- Great Granddad Frank Rush married Catherine Green and they had the following children:
Denis – 1883 / Francis Henry* – 1886 / Jane – 1888 (Quigley) / Rose Ann – 1892 (Curry) / Mary – 1895 (Quinn) / Catherine – 1897 (Hall) Known addresses: 19 SULTAN STREET / 11 MILAN STREET / 1 LOWER URNEY STREET / MILLFIELD STREET
Great Granddad Frank died in 1897 and in 1898 - Great Grandmother Catherine got married again to Robert Hunt, they had one child:
Margaret – 1899 Robert Hunt was killed by Black & Tans outside St Peters Cathedral. Known addresses: 10 ASHMORE STREET / CLONTIBRET CO MONAGHAN
Great Uncle Frank – Baptism Line
1903 - Granddad Denis Rush married Catherine Evans they had one child: Francis (Francie) – 1908 Catherine Evans died in 1919 - Granddad got married again to Margaret McGuigan, they had the following children: Denis, Joe, Kathleen (Steritt), Jim, Bernie (McGinn). Known addresses: 2 / 4 ROSS STREET Known OccupationsFrancis (Frank) Rush – Jaunting Car / Taxi Driver - imported first Black Hack into Belfast (London Style Cab) 1906 Robert Hunt – Taxi Driver Denis Rush – Livery Keeper / Car for hire / Taxi Driver Francis Henry Rush** – Agricultural Labourer, immigrates to Canada – 1921 Cereal Farmer Jane Rush (Quigley) - Jane worked as a maid in Witsides house on the Scarva Road Clones. Rose Anne Rush (Curry) – Flax Spinner. Mary Rush (Quinn) - Flax Spinner. Catherine Rush (Hall) - Flax Spinner. Francis (Francie) Rush – Taxi Driver / 1956/64 Driver for O’Kanes Funeral Directors. Margaret McGuigan (Rush) – 1944/47 Funeral Agent for O’Kanes Funeral Directors. Denis Rush – Brass Finisher / Baker / Roller Driver / Road Foreman for John McQuillan Joseph (Joe) Rush – uncle Joe worked as a taxi driver then Stanley Motor works Great Victoria Street as petrol pump attendant then Andrews Four Mill. Bernie Rush (McGinn) – Aunt Bernie worked in Ross’s mill when she was brought home from Clones aged fourteen. Jim Rush - immigrates to New York USA – Boiler man / Janitor
The Canadian Connection
Great Uncle Francis (Frank) Henry Rush married Elizabeth Katherine Healy (Belfast). They immigrated to Canada 1920 and had the following Children: Francis John who died in 1949, Maureen died early 1930s, Dr Teresa died in 1979; Dr. Desmond died in 1973. Frank died in 1944 while they lived in Spirtwood. Kathleen died aged 93 in 1983 in White Rock B.C. Francis John who died in 1949 at the age of 27 was a veteran of World War Two and was awarded the DFC & Bar, he was a pilot with 502 (Ulster) Squadron flying out of Aldergrove.
RUSH, F/L Francis John (J23331) Distinguished Flying Cross - No.502 Squadron Flight Lieutenant Rush and Pilot Officer Lucy as pilot and navigator-bomb aimer respectively have participated in very many operational missions. Within recent months they have completed several attacks on enemy shipping and the good results obtained are an excellent testimony to their skill and co-operation. One night in November 1944 they successfully attacked one of four enemy vessels. Some nights later they attacked another medium sized merchantman and obtained hits that caused much smoke to pour from various parts of the vessel. Flight Lieutenant Rush and Pilot Officer Lucy have at all times displayed exceptional keenness and devotion to duty.
RUSH, F/L Francis John, DFC (J23331) Distinguished Flying Cross - No.502 Squadron As pilot and navigator respectively, Flight Lieutenant Rush and Flying Officer Lucy have displayed the highest standard of skill and determination in attacks on enemy shipping. One night in February 1945 they successfully attacked a large merchantman sailing in convoy. In spite of fierce anti-aircraft fire from a number of enemy ships a perfect bombing run was executed. Several hits were obtained on the target, which soon became enveloped in flames. This officer displayed great skill and courage and set a splendid example throughout.
The Greater Falls Area During Belfast’s ‘golden age’ of radical politics and cross-community harmony in the period 1775-1800, the Catholic population numbered a mere 1,700 out of the town’s 18,000 citizens and, as the historian George Benn put it, they were ‘socially of no account; - confined to manual workers and a few tradesmen and publicans. But the industrial development of the town in the wake of the Great Famine of the 1840’s saw a massive influx of Catholics from rural Ulster and the west of Ireland, seeking work in the mills which clung to the scrap of the Black Mountain and Divis. By 1866 Catholics formed at third of the city’s population of 140,000 and were concentrated in a few districts in what had become a religiously segregated town. Sectarian and political tensions exploded into conflict as the century progressed and there were serious riots in 1857, 1864, 1872, 1886 and into the twentieth century. The Riot Commissioners appointed to investigate the origins of the 1857 riots discovered the existence of two adjoining working-class districts: the ‘Pound’ which was exclusively Catholic, and the Protestant stronghold of Sandy Row. The commissioners’ report gave the boundaries of the ‘Pound’ as Durham Street, Barrack Street, Divis Street, the Falls Road and Albert Street. Elsewhere the distribution of Catholics was very uneven. The overwhelmingly Catholic regions were the Falls Road (which ended at Sevastopol Street), Cromac Street and the town centre, comprising Smithfield, Millfield and Hercules Street (now Royal Avenue). In the rest of the town Catholics were a small and widely dispersed minority. Dr Eamon Phoneix
PHOTOS Below are photos of Peter Rush and his family
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