The Hickey Family Archive
A family story in the records.
Follow the Hickey family from Ireland through Massachusetts and Nebraska, using the records that survived.
The journey so far
The line becomes clearer as it crosses the Atlantic. Its Irish beginning is still being tested.
- TipperaryA promising, unproved origin
- WebsterThe first documented American home
- NebraskaA growing family on the plains
- CaliforniaLater generations, kept private when living
Latest finding
A family account meets the civil register.
A newly located family history, drawing on notes attributed to John Hickey's daughters Margaret and Alice, identifies Denis as the oldest of seven named children. All seven names also appear in John's Nebraska sibling list, which includes an additional unnamed infant.
Two original Tipperary civil records now confirm Denis's father Edmond Hickey, his marriage to Mary Whelan, and their son Edmond. They validate the household behind the account, but they do not yet prove that Denis and John were brothers.
Read the evidence and the remaining gapStart with a person, a place, or a record.
The archive is arranged for reading. Research notes and source details are there when you want to look closer.
A public archive with a private edge
Living relatives are intentionally unnamed. The published story stops where family history meets present-day privacy.