The Salt Shaker

This was the home of Mary J. and William H. Osbourne.  As noted earlier, Mary was the mother of Margaret Fitzgerald Joyce and the grandmother of Norma Joyce Trant.  William worked as a foreman for Ahrens & Ott Manufacturing which was one of the companies that became American Standard Plumbing.

This was the home of Helen Nalley and her husband.  Helen was the daughter of Mary and William Osbourne.  Mary died here on August 6, 1933.

Margaret "Maggie" and John Wente lived in this house.  Maggie was the sister of Mary Osbourne and the aunt of Margaret Fitzgerald Joyce.  She visited the Trants in Syracuse into the 1940’s.  She died in Louisville on April 9, 1951.

A third sister, Johanna Myron Sheridan, also moved to Louisville at some time before 1930.

All three of these homes are within a two block section of Southern Parkway in Louisville, KY.  This is one side of the parkway.  On the left you can just see the main street and further to the left is another "lane" for the houses on the other side.

Calvary Cemetery, Louisville – final resting place of the Kentucky branch of the family

Mary J. Myron was married to Patrick Fitzgerald.  They had three children:  Peter, Margaret, and Patrick.  Margaret Fitzgerald was married to Patrick Joyce and was Norma’s mother.

As far as we know, Patrick Fitzgerald died before 1887.  His widow, Mary, married William H. Osborne (also spelled Osbourne and later Osborn).  They had a daughter Helen, born in New York.  Sometime around 1890-1891, they moved to Louisville where they had a son, William Henry Osborne, Jr.  Mary J. Myron Fitzgerald Osborne died on August 6, 1933 of a cerebral hemorrhage.