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Kitty (Power) Kirwan

Catherine Mary (Power) Kirwan of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California United States was born on February 14 in Galway Ireland. Catherine was baptized in Ireland. She was in a relationship with Pierce "The Duke" Kirwan, and has children Mary Kirwan Mundie, Nicholas Pierce Kirwan, and Edward James Kirwan. Catherine Kirwan died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States, and was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery Overland Gate 11298 Playa St, in Culver City, Los Angeles County, California 90230, United States.

Catherine Mary (Power) Kirwan

Kitty, Kitty Kirwan

Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California United States

February 14

Galway, Ireland

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

"Kitty" was from Ireland in South West Ireland, in the UK.
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"Kitty" Kirwan was born in Ireland, and "sent" to San Francisco, CA USA to locate her brother, who had already emigrated there. She met, and married Pierce Edward Kirwan there, who had also emigrated from Ireland. She located her brother but did not return home, as planned by her family. Pierce and "Kitty" established a home on Russian Hill, and a bar in South of Market. Both were destroyed in the Great Quake of 1906, and the family was forced to live with Pierce's brother and his wife.
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Kitty was a baptized and faithful Catholic all of her life.
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Kitty was a homemaker and raised her three children in San Francisco, Long Beach and Central Los Angeles. her last residence was her eldest son's Nicholas, in Beverly Hills.
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Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States
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Holy Cross Cemetery Overland Gate 11298 Playa St, in Culver City, Los Angeles County, California 90230, United States
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CM Standley

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04/18/2024

April 18, 1906 Kitty survives The Great Quake

My Great Grandmother survived The Great Quake and Fire in 1906. It is the 118th Anniversary today. With her husband, Pierce, and two small children Nick( 3) and Mary(6), the Kirwan Family lost their South of Market business to the quake, and then their home to the dynamite lines, created to stop The Great Fire. Unfortunately, the fire was not stopped. The family was given 15 minutes in their beautiful home before evacuating it and moving to a tent in Golden Gate Park.

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Daniel Pinna

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04/18/2024

My gosh what a story....fantastic that you have this information so many years later. Thank you for sharing.

Family has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area now for 4 generations. We put together a blog about the great earthquake at The San Francisco Earthquake - April 18, 1906.

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Kitty (Power) Kirwan aka Catherine Kirwan

CM Standley

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04/18/2024

Kitty (Power) Kirwan aka Catherine Kirwan

Taken about 1900 in SanFrancisco, CA - the portrait was taken from their home the morning of April 18, 1906 after the home survived The Great Quake. The home was then dynamited by SF Fire Department in a attempt to stop the Ham and Eggs Fire that devoured San Francisco. It is one of three portraits, which also included one of Mary Kirwan( age 6) and her father, Kitty’s husband, Pierce “ The Duke” Kirwan. The family owned and operated a successful bar in the South of Market District, at 4th and Brannan Streets.

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Kitty (Power) Kirwan born Feb 14

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Pierce "The Duke" Kirwan