Searching for anyone researching the following Fay line.

1 Patrick Fay (1807 - 1873)
+ Ellen Henehan (1813 - 1888)

Patrick and Ellen were both born in Ireland.
Of the descendents listed below, Walter was born in New Foundland - remaining Fays listed below were born in Somerville, Cambridge or Charlestown MA.

Descendents:
...... 2 Walter Fay (1832 - 1904)
...... + Elizabeth McGinn (1837 - 1909)
............ 3 Anna Fay (1856 - 1900)
............ + Arthur Graham (1855 - ?)
............ 3 Ellen J Fay (1858 - 1863)
............ 3 Elizabeth Fay (1861 - ?)
............ + Charles T. McGrath (1859 - ?)
............ 3 John F Fay (1864 - 1898)
............ 3 Francis H Fay (1867 - 1909)
............ 3 Agnes V. Fay (1870 - ?)
............ + Francis Bowen (? - ?)
...... 2 James W Fay (1835 - 1876)
...... 2 Jane Louisa Fay (1836 - 1885)
...... + Patrick O'Brien (1834 - ?)
...... 2 Mary Fay (1840 - ?)
...... 2 John Fay (1843 - 1923)
...... + Catherine J Kiley (1848 - 1914)
............ 3 Eleanor M Fay (1868 - ?)
............ + Edward B Kelly (1864 - ?)
............ 3 John Frederick Fay (1870 - ?)
............ + Delia Theresa Sullivan (? - ?)
............ 3 Joseph H Fay (1872 - ?)
............ + Margaret E Meaney (1872 - ?)
............ 3 James Louis Fay (1878 - 1956)
............ + Margaret Elizabeth Barton (1881 - 1963)

Searching for anyone researching the following Fay line.

1 Patrick Fay (1807 - 1873)
+ Ellen Henehan (1813 - 1888)

Patrick and Ellen were both born in Ireland.
Of the descendents listed below, Walter was born in New Foundland - remaining Fays listed below were born in Somerville, Cambridge or Charlestown MA.

Descendents:
...... 2 Walter Fay (1832 - 1904)
...... + Elizabeth McGinn (1837 - 1909)
............ 3 Anna Fay (1856 - 1900)
............ + Arthur Graham (1855 - ?)
............ 3 Ellen J Fay (1858 - 1863)
............ 3 Elizabeth Fay (1861 - ?)
............ + Charles T. McGrath (1859 - ?)
............ 3 John F Fay (1864 - 1898)
............ 3 Francis H Fay (1867 - 1909)
............ 3 Agnes V. Fay (1870 - ?)
............ + Francis Bowen (? - ?)
...... 2 James W Fay (1835 - 1876)
...... 2 Jane Louisa Fay (1836 - 1885)
...... + Patrick O'Brien (1834 - ?)
...... 2 Mary Fay (1840 - ?)
...... 2 John Fay (1843 - 1923)
...... + Catherine J Kiley (1848 - 1914)
............ 3 Eleanor M Fay (1868 - ?)
............ + Edward B Kelly (1864 - ?)
............ 3 John Frederick Fay (1870 - ?)
............ + Delia Theresa Sullivan (? - ?)
............ 3 Joseph H Fay (1872 - ?)
............ + Margaret E Meaney (1872 - ?)
............ 3 James Louis Fay (1878 - 1956)
............ + Margaret Elizabeth Barton (1881 - 1963)
............ 3 Timothy Fay (1880 - 1880)
............ 3 Marion F Fay (1881 - 1946)
............ + Bennett
............ 3 Warren G Fay (1884 - ?)
............ + Ella
............ 3 Arthur Harold Fay (1887 - ?)
............ + Mary J Fitzgerald
............ 3 Catharine Fay (1875 - 1877)
...... 2 Michael Fay (1844 - 1900)
...... + Rosanna Gallagher (1847 - 1885)
............ 3 Edward Francis Fay (1865 - ?)
............ 3 Walter Fay (1869 - ?)
............ 3 Mary E Fay (1875 - 1876)
............ 3 Jennie Fay (1872 - ?)
............ 3 Ellen Fay (1867 - 1869)
............ 3 James William Fay (1877 - ?)
............ + Ellen Veronica Leahy (? - 1909)
............ 3 Loretta Fay (1882 - 1890)
............ 3 Thomas Fay (1885 - 1885)
...... 2 Ellen Fay (1849 - ?)
...... 2 Anna L Fay (1851 - ?)
...... + Edward Gallagher (? - 1898)
............ 3 Mary Gallagher (1878 - ?)
............ 3 Edward F Gallagher (1883 - ?)
...... 2 Francis H Fay (1854 - ?)
...... + Annie M Hughes (1854 - 1910)
............ 3 Louisa Gertrude Fay (1878 - ?)
............ + Frederic Bradley Hunneman (1881 - ?)
............ 3 James Bernard Fay (1880 - ?)
............ + Jessie Jennette Gillies (1884 - ?)
............ 3 Emma Fay (1881 - ?)
............ 3 Ellen Fay (1882 - ?)
............ 3 Francis Henry Fay (1886 - 1929)
............ + Mary Agnes Lombard
............ 3 Herbert John Fay (1890 - 1891)
............ 3 Annie Fay (1883 - 1884)
............ 3 Alice Fay (1885 - 1887)
............ 3 Mary Fay (1883 - ?)

Louis James Fay was my grandfather, and Margaret Elizabeth Barton was my grandmother. I'm excited! I have some of Louis's original sheet music, and I can provide additional information concerning his progeny. Louis's youngest son was my father, Joseph Willard Fay, Sr. My name is Joseph Willard Fay Jr. I am interested in any further details of my grandmother Elizabeth (as she preferred to be called), and Grandfather Louis James. He only saw me once, shortly after I was born in 1945, so I never got to talk to him. I am grateful for this information, and will provide what fill-in I can. I have one question for you: I have a different birth date for Margaret Elizabeth Barton, and I have good reason to believe that her birth year was 1880, rather than 1881. She lived with us for a while when I was a child, and showed me a Canadian dime with 1880 on it, which she claimed was given to her by someone as a keep sake of her birth year. As far as I know, she was born in Bathurst, NB, in 1880.

I'm so happy you replied. Louis' uncle Walter was my g-g-g grandfather. The information I have for Louis (who in some records I found as James Louis and in other records I found as Louis James) and Elizabeth (I'll refer to her as she preferred) come from a marriage record I found on the NEGHS website. If you check out their vital records you can find the marriage record under Vol. 513 Page 571. I'd attach a copy but when you download them you can't get a close up enough look without the image becoming blurry.

Anyway, here is the information about Elizabeth from that record. First off they were married on 02/16/1901 in Somerville MA. Elizabeth is listed as age 20 - which is where I came up with an approx. date of 1881 but seeing that they got married early in the year it is more likely that she was born in 1880. She is listed as having been born in Bathurst NB and her parents are listed as Cyril Barton and Phoebe Cummings.

For Louis I've not yet located his birth record but per the marriage record and some census records I've been able to tie him to his parents John Fay and Catherine Kiley who are in my tree. John was a brother of Walter Fay who as I mentioned above was my g-g-g grandfather.

From some pre 1915 birth records on NEGHS and the 1910 census on Ancestry I've been able to note the following children of Louis and Elizabeth.
Kathaleen Fay 7/27/1901
Arthur Louis Fay 11/08/1902
Herbert Fay 2/14/1905 - 5/15/1906
Eileen Marie Fay 7/17/1907
Richard Warren Fay 10/21/1909
Earl Fay 8/20/1911
Marion Elizabeth Fay 03/7/1914

The state of MA has only release birth records through 1915 so if there are other younger children I haven't been able to source them - I'm also having a hard time finding the 1920 census record for this family.

However in the 1930 census I was able to find an Elizabeth M Fay (widowed) with Arthur, Earl, Marion and Joseph W living in Boston MA. This Joseph W must be your father. The census record gives an est. date of birth of 1917.

Hi tietracy!
Thanks for the last reply. Holes are being filled in. Margaret Elizabeth Barton is the Elizabeth M Fay that you found, and you're right about Joseph Willard Fay Sr. Was my Father. He was born Jun 30 1916 (the 1917 is wrong there),
and she was not widowed in 1930, but divorced. James Louis Fay didn't pass away until about 1957 or 58. Elizabeth might not have wanted people to know that she was divorced. There was a stigma attached to divorce back then. Did you get to see the email I sent here where I related details about my sister and cousins?
By the way, I'd love to talk to a long-lost cousin...573-636-3765
Joe Fay Jr.