Ferriter Name Spelling Variants Encountered During Research:
Ferriter
Ferreter
Feriter
Feritor
Farritor
Faritor
Fheirtéaraigh (special case: “aigh” – Family head)
Feirtear
Feiritear
Feirtier
Feirteir
Firtear
Ferrtr
Le Faritor
Le Fereter
Le Furetur
Helen Theresa Ferriter was born in 1870 to immigrant parents from the Dingle Peninsula area of Ireland. She was the tenth child of Nicholas and Mary Ann (Sullivan) Ferriter. Her oldest brother, Michael James Ferriter, was 17 and working in the coal mines along with his father. Her youngest sibling was John Joseph Ferriter, age 5. Four of the nine children born before her had not survived childhood, with one dying as an infant and three dying as toddlers. Barclay Village no longer exists. At one time, it was a very busy community that sprouted up in 1850 around the coal mines and the rail... Read More