Angela McCourt (née Sheehan) Timeline and Summary

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Angela McCourt (née Sheehan) Timeline and Summary

  • Angela Sheehan is born on New Year's Eve.
  • She moves to New York on Thanksgiving Day during the Great Depression.
  • She marries Malachy Sr. because she's having his baby.
  • A year later, Angela has another son, Malachy Jr.
  • Roughly two years later, she gives birth to twin boys: Eugene and Oliver.
  • Angela has a daughter named Margaret who dies several months later.
  • Angela and her family move back to Limerick, Ireland.
  • Her son Oliver gets sick and dies.
  • Six months later, the second twin, Eugene dies.
  • Angela's pregnant again. She gives birth to a boy and they name him Michael.
  • Angela's teeth are so bad from smoking that she has to have them all removed.
  • Angela has her last child, Alphonsus Joseph.
  • She gets pneumonia and ends up in the hospital.
  • Angela's husband moves to England for work and eventually abandons his family.
  • Angela and the boys move in with her cousin, Laman Griffin, who kind of blackmails her into a sexual relationship.
  • Angela's mother, Grandma Sheehan, dies from pneumonia.
  • Angela gets tired of living with Laman and moves in with Frank at Uncle Pat's.
  • Angela gets a job taking care of an old man, which helps stabilize the family finances.
  • She gives Frank a going-away party but she's sad to see her children grow up and leave home.