Tuomy Family.

The Tuomy Family arrived in Scio Township in southeast Michigan from County Kerry, Ireland in 1838. Timothy Tuomy and his wife Johanna (Roache) Tuomy purchased one of the first farms in Washtenaw County, a tract of land west of Ann Arbor. Cornelius L. Tuomy was one of their nine children, born October 28, 1843 on the homestead in Scio. Cornelius L. bought an Ann Arbor township farm of two hundred and twenty acres in 1874 and the family home, referred to as Tuomy Place, is still standing at 2117 Washtenaw Avenue. Cornelius L. became one of the most successful and best known farmers in Washtenaw County.

In 1885, Cornelius L. Tuomy married Julia Ann Kearney, daughter of Thomas D. and Catherine (Duffy) Kearney of Northfield Township. Cornelius L. and Julia A. Tuomy had three children: Cornelius William, born September 27, 1886; Kathyrn Genevieve, born September 13, 1888; and Thomas Kearney, born September 21, 1890. Cornelius L. Tuomy died in 1912 and Julia Ann Tuomy died at age 82 in 1938.

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