The next generation of our Belfast Dorans were the children of Bernard Doran (son of John Doran and his wife Ellen Little) and his wife Mary Hall (daughter of William Hall and his wife Sarah Tierney). Their children were Ellen, Elizabeth, Bernard, Mary, William John, Joseph, and Catherine. Mary and Catherine both died as infants. Their mother Mary Hall Doran died giving birth to Catherine in 1899. According to the recollections of Mary's granddaughter Sarah "Sal" Rafferty, their father Bernard couldn't handle the children by himself and dropped them off at the door of Mary's sister, Elizabeth Hall. Known to the family as "Aunt Lizzy" she was the steady hand that kept the Doran children together.
Aunt Lizzy Hall never married. She worked in the cotton mill in Belfast and after moving to New Jersey in 1914 she worked at the Coats & Clark cotton thread mill in East Newark, NJ until the Great Depression when she apparently lost her job. The last known employment she had prior to her death in 1933 was as a house keeper. This was during the Great Depression and likely the Coats & Clark Cotton Thread Company had laid off a great number of employees. Aunt Lizzy was very religious and kept her bible with her at all times. She bequeathed her bible to her grandson William John Doran and is passed down through that family.
Aunt Lizzy Hall never married. She worked in the cotton mill in Belfast and after moving to New Jersey in 1914 she worked at the Coats & Clark cotton thread mill in East Newark, NJ until the Great Depression when she apparently lost her job. The last known employment she had prior to her death in 1933 was as a house keeper. This was during the Great Depression and likely the Coats & Clark Cotton Thread Company had laid off a great number of employees. Aunt Lizzy was very religious and kept her bible with her at all times. She bequeathed her bible to her grandson William John Doran and is passed down through that family.