Mia McNamara

Biography
Mia O’Hare (neé McNamara) (September 14, 1855 - December 16, 1912) was the great grandmother of Mikey Kimmings.

She is the first relative of Mikey to be born in Florida, which she resided there her entire lifej, going back to Ireland several times during the birth of her sons and daughter.

She was sworn in as Strength.

History
Mia McNamara was born in Florida to Michael and Aofie McNamara, she is technically the fifth child born to them due to having two siblings that died in infancy.

In Florida, the family, who were peasants from Ireland, had a much more stable home,

She had a much closer relationship with her father than her older siblings Saoirse and Joseph were, she was taught Irish by her father and mother as a first language, she was later taught English aswell.

At the age of 3, a slave woman was hired to be Mia’s nanny, Neve Tilliman, Mia said that Neve was treated quite well despite the racism, Neve admitted to having a crush on Joseph, but didn’t marry him due to the conflicts between whites and blacks.

Her brother and sister died from starvation and malaria respectively when she was five and her father died when she was eight after being shot

Her mother was left alone with the 10-year old Mia after the deaths of her brother, sister and father.

She met Fionn O’Hare, an Clan na Gael member in 1876, when she was 21 and got married in the same year.

They had their first daughter, who was Mikey’s grandmother, Caohmie (1878-1948).

Aofie, Michael’s widow died from septicaemia in 1884, aged 68, before the birth of her grandsons, Ailin in 1887 and Liam in 1888.

Appearance
As a little girl and an 8-year old, she wore a red dress with a necklace.

After her father’s death, she has a picture of her father in a locket.

As per family tradition, She has the number 11 in Roman numerals (XI) marked on her upper arm.

Personality
She is shown to love her father, even keeping a photo of him in a locket after death.

She had a kind and gentle nature.

Quotes
Laura, I understand that your lost your ma when you were very little, I lost my da when I was 8 and ma when I was 28, but your actions towards Marie before were inexcusable and I can’t find anything to justify it, My da used to sing me an old Irish lullaby to get me to sleep, He spoke Irish as a first language, much like how you learned Spanish and speak it, Da was very close to me and I was basically a Daddy’s Girl, I was hardly the same when Da was killed and my siblings had died. ~ Mia to Laura.

Trivia

 * She has a photo of her father in a locket.