Photo: Andrew
and his brother Paul at the apprentice
graduation ceremony at the Brick Layers Local 1 union hall
Philadelphia. Courtesy of Tracy Neill.
June 6, 2019, Andrew Tinneny of Lansdale,
Pennsylvania was awarded his certificate for
completion of the Stone Mason Apprenticeship and
Training Program. The rigorous union certification
program is conducted by The Bricklayers and Allied
Craftworkers Local1of Pennsylvania and Delaware. The
apprenticeship lasts 4 years and involves spending
from 7:00am to 3:00 pm, training at the union hall
each Saturday from September through June each year.
With the apprenticeship complete, Andrew is now a
journeyman in his profession.
Andrew is the great grandson of
James J. and Gertrude Tinneny of
Philadelphia and the great-great grandson of
Patrick
“Yankee Pat” Tinneny of Goladuff,
Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland;
Greenock, Scotland and Philadelphia and his wife
Margaret Malloy.
