This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Doherty, Dougherty, O'Donnell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TNC.2ACI/822.826.813.956.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm sorry. my Dohertys (Doughertys) didn't come to Winnefred until abour 1907. That was Hugh Dougherty and his brother Anthony Joseph "Flint" Doherty. They were both born in Illinois but their parents: John and Hannah (O'Donnell) Doherty were born in Donegal Ireland and came over by way of Edinburgh Scotland in 1869. Thanks for asking, though. We might still be related but further back. There were many many Doherty and O'Donnells that came over from Ireland due to oppression (they were usually rabble rousers and rebels to the British). Dawn