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Dear All I am looking for my Great Grandmother Catherine Sullivan. (I do not have a branch name) Born May 1874 in "County Cork" Ireland Immigrated 1887 to the USA (13 years old) Ended up in Lowell Massachusetts (? Working in Mills) In 1896 she married Joseph Battersby B. 1866 England They lived in Lowell, Ward 5, Middlesex, Massachusetts They had 5 children John 1897 (my Grandfather) Edward 1900 Alice 1906 Emma 1909 William 1915 The 1900 US census gives her birth year as 1874 and immigration year as 1887 The 1910 US census gives her birth year as 1874 and immigration year as 1894 I have not been able to find them in the 1920 census In the 1930 census she says she was born in 1880 and in Massachusetts. I have looked at the Irish Extraction Records and have not found her. I also have not found a death date for her or Joseph Any information, suggestions or ideas are gratefully accepted Thank you Laurie

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That's a beautiful story. Thanks, Riobard. Phil Riobard O'Dwyer wrote: > Even though things are looking bad, never throw in the towel. A lovely couple from Arizona, U.S.A., arrived to me a few days before my (& Joan's) 50th wedding anniversary. They felt that they had the name of a mother ancestor, didn't know the name of her husband, but that the ancestors had four named children, the eldest who they thought was born in Castletownbere or somewhere around it in 1830 ---- all of whom had gone to the States by 1843. I didn't want to let them go back disappointed, so the following day, from the morning until 10 o'clock that night, I searched every parish in the Beara Peninsula ---- and eventually found the ancestors, not under the surname Harrington, but under one of the many Harrington Branch-Names under which every one of them was written into the Parish Records. The ancestors were from a different Parish to Castletownbere. The couple were staying in Kenmare and were to travel to Dingle the following day, but when they heard that I had found out! w! > here the ancestors were from, they decided to return to Beara instead and to walk the land that their ancestors had lived in prior to the Famine. They were thrilled to bits. > People in and from the States often give Castletownbere as the place from which their ancestors were from. But Castletownbere is only a guideline. Castletownbere was a well-known seaport in the olden days, but the ancestors could have come from any Parish in the Beara Peninsula. And, more difficult still, most people like Sullivans/O'Sullivans and Harringtons were put into the Parish Records with their Branch/Names only ---- so finding them, unless one has alot of experience, is hard going. The passing years will make it almost impossible. > ---- Riobard. > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. > SPAMfighter has removed 1599 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I love the story. And I do not scoff at anything concerning Irish faeries. My grandmother instilled in me a greaqt respect and a bit of fear of them from a young age. My grandmother used to tell me that there were a number of gifts that I was given that would be well kept from the knowledge of the faeries. She said they did not like those with the gifts of hearing, seeing, knowing, feeling (in the psychic sense) and healing. I think there were a few others but I do not remember them. She believed I could do the latter 3. She would only talk to me about such things after closing the door to the room and making sure we were alone. She always spoke about fairies very quietly and kept the door and window in view. She might have just been having a bit of fun I am not sure. Has anyone ever heard of the things my grandmother told me? Her mother was a Brady and a midwife. I am not sure what part of Ireland her family came from originally. Both her and her husband's parents immegrated to Durham, England where my both she and my g-grandfather were born. The men worked in the coal mines there until they came to America to do the same. They met in Lonaconing, Maryland and married. I know there were more than a few superstitions in the household. What are the ones prevalent in Ireland today and in the past? ~~C Sullivan Susan Daily <cullivans@gmail.com> wrote: I sent this to the list a year ago, but will share it again. Love the story! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Susan Daily Date: Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Samhain - Halloween To: beara@rootsweb.com This is a true faerie story from Leitrim, a woman named Mary shared it with me. I thanked her for it is a lovely story: "My dad went to Sragarne school from around 1911 onwards. I would say the "Stracasse" you have is Sragarne. The school building is still there, used as a garage now. Gorvagh is on the Mohill to Ballinamore road. There was an RIC barracks there long ago. My father's schoolteacher was Master Charlie Flynn and he was known as Master Charlie. The ruin of the house in which he lived was there in the 60s but it's gone now. It was beside the school. My father took us there a few times as children. He would get very sentimental when he'd look at the school, the ruined house etc. "It was said that Sragarn school was built on the track of the fairies. One day at playtime a little man and woman, very small, came walking very fast, walked through the side of the yard, and all the children got very excited and ran after them trying to catch them but they got away. Master Charlie was trying to calm the children down but nobody was listening. They were dressed in coloured clothes. Nobody could ever explain who they were. More recently, a social history book was written about shragarn as part of a school reunion.In 1938 or so children in the Primary schools in Ireland wrote about the local history of their area so as to preserve it. The collection is held in the Folklore Dept. in University College Dublin.One page of the Sragarn collection was photocopied in the reunion book. It was written by a group of girls at the school who had seen a fairy, but only one fairy this time. They wrote their article in such a way that one could see they wanted to be believed. The date of the second sighting was in the 1930s. I could always look for the book again and send you a copy of that page if you're interested. But most people would scoff at what I'm saying." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I totally agree. Even though al I know so far is Mary C Sullivan and brothers James and Jerry and rough dates of birth and crossing I will search until I can no longer do it. Next year when I go to Colorado where my Mary C is buried I swear I am going to take a tape recorder and try to talk to her about what her sept and any other information she might like to add. It might be a crazy idea but who knows. It is said that she was a very tough and determined lady so maybe she will be determined I will find her. I am also planning to get all the Sullivan's in Leadville at the time John and Mary arrived and track them back as best I can. It is said a great many there at the time were from Beara. The big rush was over and the town was back to being quite a bit smaller than it was in the 1860s so maybe I will get lucky. Also a cousin says there is a Harrngton in his town that says he is related to us. If it is not just wishful thinking maybe I will get a clue there. God grant he stays among us for a goodly time to come. He is apparently in his late 80s or early 90s. Being that age he knows more than I do at any rate. Best luck to all of us and our ancestors, ~~C Sullivan Riobard O'Dwyer <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> wrote: Even though things are looking bad, never throw in the towel. A lovely couple from Arizona, U.S.A., arrived to me a few days before my (& Joan's) 50th wedding anniversary. They felt that they had the name of a mother ancestor, didn't know the name of her husband, but that the ancestors had four named children, the eldest who they thought was born in Castletownbere or somewhere around it in 1830 ---- all of whom had gone to the States by 1843. I didn't want to let them go back disappointed, so the following day, from the morning until 10 o'clock that night, I searched every parish in the Beara Peninsula ---- and eventually found the ancestors, not under the surname Harrington, but under one of the many Harrington Branch-Names under which every one of them was written into the Parish Records. The ancestors were from a different Parish to Castletownbere. The couple were staying in Kenmare and were to travel to Dingle the following day, but when they heard that I had found out w! here the ancestors were from, they decided to return to Beara instead and to walk the land that their ancestors had lived in prior to the Famine. They were thrilled to bits. People in and from the States often give Castletownbere as the place from which their ancestors were from. But Castletownbere is only a guideline. Castletownbere was a well-known seaport in the olden days, but the ancestors could have come from any Parish in the Beara Peninsula. And, more difficult still, most people like Sullivans/O'Sullivans and Harringtons were put into the Parish Records with their Branch/Names only ---- so finding them, unless one has alot of experience, is hard going. The passing years will make it almost impossible. ---- Riobard. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1599 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi I am trying to track my O'Sullivan family.  I am looking for Mark O'Sullivan & Anna Newman(Kilmichael) Dursey Island.  This O'Sullivan family have a tomb-erected about 1774-in Ballinacholla  Cemetery. There first child was recorded as Mary born in Kilmichael Feb.1847.  They had more childrenbut not all born in Ireland. Mortimor, Eugene, Denis and Catherine.  Catherine was my great grandmother.  I have been told this info but where would I write to confirm this info , where were parents born married and died.  Catherine died 1887, after giving birth to triplets.  My husband and I visited the area and did go to the cemetery and met my Cousin Gerard Harrington.  We had a wonderful time. What is the IFHF membership?  Thank you Caroleann Quan --- On Sun, 9/7/08, Cindy Sullivan <c_lion@purringfox.com> wrote: From: Cindy Sullivan <c_lion@purringfox.com> Subject: [BEARA] Anyone with IFHF membership? To: beara@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008, 10:07 PM Just out of curiosity I rand my Mary C Sullivan in the IFHF in county Cork and got the following. Church Baptism Sullivan Mary Catherine 1864 Co. Cork ~~C ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello all My ancestor, MATTHEW MORRISSEY, according to his seaman's ticket was born in Cork in 1796. A couple of questions: Where might I look to find records of a possible baptism for Matthew to find parents' names? I believe that his father was also, Matthew, a seaman. Sadly I don't know whether it means Co Cork or the city Cork!!! He married ELLEN SULLIVAN, (supposedly born in Kenmare ca 1796+), probably about 1819. Where might I be able to find a possible marriage record? Is there anyone on the list researching those names? Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. Val (Qld Australia)

Even though things are looking bad, never throw in the towel. A lovely couple from Arizona, U.S.A., arrived to me a few days before my (& Joan's) 50th wedding anniversary. They felt that they had the name of a mother ancestor, didn't know the name of her husband, but that the ancestors had four named children, the eldest who they thought was born in Castletownbere or somewhere around it in 1830 ---- all of whom had gone to the States by 1843. I didn't want to let them go back disappointed, so the following day, from the morning until 10 o'clock that night, I searched every parish in the Beara Peninsula ---- and eventually found the ancestors, not under the surname Harrington, but under one of the many Harrington Branch-Names under which every one of them was written into the Parish Records. The ancestors were from a different Parish to Castletownbere. The couple were staying in Kenmare and were to travel to Dingle the following day, but when they heard that I had found out where the ancestors were from, they decided to return to Beara instead and to walk the land that their ancestors had lived in prior to the Famine. They were thrilled to bits. People in and from the States often give Castletownbere as the place from which their ancestors were from. But Castletownbere is only a guideline. Castletownbere was a well-known seaport in the olden days, but the ancestors could have come from any Parish in the Beara Peninsula. And, more difficult still, most people like Sullivans/O'Sullivans and Harringtons were put into the Parish Records with their Branch/Names only ---- so finding them, unless one has alot of experience, is hard going. The passing years will make it almost impossible. ---- Riobard. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1599 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

Dear Mr. Messer, I find two entries in the Bere Island (at that time a British Naval Port) records. The first:- Matthew "Morrissey" (writing not clear enough) & Margaret McCarthy, Greenane, Bere Island, having a son James in April 1840. Secondly:- Edward Morrissey & Ellen Hanley, Greenane, Bere Island, having a daughter Mary in Jan. 1858. I don't do research outside of the Beara peninsula. Searching for an Ellen Sullivan in or around Kenmare would be like searching for a needle in a haystack, as Sullivan is the most prominent name in both the Kenmare and Beara areas. Both areas are littered with them. Not alone that, but the children in the early years (and to a certain extent even still), together with their fathers, were entered into the Church Records with their branch-names only ---(names put down to differentiate one section of families from another). ----- Riobard O'Dwyer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Val Messer" <valmess@b130.aone.net.au> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 7:19 AM Subject: [BEARA] Morrissey > Hello all > > My ancestor, MATTHEW MORRISSEY, according to his seaman's ticket was born > in > Cork in 1796. > > A couple of questions: > > Where might I look to find records of a possible baptism for Matthew to > find > parents' names? I believe that his father was also, Matthew, a seaman. > Sadly I don't know whether it means Co Cork or the city Cork!!! > > He married ELLEN SULLIVAN, (supposedly born in Kenmare ca 1796+), probably > about 1819. Where might I be able to find a possible marriage record? > > Is there anyone on the list researching those names? Any help or > suggestions would be much appreciated. > > Val > (Qld Australia) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1599 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

I can attest to that. It took about ten years and a lot of brick walls but I made the connection, then made the trip and walked the land. One of my proudest memories from my trip (besides meeting my "family" the Harrington's FLOR, Jerome, Marie and Kitty and many of their extended family members) was when I finally got to meet Riobard to thank him for doing what he did that made it possible for me to put the pieces together and connect with my first cousin once removed, Jerome, Riobard gave me a hug and said "..I am proud of you for never giving up!..." Sandra (Harrington FLOR, O'Shea, Lynch, Sullivan) -----Original Message----- From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Riobard O'Dwyer Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 8:24 AM To: beara@rootsweb.com Subject: [BEARA] Never give up. Even though things are looking bad, never throw in the towel. A lovely couple from Arizona, U.S.A., arrived to me a few days before my (& Joan's) 50th wedding anniversary. They felt that they had the name of a mother ancestor, didn't know the name of her husband, but that the ancestors had four named children, the eldest who they thought was born in Castletownbere or somewhere around it in 1830 ---- all of whom had gone to the States by 1843. I didn't want to let them go back disappointed, so the following day, from the morning until 10 o'clock that night, I searched every parish in the Beara Peninsula ---- and eventually found the ancestors, not under the surname Harrington, but under one of the many Harrington Branch-Names under which every one of them was written into the Parish Records. The ancestors were from a different Parish to Castletownbere. The couple were staying in Kenmare and were to travel to Dingle the following day, but when they heard that I had found out w! here the ancestors were from, they decided to return to Beara instead and to walk the land that their ancestors had lived in prior to the Famine. They were thrilled to bits. People in and from the States often give Castletownbere as the place from which their ancestors were from. But Castletownbere is only a guideline. Castletownbere was a well-known seaport in the olden days, but the ancestors could have come from any Parish in the Beara Peninsula. And, more difficult still, most people like Sullivans/O'Sullivans and Harringtons were put into the Parish Records with their Branch/Names only ---- so finding them, unless one has alot of experience, is hard going. The passing years will make it almost impossible. ---- Riobard. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1599 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I sent this to the list a year ago, but will share it again. Love the story! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Susan Daily <cullivans@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Samhain - Halloween To: beara@rootsweb.com This is a true faerie story from Leitrim, a woman named Mary shared it with me. I thanked her for it is a lovely story: "My dad went to Sragarne school from around 1911 onwards. I would say the "Stracasse" you have is Sragarne. The school building is still there, used as a garage now. Gorvagh is on the Mohill to Ballinamore road. There was an RIC barracks there long ago. My father's schoolteacher was Master Charlie Flynn and he was known as Master Charlie. The ruin of the house in which he lived was there in the 60s but it's gone now. It was beside the school. My father took us there a few times as children. He would get very sentimental when he'd look at the school, the ruined house etc. "It was said that Sragarn school was built on the track of the fairies. One day at playtime a little man and woman, very small, came walking very fast, walked through the side of the yard, and all the children got very excited and ran after them trying to catch them but they got away. Master Charlie was trying to calm the children down but nobody was listening. They were dressed in coloured clothes. Nobody could ever explain who they were. More recently, a social history book was written about shragarn as part of a school reunion.In 1938 or so children in the Primary schools in Ireland wrote about the local history of their area so as to preserve it. The collection is held in the Folklore Dept. in University College Dublin.One page of the Sragarn collection was photocopied in the reunion book. It was written by a group of girls at the school who had seen a fairy, but only one fairy this time. They wrote their article in such a way that one could see they wanted to be believed. The date of the second sighting was in the 1930s. I could always look for the book again and send you a copy of that page if you're interested. But most people would scoff at what I'm saying."

Just out of curiosity I rand my Mary C Sullivan in the IFHF in county Cork and got the following. Church Baptism Sullivan Mary Catherine 1864 Co. Cork ~~C

On topic of the Faeries and faerie forts in Ireland there is a video clip from the television program Ghost Hunters in the states. They visited the ruins of Leap (pronounced lep) Castle and Lisheen Ruins. I believe there is a faerie fort associated with the ruins of Lisheen otherwise there is a seperate episode that was. It included an estate/castle that was built on or too close to a faerie fort or on a path to one. Obviously, it was not approved by the faerie folk and had many problems in it's entire history. Video of this can be seen at: http://www.angelsghosts.com/lisheen_ghost_video.html It is certainly something this group seldom sees. Half the time they find nothing in their investigations other than bad pipe noises or something called EMF (Electro Magnetic Fluctuation) caused by bad wiring or a 40 year old appliance without good shielding. A large amount of these EMFs can apparently cause hallucinations, feeling ill or a sence of something watching you and is not paranormal in the least. Their goal is to find rational explinations for most claims of the paranormal. There is a new program called Ghost Hunters International that is part of the same group that investigates primarily in Europe but has gone to other famous places all over the world. Interestingly they visited "Dracula's Castle" in Romania and found absolutely nothing. I suppose it makes sense that they find more than their American group since there have been large numbers of people in static places much longer than in the US; certainly the buildings are much older. Anyway check out the video. I hope you will also, Riobard, and give us your response to it. Others that have lived in Ireland and/or have had experiences I hope post as well. ~~C Sullivan

JOANNE...That story is true....It has happened in many places in Ireland. I can recall years ago when Shannon Airport was being redesigned and they had planned out the roads and the landing areas. When beginning the construction, it became evident that along one of the runways or roads (can't recall which) there was a fairy fort or hill and construction was stopped. Finally after many discussion, it was decided to redo the road or landing area. It was done and is most likely there today. As I remember, this was in most of the newspapers in the country and abroad. In all the many years that I have visited friends and family in Ireland, I have heard stories of the Fairy Hills or Forts and I know that most of the Irish people fully believe in them. Matter of fact, so do I!! I also believe that you must have been born in Ireland to completely believe that Fairy's do exist and there are Fairy Forts all over Ireland and they can show them to you should you run across one. Perhaps if you do a google search for Fairy Hills or Fairy Forts you will find something more concrete. Good Luck, Maureen Maloney, Boston MA At 04:00 PM 9/6/2008, Jfloe@aol.com wrote: >I enjoyed this site as well as Riobard's stories, it brings up a question >about fairies. While in Ireland a few years ago I asked an Irishman if he >believed in fairies, did he believe they really existed - his answer >was yes! He >then related a story about a "fairy fort." I don't remember his >exact words but > to paraphrase he told the story of a highway being built. If the highway >was constructed according to plans it would pass over a fairy fort, he said >that would bring great misfortune, a fairy fort should never be disturbed. >Accordingly the highway was constructed but detoured around the >fairy fort. Could >anyone out there enlighten me? > >JoAnne > > > >**************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, >plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. >(http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message

JoAnne, I was told a different but kind of similar story by a retired Guard. The highway was to be built over an old cemetary. Although the road was wide (for Ireland) and straight, there were more accidents in that area than in the surrounding areas. My Aunt told me they would never cut down a fairy tree in a field, but would plow around it. She definitely believed in fairies. Leesa ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jfloe@aol.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] New Ring of Beara blog "fairies" >I enjoyed this site as well as Riobard's stories, it brings up a question > about fairies. While in Ireland a few years ago I asked an Irishman if he > believed in fairies, did he believe they really existed - his answer was > yes! He > then related a story about a "fairy fort." I don't remember his exact > words but > to paraphrase he told the story of a highway being built. If the highway > was constructed according to plans it would pass over a fairy fort, he > said > that would bring great misfortune, a fairy fort should never be disturbed. > Accordingly the highway was constructed but detoured around the fairy > fort. Could > anyone out there enlighten me? > > JoAnne > > > > **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion > blog, > plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. > (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

I enjoyed this site as well as Riobard's stories, it brings up a question about fairies. While in Ireland a few years ago I asked an Irishman if he believed in fairies, did he believe they really existed - his answer was yes! He then related a story about a "fairy fort." I don't remember his exact words but to paraphrase he told the story of a highway being built. If the highway was constructed according to plans it would pass over a fairy fort, he said that would bring great misfortune, a fairy fort should never be disturbed. Accordingly the highway was constructed but detoured around the fairy fort. Could anyone out there enlighten me? JoAnne **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)

Friends of Beara, Sue Iles has another new post up at her Ring of Beara blog this morning. It includes some lovely video of the wind blowing across the tall grasses, and links to two of Riobard's stories. http://ringofbeara.blogspot.com/2008/09/september-brings-fairy-winds.html -- Bill

To the List. Would anyone know if it was common practice for a marriage to take place in Ireland on Sunday in the early 1900s? Many thanks in advance. Brendan Jones.

For some reason I don't understand, I have not received anything from this list for several months and I miss reading about Beara, its people and history. Please send me something...thanks...MEM _________________________________________________________________ See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured posts. http://www.windowslive.com/connect?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_connect2_082008