OOOPPPSSS that should be regvolk@shaw.ca DOT not a comma! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reg Volk" <regvolk@shaw.ca> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > Well. > > Here are two possibilities for John D. Sullivan's birth with the exact > date > and in the general area.: > > http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?namefm=John+D&namel=Sullivan&location=&dd=24&mm=06&yy=1823&submit=Search > > Contact me by email if you would like me to do some more 'scouting'. > regvolk@shaw,ca > > > Reg-Canada > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "P J Sullivan" <pjsullivan@deskmedia.com> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:06 AM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > > >> Maybe someone with the Fall River expertise can tell me where to search. >> About 35 years ago I found my great grandfathers Obit(1894). I thought I >> had hit pay dirt. It said John D Sullivan born 24th June 1823 in Eyeries >> raised a farmer came to the U.S. in 1848. and settled in Providence. The >> other obit said he worked for the Fall River R.R. >> Riobard couldn't find any birth record as those records had been >> destroyed >> from that >> time period. I haven't found any ship records as there are too many John >> S. >> around that age to define. >> The 1850 Census again has numerous John Sullivan's around his age but >> can't >> know which one if any. I find it difficult to think he lived anywhere in >> Providence city or County as the Fall River Railroad Museum said the 1st >> R.R. in the area was the Fall River Branch Railroad Co. It operated it's >> first train on June 9 1845, from Fall River to Myrics (12 miles north of >> Fall River) where it through a walk across connection you would be on the >> Taunton & New Bedford Branch of the Boston and Providence R.R. The old >> Colony R.R. operated a separate track from Taunton to Boston. In 1854 >> the >> Old Colony R.R. merged with the Fall River Branch Railroad to form the >> Old >> Colony and Fall River R.R. Co. >> They didn't have any records of R.R. employees. John married Catherine >> Harrington in Providence in 25th April 1854 (I have found no marriage >> record in the R.I or Mass. >> marriages.) I check the the Catholic Churches in Providence City that >> were >> in existence for that time period with no results. They left in June of >> 1854 to New Diggings, (Lafayette County) WI, so it doesn't seem like the >> R.R. ever went from Fall River to Providence while he was there. >> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >> Patrick Sullivan >> Albert lea, MN >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <EFoley1@aol.com> >> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 9:34 AM >> Subject: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River >> For those of you with Beara roots whose ancestors came to live in Fall >>> River, Massachusetts, I say you have plenty of company. I spent a day >>> at >> the >>> Massachusetts archives in Boston last week and discovered a trove of >> Beara >>> men. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.560 / Virus Database: 270.12.26/2116 - Release Date: 5/15/09 >> 6:16 AM >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Well. Here are two possibilities for John D. Sullivan's birth with the exact date and in the general area.: http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?namefm=John+D&namel=Sullivan&location=&dd=24&mm=06&yy=1823&submit=Search Contact me by email if you would like me to do some more 'scouting'. regvolk@shaw,ca Reg-Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "P J Sullivan" <pjsullivan@deskmedia.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > Maybe someone with the Fall River expertise can tell me where to search. > About 35 years ago I found my great grandfathers Obit(1894). I thought I > had hit pay dirt. It said John D Sullivan born 24th June 1823 in Eyeries > raised a farmer came to the U.S. in 1848. and settled in Providence. The > other obit said he worked for the Fall River R.R. > Riobard couldn't find any birth record as those records had been destroyed > from that > time period. I haven't found any ship records as there are too many John > S. > around that age to define. > The 1850 Census again has numerous John Sullivan's around his age but > can't > know which one if any. I find it difficult to think he lived anywhere in > Providence city or County as the Fall River Railroad Museum said the 1st > R.R. in the area was the Fall River Branch Railroad Co. It operated it's > first train on June 9 1845, from Fall River to Myrics (12 miles north of > Fall River) where it through a walk across connection you would be on the > Taunton & New Bedford Branch of the Boston and Providence R.R. The old > Colony R.R. operated a separate track from Taunton to Boston. In 1854 the > Old Colony R.R. merged with the Fall River Branch Railroad to form the Old > Colony and Fall River R.R. Co. > They didn't have any records of R.R. employees. John married Catherine > Harrington in Providence in 25th April 1854 (I have found no marriage > record in the R.I or Mass. > marriages.) I check the the Catholic Churches in Providence City that were > in existence for that time period with no results. They left in June of > 1854 to New Diggings, (Lafayette County) WI, so it doesn't seem like the > R.R. ever went from Fall River to Providence while he was there. > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > Patrick Sullivan > Albert lea, MN > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <EFoley1@aol.com> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 9:34 AM > Subject: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > For those of you with Beara roots whose ancestors came to live in Fall >> River, Massachusetts, I say you have plenty of company. I spent a day >> at > the >> Massachusetts archives in Boston last week and discovered a trove of > Beara >> men. > > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.560 / Virus Database: 270.12.26/2116 - Release Date: 5/15/09 > 6:16 AM > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Patrick, I have had great luck with Bridgeport, CT and the city directories. They list heads of household, occupation, sometimes the place of employment, and home addresses. Information may vary from year to year. I have not had to go back that far, so I do not know what you may find then. Here is a sample from 1885: Golden Catherine, widow Martin, h 36 Booth Golden Dennis, laborer, bds 34 Willard Golden John, laborer, h 34 Willard Golden John, brass roller, h 113 Hamilton Golden John K., tailor, rem[oved] to Boston, Mass. Golden Owen, laborer, h 46 Hallam Golden Terrence, machinist, h 41 James If you contact the local library, they should be able to help you. Slán, Marge in Southern California Searching: Golden, Sullivan, Kelly, Shea, in Kerry and Connecticut O'Connor in Kerry Fee, Cassidy, Gilbride in Fermanagh, Cavan and Connecticut Lynch in Limerick and Connecticut Walsh, Stackpole, Garry/Garrey/McGarrey, Donovan, Doyle, Clowney/Clooney in Kildare

http://search.aol.com/aol/search?s_it=webmail-hawaii1-standardaol&q=Fall%20River%20Line This might explain a lttle about the railroad connection to the Fall River Line. -----Original Message----- From: P J Sullivan <pjsullivan@deskmedia.com> To: beara <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 12:04 pm Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River Maybe someone with the Fall River expertise can tell me where to search. bout 35 years ago I found my great grandfathers Obit(1894). I thought I ad hit pay dirt. It said John D Sullivan born 24th June 1823 in Eyeries aised a farmer came to the U.S. in 1848. and settled in Providence. The ther obit said he worked for the Fall River R.R. iobard couldn't find any birth record as those records had been destroyed rom that ime period. I haven't found any ship records as there are too many John S. round that age to define. he 1850 Census again has numerous John Sullivan's around his age but can't now which one if any. I find it difficult to think he lived anywhere in rovidence city or County as the Fall River Railroad Museum said the 1st .R. in the area was the Fall River Branch Railroad Co. It operated it's irst train on June 9 1845, from Fall River to Myrics (12 miles north of all River) where it through a walk across connection you would be on the aunton & New Bedford Branch of the Boston and Providence R.R. The old olony R.R. operated a separate track from Taunton to Boston. In 1854 the ld Colony R.R. merged with the Fall River Branch Railroad to form the Old olony and Fall River R.R. Co. hey didn't have any records of R.R. employees. John married Catherine arrington in Providence in 25th April 1854 (I have found no marriage ecord in the R.I or Mass. arriages.) I check the the Catholic Churches in Providence City that were n existence for that time period with no results. They left in June of 854 to New Diggings, (Lafayette County) WI, so it doesn't seem like the .R. ever went from Fall River to Providence while he was there. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. atrick Sullivan lbert lea, MN ---- Original Message ----- rom: <EFoley1@aol.com> o: <beara@rootsweb.com> ent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 9:34 AM ubject: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River For those of you with Beara roots whose ancestors came to live in Fall River, Massachusetts, I say you have plenty of company. I spent a day at he Massachusetts archives in Boston last week and discovered a trove of eara men. - nternal Virus Database is out-of-date. hecked by AVG. ersion: 7.5.560 / Virus Database: 270.12.26/2116 - Release Date: 5/15/09 6:16 M ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

Maybe someone with the Fall River expertise can tell me where to search. About 35 years ago I found my great grandfathers Obit(1894). I thought I had hit pay dirt. It said John D Sullivan born 24th June 1823 in Eyeries raised a farmer came to the U.S. in 1848. and settled in Providence. The other obit said he worked for the Fall River R.R. Riobard couldn't find any birth record as those records had been destroyed from that time period. I haven't found any ship records as there are too many John S. around that age to define. The 1850 Census again has numerous John Sullivan's around his age but can't know which one if any. I find it difficult to think he lived anywhere in Providence city or County as the Fall River Railroad Museum said the 1st R.R. in the area was the Fall River Branch Railroad Co. It operated it's first train on June 9 1845, from Fall River to Myrics (12 miles north of Fall River) where it through a walk across connection you would be on the Taunton & New Bedford Branch of the Boston and Providence R.R. The old Colony R.R. operated a separate track from Taunton to Boston. In 1854 the Old Colony R.R. merged with the Fall River Branch Railroad to form the Old Colony and Fall River R.R. Co. They didn't have any records of R.R. employees. John married Catherine Harrington in Providence in 25th April 1854 (I have found no marriage record in the R.I or Mass. marriages.) I check the the Catholic Churches in Providence City that were in existence for that time period with no results. They left in June of 1854 to New Diggings, (Lafayette County) WI, so it doesn't seem like the R.R. ever went from Fall River to Providence while he was there. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Patrick Sullivan Albert lea, MN ----- Original Message ----- From: <EFoley1@aol.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 9:34 AM Subject: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River For those of you with Beara roots whose ancestors came to live in Fall > River, Massachusetts, I say you have plenty of company. I spent a day at the > Massachusetts archives in Boston last week and discovered a trove of Beara > men. -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.560 / Virus Database: 270.12.26/2116 - Release Date: 5/15/09 6:16 AM

Spammer banned. petescherm@aol.com writes: [Nothing I'm going to quote] -- Bill

Agree that its always worth looking---just not to be surprised if there are few. You are also absolutely correct: Western states were more forward looking in civil status of women. Colorado, for example, did allow women to vote. I suspect that female ancestors in the West may be the ones most likely to have applied. Marge -----Original Message----- From: kerstentm@snowcrest.net Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:28 PM To: beara@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River Marge, Thank you for the reminder of how far we women have come in such a short period of time. But I must disagree, just a little bit. While women became citizens via their husbands status, there were some women who did apply for their own naturalization status, so it's worth looking. While voting was important, I've had the sense that land ownership was the big motivator for naturalization. Montana and Wisconsin and California are states where I have found my female ancestors naturalization records. Of course, I still can't find all of Montana's records and wonder about the archiving of territorial records. Or if people in territories just managed to slip through the cracks into terms of not following the law. Theresa > Just a side note on why pre 1900 (and likely through 1920) you will find > naturalization records for men only---Women, unless they were widows, had > no > legal status in the USA until the passage/ratification of the suffrage > amendment. Because women were not legal entities, only their husband's > status mattered. Only men could vote. Only men had US passports if as > US > citizens they traveled abroad. Only men could serve on juries. In some > few > states (mostly out west), women were allowed to vote in local school board > elections and could hold these offices. Otherwise, women had no civil or > political life. > > We tend to forget what a momentous change for women that amendment was. > > Marge > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nancy Avis > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 3:06 PM > To: beara@rootsweb.com ; Jane Sullivan > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > > All sounds very interesting. Although I haven't found anything about my > great grandmother (Georgina Sheehan) living there, she had a sister > (Elizabeth Sheehan) and a brother Patrick Sheehan (who died in the > Philippines in the Army in 1912) living in Fall River and both were buried > there. I would also be interested in reading that article too > > > > ________________________________ > From: Susan Haines <sehaines42@gmail.com> > To: Jane Sullivan <fishsull2@yahoo.com>; beara@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:21 AM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > > Jane, do you know how one can read this article? I had a cousin living > in Fall River in 1890-1920 or so, and working in the mills. She did not > come from Beara, I think, but was from Kerry (Elizabeth O'Neil; he > daughter was a nurse also in Fall River). Sue > > On 1/30/2012 9:59 AM, Jane Sullivan wrote: >> Ed, Your info on FR Beara immigrants sounds very interesting! I did some >> research in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 census and found many women from >> Beara >> working in the cotton mills in FR. I used the names Sullivan and >> Harrington since nearly everyone with these names was from Beara. I was >> also able to use Riobard's books to make some family connections but it >> is hard due to the repetitive use of first names!! >> I wrote a short article for IRISH ROOTS magazine called AT WORK IN FALL >> RIVER MASS ( 2004 Fourth Quarter, issue no.52), focusing on the women in >> the mills. I grew up in FR and had both Irish and English grandparents >> who >> worked in the mills. By 1900, more Beara women worked as domestics , >> dressmakers and clerks rather than in the mills. Many of their >> daughters >> became teachers and nurses. >> I know you sent me information on your family as did many other folks.I >> hope to some more research after I retire in May. Keep us posted! Jane >> Sullivan >> >> From: "EFoley1@aol.com"<EFoley1@aol.com> >> To: beara@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 10:34 AM >> Subject: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River >> >> >> >> For those of you with Beara roots whose ancestors came to live in Fall >> River, Massachusetts, I say you have plenty of company. I spent a day >> at >> the >> Massachusetts archives in Boston last week and discovered a trove of >> Beara >> men. >> The archive has microfilmed the naturalization applications for the >> latter >> part of the 1800’s. The applications were only from men. The >> applicants >> listed their birthday, current address, day and place they came to the >> US, >> their age and the age they were when they immigrated. I spent a day >> going >> through the first films available from the 2nd District Court of Fall >> River. I covered only the years 1886 to 1890. The results were >> astounding to >> me. >> Although I did not keep track of the total number of applications I >> looked >> at during these four years I found 30 individuals who claimed the Beara >> as >> home. They noted their homes as Bearahaven, Bar Haven, Bear Haven, >> Castletownbere, Airies Cork, and many other variations, but from the >> Beara in any >> case. I did keep track of the number of some surnames in total and >> found >> for instance that 88% of the Sullivan applicants for those 4 years (17 >> total) were from the Beara. 80% (5 total) of all the Harringtons were >> from the >> Beara. All of the Leary’s (4) and all of the Shays/Sheas (4). There >> was >> also a Sheehan, Toomey and a Foley from the Beara. >> If you consider the percentages of surnames etc in the naturalization >> records represent a good sampling of the families in the city at this >> time, you >> have many Beara familes there. There were 574 Sullivans listed in the >> 1890 Fall River City Directory. We can estimate 505 of them were from >> the >> Beara. Harringtons, Sheas, Learys, Murphys, Toomey and more area >> living >> side >> by side in these old records, working in this center of the industrial >> revolution in textile manufacturing. >> I have been working with the census and immigration manifests to >> assemble >> these family groups. Next step will be to match them to their homes >> using >> Riobard’s work. >> Although tedious, with the records now available you can project that >> someday we will be able to make many connections from this popular >> center >> of >> 1800’s employment in Massachusetts back to the Beara in Ireland. >> Regards >> ED FOLEY >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using SnowCrest WebMail. http://www.snowcrest.net ------------------------------- 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 Bill and all : as some of you may know; many Irish traditional dances and tunes commemorate historical events and personalities. 'The Walls of Limerick' commemorating the successful defense of Limerick against superior English forces is one such dance. The music has a martial beat and while forming up the dancers march around. Lines are then formed the width of the hall, each pair of lines facing each other and the lines dance first towards each other then forward, back again and then the there is some complicated couples dancing through and around the lines before the dancers reform in a single lines again. The process is then repeated but the last line have moved forward one through the line in front, so all lines are facing a new dancers to dance with and through again. It is something to see when two hundred people or more are dancing in lines, formation and unison. Some twenty years ago I went to a sunday evening dance with my eldest daughter who was then in her early teens and some of her friends who were not au fe with traditional dancing and would only have known discos or costumed step dancing.. When we went into the hall, 'The Wall Of Limerick' was underway whit the straight lines across the hall advancing and retreating. One of my daughters friends took an amazed look and said " I am out of here, me mam will kill me, they are on drugs or something, they are all dancing the same way!" Before too long they too were in the middle of things and there were three more converts to traditional dancing. Glad to hear your thing is going Bill, I must mention it to some of the World Dance Academy people in Limerick University the next time I am out there, I think that they would be very interested in that particular dance and it's history so do not be surprised if you get an em on the subject. ( Got you on age Bill, youngest nine years, oldest ninty-four God Bless her, not dancing but I have known several people that were still energetically dancing away in their mid eighties up to shortly before their death!) This is one of my poems celebrating Traditional Dancing from the early seventies. The Beaten Word (for Dan O'Connell) Oh, but I have seen them in Glenlauragh, in Caherbarna And in other such places That lilt off the tongue. My people, bright faces agleam With sweat and ecstasy, Vibrant in body and glance, Feet making patterns, intricate Trapped in the movement of the dance. And what is there to say Of the magic that is there, Senses keen as sharp sword. It is in. psalms and songs, The Book, of David, The lines are straight, This is 'The Beaten Word'. Slan is beannacht, Donal O On 1/31/12, Bill Gawne <gawne@cesmail.net> wrote: > Hello Donal, all, > > Lest you think this sort of thing has vanished from the face of the > Earth, I just spent my evening with other members of the Baltimore > Folk Music Society in our Monday night Playford Dance. (Playford > dancing, also known as English Country Dance, is just traditional > dancing in long lines as first recorded by John Playford in 1651, in > his book The English Dancing Master.) I've been told the same dances > are also often danced in Ireland. It's good fun, with live music and > plenty of opportunity to commune with the lovely lasses. I think we > had everything from high school students to octogenerian silver-haired > beauties there tonight. Great fun. > > Bill Gawne > > donal O'Siodhachain <dospoet@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi Folks, I send this to someone last night and I thought that I would >> go 'off thread' and share it with you as well. While it is great to >> see these things coming back, we need far more of it ! >> >> Henry, I just spend the evening from 5PM to 11AM) in a small rural >> community three quarters of an hour out of the city.. An old, unused >> farm house in an outlying farm have had three rooms made in to one and >> the top floor removed making it into a basic hall for the use of the >> community, while still in the ownership of the family who own the >> farm. There were about a hundred people there, over a dozen playing >> music for 'session' and also for traditional dancing, singing and a >> bit of poetry.. >> >> Most coming brought some cakes etc, all there got two or three beers >> over the evening or soft drinks if preferred and at 9.30PM there was >> tea, cake and sandwiches before some more music and a wind down. >> Mainly over fifties but a sprinkling of young married and teens. Just >> a good natured crowd there for music, dance, song, poetry and general >> socializing. >> >> This was of course common place in my childhood in the pre TV days, in >> the 'Celtic Tiger' era only a few continued this practice down to core >> members, but now as such entertainment is very low cost and people >> have time to socialize instead of traveling for 'away weekends' the >> people are starting to re-discover these community things. Simple >> Henry, very simple but unlike 'clubbing' (which I avoid like the >> plague) this is fine, wholesome entertainment that leaves the body, >> mind and spirit refreshed. >> >> While it was a thoroughly enjoyable night, I was also saddened coming >> back to the city: so few know of this culture and the very people >> sustaining it as a sector of the populace are probably those who need >> it least. For the rest, it is just what the doctor ordered ! >> >> However 'clubbing' in the norm with my nieces and nephews : all have >> regular partners and I suppose that is saying something, but the rest >> of that culture is heavy drinking to the point of alcohol abuse. To >> night I heard of some young fellow that drank a a dozen pints, friday >> night, that is a bloody gallon and a half of Guinness which is heavy >> going. Too ridiculous for words, ( aside from cost ) but that is life >> for the young and the indulgence the NWO have foisted on us. >> >> Slan is beannacht, Donal O >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > -- Bill > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Marge, Thank you for the reminder of how far we women have come in such a short period of time. But I must disagree, just a little bit. While women became citizens via their husbands status, there were some women who did apply for their own naturalization status, so it's worth looking. While voting was important, I've had the sense that land ownership was the big motivator for naturalization. Montana and Wisconsin and California are states where I have found my female ancestors naturalization records. Of course, I still can't find all of Montana's records and wonder about the archiving of territorial records. Or if people in territories just managed to slip through the cracks into terms of not following the law. Theresa > Just a side note on why pre 1900 (and likely through 1920) you will find > naturalization records for men only---Women, unless they were widows, had > no > legal status in the USA until the passage/ratification of the suffrage > amendment. Because women were not legal entities, only their husband's > status mattered. Only men could vote. Only men had US passports if as > US > citizens they traveled abroad. Only men could serve on juries. In some > few > states (mostly out west), women were allowed to vote in local school board > elections and could hold these offices. Otherwise, women had no civil or > political life. > > We tend to forget what a momentous change for women that amendment was. > > Marge > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nancy Avis > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 3:06 PM > To: beara@rootsweb.com ; Jane Sullivan > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > > All sounds very interesting. Although I haven't found anything about my > great grandmother (Georgina Sheehan) living there, she had a sister > (Elizabeth Sheehan) and a brother Patrick Sheehan (who died in the > Philippines in the Army in 1912) living in Fall River and both were buried > there. I would also be interested in reading that article too > > > > ________________________________ > From: Susan Haines <sehaines42@gmail.com> > To: Jane Sullivan <fishsull2@yahoo.com>; beara@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:21 AM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > > Jane, do you know how one can read this article? I had a cousin living > in Fall River in 1890-1920 or so, and working in the mills. She did not > come from Beara, I think, but was from Kerry (Elizabeth O'Neil; he > daughter was a nurse also in Fall River). Sue > > On 1/30/2012 9:59 AM, Jane Sullivan wrote: >> Ed, Your info on FR Beara immigrants sounds very interesting! I did some >> research in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 census and found many women from >> Beara >> working in the cotton mills in FR. I used the names Sullivan and >> Harrington since nearly everyone with these names was from Beara. I was >> also able to use Riobard's books to make some family connections but it >> is hard due to the repetitive use of first names!! >> I wrote a short article for IRISH ROOTS magazine called AT WORK IN FALL >> RIVER MASS ( 2004 Fourth Quarter, issue no.52), focusing on the women in >> the mills. I grew up in FR and had both Irish and English grandparents >> who >> worked in the mills. By 1900, more Beara women worked as domestics , >> dressmakers and clerks rather than in the mills. Many of their >> daughters >> became teachers and nurses. >> I know you sent me information on your family as did many other folks.I >> hope to some more research after I retire in May. Keep us posted! Jane >> Sullivan >> >> From: "EFoley1@aol.com"<EFoley1@aol.com> >> To: beara@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 10:34 AM >> Subject: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River >> >> >> >> For those of you with Beara roots whose ancestors came to live in Fall >> River, Massachusetts, I say you have plenty of company. I spent a day >> at >> the >> Massachusetts archives in Boston last week and discovered a trove of >> Beara >> men. >> The archive has microfilmed the naturalization applications for the >> latter >> part of the 1800’s. The applications were only from men. The >> applicants >> listed their birthday, current address, day and place they came to the >> US, >> their age and the age they were when they immigrated. I spent a day >> going >> through the first films available from the 2nd District Court of Fall >> River. I covered only the years 1886 to 1890. The results were >> astounding to >> me. >> Although I did not keep track of the total number of applications I >> looked >> at during these four years I found 30 individuals who claimed the Beara >> as >> home. They noted their homes as Bearahaven, Bar Haven, Bear Haven, >> Castletownbere, Airies Cork, and many other variations, but from the >> Beara in any >> case. I did keep track of the number of some surnames in total and >> found >> for instance that 88% of the Sullivan applicants for those 4 years (17 >> total) were from the Beara. 80% (5 total) of all the Harringtons were >> from the >> Beara. All of the Leary’s (4) and all of the Shays/Sheas (4). There >> was >> also a Sheehan, Toomey and a Foley from the Beara. >> If you consider the percentages of surnames etc in the naturalization >> records represent a good sampling of the families in the city at this >> time, you >> have many Beara familes there. There were 574 Sullivans listed in the >> 1890 Fall River City Directory. We can estimate 505 of them were from >> the >> Beara. Harringtons, Sheas, Learys, Murphys, Toomey and more area >> living >> side >> by side in these old records, working in this center of the industrial >> revolution in textile manufacturing. >> I have been working with the census and immigration manifests to >> assemble >> these family groups. Next step will be to match them to their homes >> using >> Riobard’s work. >> Although tedious, with the records now available you can project that >> someday we will be able to make many connections from this popular >> center >> of >> 1800’s employment in Massachusetts back to the Beara in Ireland. >> Regards >> ED FOLEY >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using SnowCrest WebMail. http://www.snowcrest.net

Thanks for the info the parents died whirl she was a teen in Ireland - had the marriage info wrong. Looked at the wrong spouse- Georgina married William Avis in 1891 Sent from my iTouch On Jan 30, 2012, at 11:14 PM, Nancy Avis <npavis@yahoo.com> wrote: > Yes Sheehan is Georgina's maiden name. Her parents were Denis Sheehan and Ellen spring and have info from cahirmore. Georgina married William Avis in 1885 in Brooklyn new York. I haven't found her immigration info yet > > Sent from my iTouch > > > On Jan 30, 2012, at 10:48 PM, "Reg Volk" <regvolk@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Hmmm.. is Georgina Sheehan her maiden name? Would seem so if she had a brother and sister with the same last name. Same for Catherine? Married names?? Maybe that is why you cannot find her! >> >> Are the parents of this family Patrick Sheehan and Mary Sheehan? You need to give more date details. >> >> e,g. could this possibly be Georgina??: >> >> https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M95G-7MX >> >> CHEERS-Reg-Canada >> >> >> >> Reg-Canada >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Avis" <npavis@yahoo.com> >> To: <beara@rootsweb.com>; "Jane Sullivan" <fishsull2@yahoo.com> >> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 12:06 PM >> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River >> >> >>> All sounds very interesting. Although I haven't found anything about my great grandmother (Georgina Sheehan) living there, she had a sister (Elizabeth Sheehan) and a brother Patrick Sheehan (who died in the Philippines in the Army in 1912) living in Fall River and both were buried there. I would also be interested in reading that article too >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Susan Haines <sehaines42@gmail.com> >>> To: Jane Sullivan <fishsull2@yahoo.com>; beara@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:21 AM >>> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River >>> >>> Jane, do you know how one can read this article? I had a cousin living >>> in Fall River in 1890-1920 or so, and working in the mills. She did not >>> come from Beara, I think, but was from Kerry (Elizabeth O'Neil; he >>> daughter was a nurse also in Fall River). Sue >>> >>> On 1/30/2012 9:59 AM, Jane Sullivan wrote: >>>> Ed, Your info on FR Beara immigrants sounds very interesting! I did some research in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 census and found many women from Beara working in the cotton mills in FR. I used the names Sullivan and Harrington since nearly everyone with these names was from Beara. I was also able to use Riobard's books to make some family connections but it is hard due to the repetitive use of first names!! >>>> I wrote a short article for IRISH ROOTS magazine called AT WORK IN FALL RIVER MASS ( 2004 Fourth Quarter, issue no.52), focusing on the women in the mills. I grew up in FR and had both Irish and English grandparents who worked in the mills. By 1900, more Beara women worked as domestics , dressmakers and clerks rather than in the mills. Many of their daughters became teachers and nurses. >>>> I know you sent me information on your family as did many other folks.I hope to some more research after I retire in May. Keep us posted! Jane Sullivan >>>> >>>> From: "EFoley1@aol.com"<EFoley1@aol.com> >>>> To: beara@rootsweb.com >>>> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 10:34 AM >>>> Subject: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> For those of you with Beara roots whose ancestors came to live in Fall >>>> River, Massachusetts, I say you have plenty of company. I spent a day at the >>>> Massachusetts archives in Boston last week and discovered a trove of Beara >>>> men. >>>> The archive has microfilmed the naturalization applications for the latter >>>> part of the 1800’s. The applications were only from men. The applicants >>>> listed their birthday, current address, day and place they came to the US, >>>> their age and the age they were when they immigrated. I spent a day going >>>> through the first films available from the 2nd District Court of Fall >>>> River. I covered only the years 1886 to 1890. The results were astounding to >>>> me. >>>> Although I did not keep track of the total number of applications I looked >>>> at during these four years I found 30 individuals who claimed the Beara as >>>> home. They noted their homes as Bearahaven, Bar Haven, Bear Haven, >>>> Castletownbere, Airies Cork, and many other variations, but from the Beara in any >>>> case. I did keep track of the number of some surnames in total and found >>>> for instance that 88% of the Sullivan applicants for those 4 years (17 >>>> total) were from the Beara. 80% (5 total) of all the Harringtons were from the >>>> Beara. All of the Leary’s (4) and all of the Shays/Sheas (4). There was >>>> also a Sheehan, Toomey and a Foley from the Beara. >>>> If you consider the percentages of surnames etc in the naturalization >>>> records represent a good sampling of the families in the city at this time, you >>>> have many Beara familes there. There were 574 Sullivans listed in the >>>> 1890 Fall River City Directory. We can estimate 505 of them were from the >>>> Beara. Harringtons, Sheas, Learys, Murphys, Toomey and more area living side >>>> by side in these old records, working in this center of the industrial >>>> revolution in textile manufacturing. >>>> I have been working with the census and immigration manifests to assemble >>>> these family groups. Next step will be to match them to their homes using >>>> Riobard’s work. >>>> Although tedious, with the records now available you can project that >>>> someday we will be able to make many connections from this popular center of >>>> 1800’s employment in Massachusetts back to the Beara in Ireland. >>>> Regards >>>> ED FOLEY >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 Donal, all, Lest you think this sort of thing has vanished from the face of the Earth, I just spent my evening with other members of the Baltimore Folk Music Society in our Monday night Playford Dance. (Playford dancing, also known as English Country Dance, is just traditional dancing in long lines as first recorded by John Playford in 1651, in his book The English Dancing Master.) I've been told the same dances are also often danced in Ireland. It's good fun, with live music and plenty of opportunity to commune with the lovely lasses. I think we had everything from high school students to octogenerian silver-haired beauties there tonight. Great fun. Bill Gawne donal O'Siodhachain <dospoet@gmail.com> writes: > Hi Folks, I send this to someone last night and I thought that I would > go 'off thread' and share it with you as well. While it is great to > see these things coming back, we need far more of it ! > > Henry, I just spend the evening from 5PM to 11AM) in a small rural > community three quarters of an hour out of the city.. An old, unused > farm house in an outlying farm have had three rooms made in to one and > the top floor removed making it into a basic hall for the use of the > community, while still in the ownership of the family who own the > farm. There were about a hundred people there, over a dozen playing > music for 'session' and also for traditional dancing, singing and a > bit of poetry.. > > Most coming brought some cakes etc, all there got two or three beers > over the evening or soft drinks if preferred and at 9.30PM there was > tea, cake and sandwiches before some more music and a wind down. > Mainly over fifties but a sprinkling of young married and teens. Just > a good natured crowd there for music, dance, song, poetry and general > socializing. > > This was of course common place in my childhood in the pre TV days, in > the 'Celtic Tiger' era only a few continued this practice down to core > members, but now as such entertainment is very low cost and people > have time to socialize instead of traveling for 'away weekends' the > people are starting to re-discover these community things. Simple > Henry, very simple but unlike 'clubbing' (which I avoid like the > plague) this is fine, wholesome entertainment that leaves the body, > mind and spirit refreshed. > > While it was a thoroughly enjoyable night, I was also saddened coming > back to the city: so few know of this culture and the very people > sustaining it as a sector of the populace are probably those who need > it least. For the rest, it is just what the doctor ordered ! > > However 'clubbing' in the norm with my nieces and nephews : all have > regular partners and I suppose that is saying something, but the rest > of that culture is heavy drinking to the point of alcohol abuse. To > night I heard of some young fellow that drank a a dozen pints, friday > night, that is a bloody gallon and a half of Guinness which is heavy > going. Too ridiculous for words, ( aside from cost ) but that is life > for the young and the indulgence the NWO have foisted on us. > > Slan is beannacht, Donal O > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Bill

Yes Sheehan is Georgina's maiden name. Her parents were Denis Sheehan and Ellen spring and have info from cahirmore. Georgina married William Avis in 1885 in Brooklyn new York. I haven't found her immigration info yet Sent from my iTouch On Jan 30, 2012, at 10:48 PM, "Reg Volk" <regvolk@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hmmm.. is Georgina Sheehan her maiden name? Would seem so if she had a brother and sister with the same last name. Same for Catherine? Married names?? Maybe that is why you cannot find her! > > Are the parents of this family Patrick Sheehan and Mary Sheehan? You need to give more date details. > > e,g. could this possibly be Georgina??: > > https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M95G-7MX > > CHEERS-Reg-Canada > > > > Reg-Canada > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Avis" <npavis@yahoo.com> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com>; "Jane Sullivan" <fishsull2@yahoo.com> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 12:06 PM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > > >> All sounds very interesting. Although I haven't found anything about my great grandmother (Georgina Sheehan) living there, she had a sister (Elizabeth Sheehan) and a brother Patrick Sheehan (who died in the Philippines in the Army in 1912) living in Fall River and both were buried there. I would also be interested in reading that article too >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Susan Haines <sehaines42@gmail.com> >> To: Jane Sullivan <fishsull2@yahoo.com>; beara@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:21 AM >> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River >> >> Jane, do you know how one can read this article? I had a cousin living >> in Fall River in 1890-1920 or so, and working in the mills. She did not >> come from Beara, I think, but was from Kerry (Elizabeth O'Neil; he >> daughter was a nurse also in Fall River). Sue >> >> On 1/30/2012 9:59 AM, Jane Sullivan wrote: >>> Ed, Your info on FR Beara immigrants sounds very interesting! I did some research in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 census and found many women from Beara working in the cotton mills in FR. I used the names Sullivan and Harrington since nearly everyone with these names was from Beara. I was also able to use Riobard's books to make some family connections but it is hard due to the repetitive use of first names!! >>> I wrote a short article for IRISH ROOTS magazine called AT WORK IN FALL RIVER MASS ( 2004 Fourth Quarter, issue no.52), focusing on the women in the mills. I grew up in FR and had both Irish and English grandparents who worked in the mills. By 1900, more Beara women worked as domestics , dressmakers and clerks rather than in the mills. Many of their daughters became teachers and nurses. >>> I know you sent me information on your family as did many other folks.I hope to some more research after I retire in May. Keep us posted! Jane Sullivan >>> >>> From: "EFoley1@aol.com"<EFoley1@aol.com> >>> To: beara@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 10:34 AM >>> Subject: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River >>> >>> >>> >>> For those of you with Beara roots whose ancestors came to live in Fall >>> River, Massachusetts, I say you have plenty of company. I spent a day at the >>> Massachusetts archives in Boston last week and discovered a trove of Beara >>> men. >>> The archive has microfilmed the naturalization applications for the latter >>> part of the 1800’s. The applications were only from men. The applicants >>> listed their birthday, current address, day and place they came to the US, >>> their age and the age they were when they immigrated. I spent a day going >>> through the first films available from the 2nd District Court of Fall >>> River. I covered only the years 1886 to 1890. The results were astounding to >>> me. >>> Although I did not keep track of the total number of applications I looked >>> at during these four years I found 30 individuals who claimed the Beara as >>> home. They noted their homes as Bearahaven, Bar Haven, Bear Haven, >>> Castletownbere, Airies Cork, and many other variations, but from the Beara in any >>> case. I did keep track of the number of some surnames in total and found >>> for instance that 88% of the Sullivan applicants for those 4 years (17 >>> total) were from the Beara. 80% (5 total) of all the Harringtons were from the >>> Beara. All of the Leary’s (4) and all of the Shays/Sheas (4). There was >>> also a Sheehan, Toomey and a Foley from the Beara. >>> If you consider the percentages of surnames etc in the naturalization >>> records represent a good sampling of the families in the city at this time, you >>> have many Beara familes there. There were 574 Sullivans listed in the >>> 1890 Fall River City Directory. We can estimate 505 of them were from the >>> Beara. Harringtons, Sheas, Learys, Murphys, Toomey and more area living side >>> by side in these old records, working in this center of the industrial >>> revolution in textile manufacturing. >>> I have been working with the census and immigration manifests to assemble >>> these family groups. Next step will be to match them to their homes using >>> Riobard’s work. >>> Although tedious, with the records now available you can project that >>> someday we will be able to make many connections from this popular center of >>> 1800’s employment in Massachusetts back to the Beara in Ireland. >>> Regards >>> ED FOLEY >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 Folks, The Ulster American Folk Park have a genealogy section and for any who do not know, it is a good place to start for Northern names. I have been up there on a few occasions and they are very helpful people. If they cannot be of assistance, themselves, then they may have some advice as to other sources. This is the contact detail, as usual, spaces inserted for posting, remove for em address to site and centre. http:// www. nmni. com/ uafp/ Contact-Us Slan is beannacht, Donal O On 1/30/12, Dot Leinhauser <Dot@teqknow.com> wrote: > Reg. I checked my paper work and have nothing on these Faulkners. Wee they > also in Bristol. It seems strange that they wouldn't be connected since > Bristol at the time was not that big and so many Faulkners. Where did you > find George and Wiiliam and maybe I can further check. Thanks for your > help. Dot > > > > > iginal Message----- > From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Reg Volk > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:47 AM > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Cc: Dot@teqknow.com > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Research?? > > Dot > > Ironically, my birthday is also October 31st! > > There seems to also be sons William and George with this family. Do you > have anything on them? > > Another site seems to indicate there is also a William and Ann, as children, > unless the parent's birth years are mixed up?? > > Antrim is actually outside of this list area. > > CHEERS-Reg > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dot Leinhauser" <Dot@TeqKnow.com> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:22 PM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Research?? > > >> Hi Reg or anyone who could make a connection for me. >> >> My g grandfather was Adam Faulkner from county Antrim Born oct. 31, 1837. >> He was the son of William Faulkner and Anne Marie Holmes. Adam arrived in >> the U.S. on the 16th of May 1857 the 1860 census has him married to Eliz. >> Kyle and living in Bristol, R.I. I have . Thanks for any help. >> found other Faulkners in Bristol and don't know if they are related. >> >> I would like to know if there is any information about his parents and >> family in Ireland. >> >> Winter in E.Pennsylvania has not been too bad. Our first snowfall was >> three >> days ago and had quickly disappeared. Looking forward to spring. Dot >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >> Behalf Of Reg Volk >> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:57 PM >> To: beara@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [BEARA] Research?? >> >> Thoroughly enjoying Irish author, James Stephen's Faery Tales-especially >> the >> one about Carl and Cael's race! i.e. how to keep foreigners out of >> Ireland! >> It can be read online thru Gutenberg. >> >> I do have some extra Winter time on my hands and would be glad to look at >> anyone's Irish research/brickwalls-but ye must try to be specific! i.e. >> what >> do you have/what do you still look for? >> >> regvolk@shaw.ca >> >> Cold in British Columbia Canada.-I am in the Okanagan valley-yes a >> fruit/wine producing area! (30C + in the summer) Supposed to get to -20C >> tonight but it won't last- OC is normal. >> >> How are YOU holding up to Winter??-what keeps you warm? >> >> CHEERS-Stay Warm-Reg >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

What is it you are trying to find out here? I doubt one can research people's motives?? Reg-Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Haines" <sehaines42@gmail.com> To: "Jane Sullivan" <fishsull2@yahoo.com>; <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > Maybe I spoke too soon. I don't know where my cousin who worked in Fall > River was born, but I have wondered why a young widow would venture > across the ocean to Fall River with a 3 or so year daughter if she > didn't have relatives there. Elizabeth O'Connor married Owen/Eugene > O'Neil. The daughter was Mary Ellen O'Neil (the nurse). Elizabeth > O'Connor's father was Dennis. This from the marriage record in > Glamorgan, Wales, Owen O'Neil died in Wales and she came to Fall River. > Perhaps she was born in Beara? Perhaps that is why she immigrated, > alone, to Fall River? > > On 1/30/2012 9:59 AM, Jane Sullivan wrote: >> Ed, Your info on FR Beara immigrants sounds very interesting! I did some >> research in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 census and found many women from >> Beara working in the cotton mills in FR. I used the names Sullivan and >> Harrington since nearly everyone with these names was from Beara. I was >> also able to use Riobard's books to make some family connections but it >> is hard due to the repetitive use of first names!! >> I wrote a short article for IRISH ROOTS magazine called AT WORK IN FALL >> RIVER MASS ( 2004 Fourth Quarter, issue no.52), focusing on the women in >> the mills. I grew up in FR and had both Irish and English grandparents >> who worked in the mills. By 1900, more Beara women worked as domestics , >> dressmakers and clerks rather than in the mills. Many of their daughters >> became teachers and nurses. >> I know you sent me information on your family as did many other folks.I >> hope to some more research after I retire in May. Keep us posted! Jane >> Sullivan >> >> From: "EFoley1@aol.com"<EFoley1@aol.com> >> To: beara@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 10:34 AM >> Subject: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River >> >> >> >> For those of you with Beara roots whose ancestors came to live in Fall >> River, Massachusetts, I say you have plenty of company. I spent a day at >> the >> Massachusetts archives in Boston last week and discovered a trove of >> Beara >> men. >> The archive has microfilmed the naturalization applications for the >> latter >> part of the 1800’s. The applications were only from men. The >> applicants >> listed their birthday, current address, day and place they came to the >> US, >> their age and the age they were when they immigrated. I spent a day >> going >> through the first films available from the 2nd District Court of Fall >> River. I covered only the years 1886 to 1890. The results were >> astounding to >> me. >> Although I did not keep track of the total number of applications I >> looked >> at during these four years I found 30 individuals who claimed the Beara >> as >> home. They noted their homes as Bearahaven, Bar Haven, Bear Haven, >> Castletownbere, Airies Cork, and many other variations, but from the >> Beara in any >> case. I did keep track of the number of some surnames in total and >> found >> for instance that 88% of the Sullivan applicants for those 4 years (17 >> total) were from the Beara. 80% (5 total) of all the Harringtons were >> from the >> Beara. All of the Leary’s (4) and all of the Shays/Sheas (4). There >> was >> also a Sheehan, Toomey and a Foley from the Beara. >> If you consider the percentages of surnames etc in the naturalization >> records represent a good sampling of the families in the city at this >> time, you >> have many Beara familes there. There were 574 Sullivans listed in the >> 1890 Fall River City Directory. We can estimate 505 of them were from >> the >> Beara. Harringtons, Sheas, Learys, Murphys, Toomey and more area living >> side >> by side in these old records, working in this center of the industrial >> revolution in textile manufacturing. >> I have been working with the census and immigration manifests to >> assemble >> these family groups. Next step will be to match them to their homes >> using >> Riobard’s work. >> Although tedious, with the records now available you can project that >> someday we will be able to make many connections from this popular >> center of >> 1800’s employment in Massachusetts back to the Beara in Ireland. >> Regards >> ED FOLEY >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hmmm.. is Georgina Sheehan her maiden name? Would seem so if she had a brother and sister with the same last name. Same for Catherine? Married names?? Maybe that is why you cannot find her! Are the parents of this family Patrick Sheehan and Mary Sheehan? You need to give more date details. e,g. could this possibly be Georgina??: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M95G-7MX CHEERS-Reg-Canada Reg-Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Avis" <npavis@yahoo.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com>; "Jane Sullivan" <fishsull2@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > All sounds very interesting. Although I haven't found anything about my > great grandmother (Georgina Sheehan) living there, she had a sister > (Elizabeth Sheehan) and a brother Patrick Sheehan (who died in the > Philippines in the Army in 1912) living in Fall River and both were buried > there. I would also be interested in reading that article too > > > > ________________________________ > From: Susan Haines <sehaines42@gmail.com> > To: Jane Sullivan <fishsull2@yahoo.com>; beara@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:21 AM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > > Jane, do you know how one can read this article? I had a cousin living > in Fall River in 1890-1920 or so, and working in the mills. She did not > come from Beara, I think, but was from Kerry (Elizabeth O'Neil; he > daughter was a nurse also in Fall River). Sue > > On 1/30/2012 9:59 AM, Jane Sullivan wrote: >> Ed, Your info on FR Beara immigrants sounds very interesting! I did some >> research in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 census and found many women from >> Beara working in the cotton mills in FR. I used the names Sullivan and >> Harrington since nearly everyone with these names was from Beara. I was >> also able to use Riobard's books to make some family connections but it >> is hard due to the repetitive use of first names!! >> I wrote a short article for IRISH ROOTS magazine called AT WORK IN FALL >> RIVER MASS ( 2004 Fourth Quarter, issue no.52), focusing on the women in >> the mills. I grew up in FR and had both Irish and English grandparents >> who worked in the mills. By 1900, more Beara women worked as domestics , >> dressmakers and clerks rather than in the mills. Many of their daughters >> became teachers and nurses. >> I know you sent me information on your family as did many other folks.I >> hope to some more research after I retire in May. Keep us posted! Jane >> Sullivan >> >> From: "EFoley1@aol.com"<EFoley1@aol.com> >> To: beara@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 10:34 AM >> Subject: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River >> >> >> >> For those of you with Beara roots whose ancestors came to live in Fall >> River, Massachusetts, I say you have plenty of company. I spent a day at >> the >> Massachusetts archives in Boston last week and discovered a trove of >> Beara >> men. >> The archive has microfilmed the naturalization applications for the >> latter >> part of the 1800’s. The applications were only from men. The applicants >> listed their birthday, current address, day and place they came to the >> US, >> their age and the age they were when they immigrated. I spent a day going >> through the first films available from the 2nd District Court of Fall >> River. I covered only the years 1886 to 1890. The results were astounding >> to >> me. >> Although I did not keep track of the total number of applications I >> looked >> at during these four years I found 30 individuals who claimed the Beara >> as >> home. They noted their homes as Bearahaven, Bar Haven, Bear Haven, >> Castletownbere, Airies Cork, and many other variations, but from the >> Beara in any >> case. I did keep track of the number of some surnames in total and found >> for instance that 88% of the Sullivan applicants for those 4 years (17 >> total) were from the Beara. 80% (5 total) of all the Harringtons were >> from the >> Beara. All of the Leary’s (4) and all of the Shays/Sheas (4). There was >> also a Sheehan, Toomey and a Foley from the Beara. >> If you consider the percentages of surnames etc in the naturalization >> records represent a good sampling of the families in the city at this >> time, you >> have many Beara familes there. There were 574 Sullivans listed in the >> 1890 Fall River City Directory. We can estimate 505 of them were from the >> Beara. Harringtons, Sheas, Learys, Murphys, Toomey and more area living >> side >> by side in these old records, working in this center of the industrial >> revolution in textile manufacturing. >> I have been working with the census and immigration manifests to assemble >> these family groups. Next step will be to match them to their homes using >> Riobard’s work. >> Although tedious, with the records now available you can project that >> someday we will be able to make many connections from this popular center >> of >> 1800’s employment in Massachusetts back to the Beara in Ireland. >> Regards >> ED FOLEY >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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

No these are Antrim Faulkners not Bristol. Are you sure you do not have info on them already? Reg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dot Leinhauser" <Dot@TeqKnow.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Research?? > Reg. I checked my paper work and have nothing on these Faulkners. Wee > they > also in Bristol. It seems strange that they wouldn't be connected since > Bristol at the time was not that big and so many Faulkners. Where did you > find George and Wiiliam and maybe I can further check. Thanks for your > help. Dot > > > > > iginal Message----- > From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Reg Volk > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:47 AM > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Cc: Dot@teqknow.com > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Research?? > > Dot > > Ironically, my birthday is also October 31st! > > There seems to also be sons William and George with this family. Do you > have anything on them? > > Another site seems to indicate there is also a William and Ann, as > children, > unless the parent's birth years are mixed up?? > > Antrim is actually outside of this list area. > > CHEERS-Reg > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dot Leinhauser" <Dot@TeqKnow.com> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:22 PM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Research?? > > >> Hi Reg or anyone who could make a connection for me. >> >> My g grandfather was Adam Faulkner from county Antrim Born oct. 31, >> 1837. >> He was the son of William Faulkner and Anne Marie Holmes. Adam arrived >> in >> the U.S. on the 16th of May 1857 the 1860 census has him married to >> Eliz. >> Kyle and living in Bristol, R.I. I have . Thanks for any help. >> found other Faulkners in Bristol and don't know if they are related. >> >> I would like to know if there is any information about his parents and >> family in Ireland. >> >> Winter in E.Pennsylvania has not been too bad. Our first snowfall was >> three >> days ago and had quickly disappeared. Looking forward to spring. Dot >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >> Behalf Of Reg Volk >> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:57 PM >> To: beara@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [BEARA] Research?? >> >> Thoroughly enjoying Irish author, James Stephen's Faery Tales-especially >> the >> one about Carl and Cael's race! i.e. how to keep foreigners out of >> Ireland! >> It can be read online thru Gutenberg. >> >> I do have some extra Winter time on my hands and would be glad to look at >> anyone's Irish research/brickwalls-but ye must try to be specific! i.e. >> what >> do you have/what do you still look for? >> >> regvolk@shaw.ca >> >> Cold in British Columbia Canada.-I am in the Okanagan valley-yes a >> fruit/wine producing area! (30C + in the summer) Supposed to get to -20C >> tonight but it won't last- OC is normal. >> >> How are YOU holding up to Winter??-what keeps you warm? >> >> CHEERS-Stay Warm-Reg >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 Folks, I send this to someone last night and I thought that I would go 'off thread' and share it with you as well. While it is great to see these things coming back, we need far more of it ! Henry, I just spend the evening from 5PM to 11AM) in a small rural community three quarters of an hour out of the city.. An old, unused farm house in an outlying farm have had three rooms made in to one and the top floor removed making it into a basic hall for the use of the community, while still in the ownership of the family who own the farm. There were about a hundred people there, over a dozen playing music for 'session' and also for traditional dancing, singing and a bit of poetry.. Most coming brought some cakes etc, all there got two or three beers over the evening or soft drinks if preferred and at 9.30PM there was tea, cake and sandwiches before some more music and a wind down. Mainly over fifties but a sprinkling of young married and teens. Just a good natured crowd there for music, dance, song, poetry and general socializing. This was of course common place in my childhood in the pre TV days, in the 'Celtic Tiger' era only a few continued this practice down to core members, but now as such entertainment is very low cost and people have time to socialize instead of traveling for 'away weekends' the people are starting to re-discover these community things. Simple Henry, very simple but unlike 'clubbing' (which I avoid like the plague) this is fine, wholesome entertainment that leaves the body, mind and spirit refreshed. While it was a thoroughly enjoyable night, I was also saddened coming back to the city: so few know of this culture and the very people sustaining it as a sector of the populace are probably those who need it least. For the rest, it is just what the doctor ordered ! However 'clubbing' in the norm with my nieces and nephews : all have regular partners and I suppose that is saying something, but the rest of that culture is heavy drinking to the point of alcohol abuse. To night I heard of some young fellow that drank a a dozen pints, friday night, that is a bloody gallon and a half of Guinness which is heavy going. Too ridiculous for words, ( aside from cost ) but that is life for the young and the indulgence the NWO have foisted on us. Slan is beannacht, Donal O

Reg. I checked my paper work and have nothing on these Faulkners. Wee they also in Bristol. It seems strange that they wouldn't be connected since Bristol at the time was not that big and so many Faulkners. Where did you find George and Wiiliam and maybe I can further check. Thanks for your help. Dot iginal Message----- From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Reg Volk Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:47 AM To: beara@rootsweb.com Cc: Dot@teqknow.com Subject: Re: [BEARA] Research?? Dot Ironically, my birthday is also October 31st! There seems to also be sons William and George with this family. Do you have anything on them? Another site seems to indicate there is also a William and Ann, as children, unless the parent's birth years are mixed up?? Antrim is actually outside of this list area. CHEERS-Reg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dot Leinhauser" <Dot@TeqKnow.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Research?? > Hi Reg or anyone who could make a connection for me. > > My g grandfather was Adam Faulkner from county Antrim Born oct. 31, 1837. > He was the son of William Faulkner and Anne Marie Holmes. Adam arrived in > the U.S. on the 16th of May 1857 the 1860 census has him married to Eliz. > Kyle and living in Bristol, R.I. I have . Thanks for any help. > found other Faulkners in Bristol and don't know if they are related. > > I would like to know if there is any information about his parents and > family in Ireland. > > Winter in E.Pennsylvania has not been too bad. Our first snowfall was > three > days ago and had quickly disappeared. Looking forward to spring. Dot > > -----Original Message----- > From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Reg Volk > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:57 PM > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BEARA] Research?? > > Thoroughly enjoying Irish author, James Stephen's Faery Tales-especially > the > one about Carl and Cael's race! i.e. how to keep foreigners out of > Ireland! > It can be read online thru Gutenberg. > > I do have some extra Winter time on my hands and would be glad to look at > anyone's Irish research/brickwalls-but ye must try to be specific! i.e. > what > do you have/what do you still look for? > > regvolk@shaw.ca > > Cold in British Columbia Canada.-I am in the Okanagan valley-yes a > fruit/wine producing area! (30C + in the summer) Supposed to get to -20C > tonight but it won't last- OC is normal. > > How are YOU holding up to Winter??-what keeps you warm? > > CHEERS-Stay Warm-Reg > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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

Just a side note on why pre 1900 (and likely through 1920) you will find naturalization records for men only---Women, unless they were widows, had no legal status in the USA until the passage/ratification of the suffrage amendment. Because women were not legal entities, only their husband's status mattered. Only men could vote. Only men had US passports if as US citizens they traveled abroad. Only men could serve on juries. In some few states (mostly out west), women were allowed to vote in local school board elections and could hold these offices. Otherwise, women had no civil or political life. We tend to forget what a momentous change for women that amendment was. Marge -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Avis Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 3:06 PM To: beara@rootsweb.com ; Jane Sullivan Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River All sounds very interesting. Although I haven't found anything about my great grandmother (Georgina Sheehan) living there, she had a sister (Elizabeth Sheehan) and a brother Patrick Sheehan (who died in the Philippines in the Army in 1912) living in Fall River and both were buried there. I would also be interested in reading that article too ________________________________ From: Susan Haines <sehaines42@gmail.com> To: Jane Sullivan <fishsull2@yahoo.com>; beara@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River Jane, do you know how one can read this article? I had a cousin living in Fall River in 1890-1920 or so, and working in the mills. She did not come from Beara, I think, but was from Kerry (Elizabeth O'Neil; he daughter was a nurse also in Fall River). Sue On 1/30/2012 9:59 AM, Jane Sullivan wrote: > Ed, Your info on FR Beara immigrants sounds very interesting! I did some > research in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 census and found many women from Beara > working in the cotton mills in FR. I used the names Sullivan and > Harrington since nearly everyone with these names was from Beara. I was > also able to use Riobard's books to make some family connections but it > is hard due to the repetitive use of first names!! > I wrote a short article for IRISH ROOTS magazine called AT WORK IN FALL > RIVER MASS ( 2004 Fourth Quarter, issue no.52), focusing on the women in > the mills. I grew up in FR and had both Irish and English grandparents who > worked in the mills. By 1900, more Beara women worked as domestics , > dressmakers and clerks rather than in the mills. Many of their daughters > became teachers and nurses. > I know you sent me information on your family as did many other folks.I > hope to some more research after I retire in May. Keep us posted! Jane > Sullivan > > From: "EFoley1@aol.com"<EFoley1@aol.com> > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 10:34 AM > Subject: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > > > > For those of you with Beara roots whose ancestors came to live in Fall > River, Massachusetts, I say you have plenty of company. I spent a day at > the > Massachusetts archives in Boston last week and discovered a trove of > Beara > men. > The archive has microfilmed the naturalization applications for the > latter > part of the 1800’s. The applications were only from men. The applicants > listed their birthday, current address, day and place they came to the > US, > their age and the age they were when they immigrated. I spent a day > going > through the first films available from the 2nd District Court of Fall > River. I covered only the years 1886 to 1890. The results were > astounding to > me. > Although I did not keep track of the total number of applications I > looked > at during these four years I found 30 individuals who claimed the Beara > as > home. They noted their homes as Bearahaven, Bar Haven, Bear Haven, > Castletownbere, Airies Cork, and many other variations, but from the > Beara in any > case. I did keep track of the number of some surnames in total and found > for instance that 88% of the Sullivan applicants for those 4 years (17 > total) were from the Beara. 80% (5 total) of all the Harringtons were > from the > Beara. All of the Leary’s (4) and all of the Shays/Sheas (4). There was > also a Sheehan, Toomey and a Foley from the Beara. > If you consider the percentages of surnames etc in the naturalization > records represent a good sampling of the families in the city at this > time, you > have many Beara familes there. There were 574 Sullivans listed in the > 1890 Fall River City Directory. We can estimate 505 of them were from > the > Beara. Harringtons, Sheas, Learys, Murphys, Toomey and more area living > side > by side in these old records, working in this center of the industrial > revolution in textile manufacturing. > I have been working with the census and immigration manifests to assemble > these family groups. Next step will be to match them to their homes using > Riobard’s work. > Although tedious, with the records now available you can project that > someday we will be able to make many connections from this popular center > of > 1800’s employment in Massachusetts back to the Beara in Ireland. > Regards > ED FOLEY > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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

Maybe I spoke too soon. I don't know where my cousin who worked in Fall River was born, but I have wondered why a young widow would venture across the ocean to Fall River with a 3 or so year daughter if she didn't have relatives there. Elizabeth O'Connor married Owen/Eugene O'Neil. The daughter was Mary Ellen O'Neil (the nurse). Elizabeth O'Connor's father was Dennis. This from the marriage record in Glamorgan, Wales, Owen O'Neil died in Wales and she came to Fall River. Perhaps she was born in Beara? Perhaps that is why she immigrated, alone, to Fall River? On 1/30/2012 9:59 AM, Jane Sullivan wrote: > Ed, Your info on FR Beara immigrants sounds very interesting! I did some research in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 census and found many women from Beara working in the cotton mills in FR. I used the names Sullivan and Harrington since nearly everyone with these names was from Beara. I was also able to use Riobard's books to make some family connections but it is hard due to the repetitive use of first names!! > I wrote a short article for IRISH ROOTS magazine called AT WORK IN FALL RIVER MASS ( 2004 Fourth Quarter, issue no.52), focusing on the women in the mills. I grew up in FR and had both Irish and English grandparents who worked in the mills. By 1900, more Beara women worked as domestics , dressmakers and clerks rather than in the mills. Many of their daughters became teachers and nurses. > I know you sent me information on your family as did many other folks.I hope to some more research after I retire in May. Keep us posted! Jane Sullivan > > From: "EFoley1@aol.com"<EFoley1@aol.com> > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 10:34 AM > Subject: [BEARA] Beara familes in Fall River > > > > For those of you with Beara roots whose ancestors came to live in Fall > River, Massachusetts, I say you have plenty of company. I spent a day at the > Massachusetts archives in Boston last week and discovered a trove of Beara > men. > The archive has microfilmed the naturalization applications for the latter > part of the 1800’s. The applications were only from men. The applicants > listed their birthday, current address, day and place they came to the US, > their age and the age they were when they immigrated. I spent a day going > through the first films available from the 2nd District Court of Fall > River. I covered only the years 1886 to 1890. The results were astounding to > me. > Although I did not keep track of the total number of applications I looked > at during these four years I found 30 individuals who claimed the Beara as > home. They noted their homes as Bearahaven, Bar Haven, Bear Haven, > Castletownbere, Airies Cork, and many other variations, but from the Beara in any > case. I did keep track of the number of some surnames in total and found > for instance that 88% of the Sullivan applicants for those 4 years (17 > total) were from the Beara. 80% (5 total) of all the Harringtons were from the > Beara. All of the Leary’s (4) and all of the Shays/Sheas (4). There was > also a Sheehan, Toomey and a Foley from the Beara. > If you consider the percentages of surnames etc in the naturalization > records represent a good sampling of the families in the city at this time, you > have many Beara familes there. There were 574 Sullivans listed in the > 1890 Fall River City Directory. We can estimate 505 of them were from the > Beara. Harringtons, Sheas, Learys, Murphys, Toomey and more area living side > by side in these old records, working in this center of the industrial > revolution in textile manufacturing. > I have been working with the census and immigration manifests to assemble > these family groups. Next step will be to match them to their homes using > Riobard’s work. > Although tedious, with the records now available you can project that > someday we will be able to make many connections from this popular center of > 1800’s employment in Massachusetts back to the Beara in Ireland. > Regards > ED FOLEY > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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