Hi Nancy, "Who were My Ancestors" page 201: Allihies Denis Sheehan & Ellen Spring from Kerry lived in..Cahermore Children: Elizabeth June 1870 Georgina Aug 1871 went to USA Teresa 1873..went to USA John aka Sonny (Nov 1874 m. Mary Murphy Denny June 1878 went to USA Patrick March 1881 Sonny's father, Denis was thought to have been first cousin to my mother Honoria Sheehan Neus whose father was Patrick Sheehan. Best. Barbara Neus On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Nancy Avis via <beara@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Anyone have ancestors who's last name was Sheehan from the Beara > Peninsula? Did any of them end up in Fall River, MA.I recently started > concentrating on searching my Sheehan ancestors from the Beara Penisula > I had gotten research of my great grandmother's immediate family and > siblings, parents, etc.. (my great grandmother was Georgina Sheehan > daughter of Denis Sheehan and Ellen Spring. Denis was the son of Denis > Sheehan and Mary Downing and I have all of their children. > Started searching some of the names I had that went to US which led me to > other Sheehans that came to the US (luckily most of the manifests would > label their family connection - mother, cousin, etc..) Alot of them > started out in Fall River, MA as their first destination in the US. > > Found the widow of Patrick Sheehan (son of Denis Sheehan and Mary Downing) > (Julia O'Sullivan Sheehan) and their children who ended up in the Bronx, > NY; and then found their cousins - who were the children of a William > Sheehan and Bridget Sheehan who emigrated to Fall River, MA in 1894 (the > husband William was already there). > > > ------------------------------- > 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