Hi, Thanks for writing/responding! Unfortunately, all I have is HER. It's one of most frustrating brick walls. I am making headway on DONEGAN, but can't seem to get a break on the HURLEYs. I don't knlw about the CA environs, but researching HURLEY in D. C. is especailly frustrating as there is a prominent Colonial family in MD/DC/PA that I keep bumpong into and are not likely to be directly connected to mine. All I have is family oral history: She may be the immigrant, but my mother thought she came over from Ireland with her mother, too. Mother remembers Mary telling her she was from Co. Cork. Mother also recalls she could speak some Gaelic, but doesn't recall any of it and thinks she used it when she was cursing :) Mother also told me that Mary was a laundress for a large hotel in NY (probably Manhatten, but I just don't know). The HURLEY ine also connects to a STEPHENS line in NY, but I have no additional info on them for now (but I have a lead from an obit I found in mother's papers and I have just recently written a letter to a possible cousin that may be a descendant of a HURLEY-STEPHENS marriage. I hope he repsonds! Sorry I can't be of more assistance, Kathleen Kathleen in Ridge Manor, Florida - Genealogy: It's Relative!! [email protected] or [email protected] http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/o/w/Kathleen-E-Bowen http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=katbowen Frodo Lives! -----Original Message----- From: JJastram <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: March 24, 2002 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [BLACKSMITHING] John Dominic DONEGAN, Wash., D. C. late 1800s-early 1900s >Dear Kathleen, > >I'm interested in your Mary Ellen HURLEY. Do you have any information on >her (possible) brothers or others of the HURLEY name who might have >settled in California in the second half of the 19th century? >Judy > >Kathleen Bowen wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am a new subscriber to the list and I would like to post info about my >> ancestor who was a blacksmith of Irish descent in SW Washington, D. C. ><snip> >> > The basics: >> John Dominic DONEGAN, b. Jul 1858 in Washington, D. C. (source: 1900 DC >> Federal Census), d. 25 Jun 1934 (source: St. Dominic's Catholic Church >> records), m. Mary Ellen HURLEY, prob. in NY (poss. Staten Island), b. Feb >> 1858, Ireland (source: 1900 DC Federal Census), prob. Co. Cork, d. 11 May >> 1924 (Newspaper death announcement). ><snip> > > >==== BLACKSMITHING Mailing List ==== >List Mom for the BLACKSMITHING mailing list: > Diana Boothe > [email protected] > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hello Kathleen, Here's a link to the Calvary Cemetery in Fresno, California, where our HURLEY family members are buried. It's a long list, so look under H-- http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/fresno/cemeteries/calvary.txt Timothy HURLEY (1866 - 4/21/1918) in the list was the second husband of my g-grandmother Margaret HURLEY also buried there (5/29/1866 - 1/11/1950). Tim HURLEY was a blacksmith, and Margaret's first husband was blacksmith George MECARTEA, son of the James MECARTEA in my earlier post on Chinese Camp and Big Oak Flat, California. Margaret's maiden name was BRICKLEY, and her mother is buried there too, listed as Sarah M. BRICKLEY (no date of birth; date of death 10/11/1908) She was born in Ireland, and her maiden name was McCormick. Her husband, not buried there, was John BRICKLEY born in Cork, Ireland, who served in the Civil War on the Union side in Illinois, and then came out to California. If you find any connection, I would appreciate your letting me know. Best wishes, Judy Kathleen Bowen wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks for writing/responding! > > Unfortunately, all I have is HER. It's one of most frustrating brick walls. > I am making headway on DONEGAN, but can't seem to get a break on the > HURLEYs. I don't know about the CA environs, but researching HURLEY in D. C. > is especailly frustrating as there is a prominent Colonial family in > MD/DC/PA that I keep bumping into and are not likely to be directly > connected to mine. > > All I have is family oral history: She may be the immigrant, but my mother > thought she came over from Ireland with her mother, too. Mother remembers > Mary telling her she was from Co. Cork. Mother also recalls she could speak > some Gaelic, but doesn't recall any of it and thinks she used it when she > was cursing :) Mother also told me that Mary was a laundress for a large > hotel in NY (probably Manhatten, but I just don't know). The HURLEY line also > connects to a STEPHENS line in NY, but I have no additional info on them for > now (but I have a lead from an obit I found in mother's papers and I have > just recently written a letter to a possible cousin that may be a descendant > of a HURLEY-STEPHENS marriage. I hope he repsonds! > > Sorry I can't be of more assistance, > Kathleen