Good morning, George, The combination Skiffington-Kelly caught my eye...because.... I cannot trace my husband's great-grandfather's beginnings, shall we say. PATRICK SKIFFINGTON was born around 1815, PERHAPS in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone. PERHAPS he is the same Pat. Skiffington who sailed on the Jane Walker in 1834. The first documentation we have of him is his marriage to BRIDGET KELLY (b. Ireland, 1814) in The Basilica of the Blessed Assumption, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, in 1840. They had at least five children, christened in St. Peter's R.C. Church, Baltimore. Md. In 1863, during the American Civil War, he fought with a Baltimore Infantry regiment, where he received injuries when he fell on his bayonet and died six months later at his home in Baltimore. This is a shorthand version, and limited narration, of what we know about PATRICK SKIFFINGTON. If you have anything that might help us to pinpoint him more closely to your Skiffingtons (and even Bridget Kelly), I would be so appreciative as we have been on the hunt for him for 40 years now, having gone up hill and down dale in trying to find his roots, shall we say. Maisie Egger (Born, Glasgow, Scotland, where I have oodles of info. on my side, and am trying to find the same for my Austrian-Irish-American husband!) > Today's Topics: > > 1. Skiffington-Kelly 1854 Killeeshil (A George Deeney) > 2. Michael Bradley - Susan McKnna (Patricia Coogan) > 3. Grave/Headstone Inscriptions (Hayward & Osborn) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:45:34 +0700 > From: A George Deeney <ageorge.deeney@gmail.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] Skiffington-Kelly 1854 Killeeshil > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <1d121c3d0907060145n21f33f5bg29380f66eed1dbba@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 31 January 1854, Killeeshil RC church, John Skiffington married Mary > Kelly. The witnesses were Matilda Kelly and William McKenna. > > They had 7 children. The oldest daughter, Margaret stayed in Killeeshil and > married a Peter Kelly. Another daughter, Bridget, stayed in Killeeshil and > never married. In the 1901 Census she was still living with her parents in > Ballynahaye. Another daughter, Anne Jane (Jennie) stayed in Killeeshil and > married James McCaughey. There was also a son John in Killeeshil. I know > nothing much about him. The other Skiffington children (Mary, Hugh, > Michael) went to Philadelphia. > > My interest is in Mary Kelly, the mother of this family and my 2nd > great-grandmother. There were at least 10 Mary Kelly's born between 1826 > and 1833 in Killeeshil. If anyone has any clue to indicate who this Mary > Kelly might be, I would appreciate the help. > > George > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 06:54:48 -0400 > From: Patricia Coogan <patmikecoogan@comcast.net> > Subject: [CoTyIre] Michael Bradley - Susan McKnna > To: COTYRONEIRELAND@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <1C24C114-9B8B-4A6C-BF98-DB48656D7212@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Patricia, > > Thank you for the information about Michael Bradley. I appreciate > your help. I found what looks like might be the marriage record of > Michael Bradley to Susan McKenna in Co Durham England in 1850. I have > ordered it online and hope it is the right one. Hopefully that will > tell me at least their father's names. Thanks again. > > Pat Connor Coogan > > > ------------------------------