Dia sa Teach, The name of the family is ' Ó Duibhidhir ' or ' Clann Uí Dhuibhidhir '. There were no Devers or Divers in Donegal in the eighteen thirties. Beannacht Dé, P.J. Ó Domhnaill. ----- Original Message ----- From: <CARADOC28@AOL.COM> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 5:54 AM Subject: [DONEGAL] Before Chicago page 5" The Man Who Cleaned Up Chicago" > In the late 1830's, the Dever Family of Co: Donegal,in the north of > Ireland,was on the move.Although the potato blight had not yet come, life was neither > peaceful or prosperous for this tribe of catholic patriots..The Act of the > Union,Robert Emmit's crushed rebellion ,the new Irish Poor laws,Disenfranchisement > and evictions,poverty ,and hunger---all these weighed heavily upon them James > Dever , the family patriarch,was a man of Donegal,and as a man of Donegal he > was resolved to remain.But his nine sons and four daughters felt the ties to > the land less strongly.They decided to immigrate to America. > Between 1840 and 1855 almost the entire clan left ireland. So decisively did > they abandon the old homestead that fifty years not a trace of the family > could be found in Donegal.Two of the brothers eventually settled in Mauch Chunk > [now Jim Thorpe], in Eastern Pennsylvania. The rest of the Devers joined the > great migration of their countrymen to Boston. > Patrick Joseph Dever was one of the family making this move. He was on of > the fifteen whenhecame to Massachusetts in 1840. Aside from the date of his > arrival ,we have no record of his early career in America. Patrick had no money > and no trade ,so we may assume that his first workwas simuliar to that of > manya poor Irish immigrant of the day.------nasty ,brutish,and long. > Sometime durring this period Patrick met Mary Lynch. It was a > fortunate aquaintance forthe young man.The Lynch's were one of the the oldest of > the Boston Irish Settlement. Mary's Grandfather had been one of theEmmett's > Rebels,fleeing Ireland for America with a price on his head in 1803.Her father > ,Martin Lynch was on of the community recognized leaders.He was a successful > saloonkeeper and democratic ward politician.and--no small accomplishment-he had > founded the cities first major Catholic cemetery. He also held a choice > political appointment as an inspector at the federal customs house. > Patrick and Mary were wed in the spring of 1855. At some point durring > thenext few years,Patrick Dever became a currier,a skilled worker in leather.Wether > Martin Lynch arranged for him to learn the trade is unknown. Though itwouldnt > be the 1st time a father help the daughters husband. Nor can we determine if > Martin gave the newlyweds any financial aide. We do know ,however,that Patrick > Dever was able to buy land and open his own business in the town of Woburn Ma. > in 1859. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ----- > Some things i can add > they were bootlegers in donegal > he was the ggrand uncle of Paul A. Dever [pronounced as in never] Paul A. was > gov. of mass. and canadate for president in democratic primary 1948 against > Truman. > Some of the family stayed in woburn others went to boston and chelsea. > i have almost all of this mass family.I am the grand nephew of Paul A. > patricks brother > EdwardDEVERS182?@IRELAND > Neil DEVER1834,@IRELAND [30 IN 1860 CENSUS]30 Apr 1898@64 YRS,2 May > 18981898@HOLY CROSS CEMETERY MALDEN MArs@111 merimack BOSTON MA1864-RS@93 LEVERETT > ST.BOSTON MA.1865-RS@BURKE'S COURT ,BOSTON MA.LABORER,1867-1867BUGLES > COURT-DAYLABORER-WEALTH$100,1860- FISHERMAN-RS BOSTON MA.,1869-RS BOSTON MA.,1869-rs@111 > merimackBOSTON MA1864- > CorneilusDEVER1820,abt@IRELAND rs@IRELAND1820,abt-TEAMSTER, WEALTH 30$,1860- > MichaelDEVER1845,SCOTLANDrs@scotland1845abt-LABORER,BOSTON MA .1895 > JamesDEVERrs@,IRELAND1838abt-rs@,IRELAND1838abt-rs@IRELAND1841 ,abt- > rs@BOSTON MA.1842,abt- > JohnDEVER1841,abt@IRELANDrs@IRELAND1841,abt-LABORER,RS@BOSTON MA.,1869- > MaryDEVER1812@d.@80YRS 14 Mar 1892@12 NO. MONUMENT,AVE.HOLY CROSS CEMETERY > MALDEN MA > > > 7 brothers and 1 sister who has the two brothers and 3 sisters of patrick > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > To browse through the archives of the list go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Visit my homepage at http://freepages.genealogy.com/~donegaleire > > ============================== > 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 > >