This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Donovan, Golden, Condley, Waters Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wJT.2ACEB/669 Message Board Post: Seeking information with respect to Michael Donovan and his wife Margaret Golden who gave birth to Margaret Donovan in Cohoes, NY in 1843. Margaret had a sister (name presently unknown) who married a Condley and later gave birth to my wife's grandmother, Mary Ellen Condley, in 1876 and two brothers - Edward and Frank Condley. Mary Ellen (Nellie) Condley later married John Worthy Waters and lived for many years in Washington County, NY, where she raised 8 or 9 children. Margaret Donovan went on to join the convent as Sister Mary Agnes Gonzaga and died in Sault Ste Marie in 1871.

In a message dated 8/17/01 12:25:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, aclement@peak.org writes: << I was in Clonakilty a couple years ago -- there is a pub called Donovan's right in town and the fellow there (Mr Donovan) is interested in family history. In fact, there were meetings going on at the time in the pub planning the clan meeting of the Donovan family for the following year (that would be last year). Alison Clement >> The Donovan Clan Reunion did take place last summer in Cork and the woman who organized it puts out a web newsletter that might be of interest to those that don't know about it yet. The August issue of The Eagle's Whistle is up and located at http://www.donovansweb.com/~ewhistle/ I hope you enjoy it.

I was in Clonakilty a couple years ago -- there is a pub called Donovan's right in town and the fellow there (Mr Donovan) is interested in family history. In fact, there were meetings going on at the time in the pub planning the clan meeting of the Donovan family for the following year (that would be last year). Alison Clement At 07:06 PM 8/16/2001 -0700, you wrote: >I was just in clonakilty about two weeks ago. Zillions >of Donovans and O'Donovans in that area, especially in >the area known as "Mountain Common." > >Charles > >Have you tried writing to the priest at Immaculate >conception? His name is Msgr. O'Sullivan and he lives >right across from the church on The Western Road. I am >assuming he was Catholic? If not, then there is a >Church of Ireland on Patrick's Hill, Clonakilty, Co. >Cork, Ireland. If you wrote right to the priest there >with no more than that address, I am sure you would >get connected as it is such a small town. > >Well, for what it's worth. > > >--- hfreeman@sktc.net wrote: > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > > this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Donovan/Nagle > > Classification: Queries > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/667 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Searching for Jerry Donovan b,1857 Clonaklity Cork, > > Ireland. > > Immigrated 1881, located Illinois with wife Julia > > Nagle Donovan > > and 3 or 4 childrenn. One son Timothy David Donovan > > born 1887 Batavia, ILL David married Hattie Swan > > 1912.. > > > > > > ==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== > > Please do not send attachments / attached files to > > the list. If you need assistance, contact the > > listowner at: parasida@stny.rr.com > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger >http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > >==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== >To contact the owner send mail to Kelly at: parasida@stny.rr.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/216.1 Message Board Post: Update to Donovans. I have just found more information, James' mother's name was Hanora Connell and there were four children total, James b. 1869, Julia b. 1871, Pat b.1873, and Joan 1867. All that I know is James came to Boston. anyone that has any other info that may help, please write to me at NTKFCCP@aol.com I do not check this site very often. in Ireland the other sur names are Keohane, Ward. Thanks N.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DONOVAN GLEASON O'BRIEN DWYER CALLAHAN McGUIRE COSTELLO RYAN BURKE CAREY JACOBS CONWAY HEDERMAN MURRAY SVECAR AZZARO WHITE GILLESPIE O'MALLEY CAREY HENDRICH LYNCH POULTON ACKERMAN HAGMAN KELLERMAN Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/666.2 Message Board Post: Dear Jim, You have provided some fascinating details. My brother Steve Donovan and I are putting a book together on our Donovan line. With the help of this message board and libraries we have been in contact with new found descendents of John Donovan. We have recently obtained earlier genealogies that were put together by Donovan Jacobs in 1924. Another report put together in the 1970's by Rosemary Azzaro and yet another from Marilyn Meyers in 1980's (grandchildren & great-granchilden of John). We have also been aided by new found cousins Maureen Atwood & Sheila Stewart. With all of the recent information and the hundreds of new documents, we might be close to finding out who John's parents were. Perhaps his brothers too and any sisters that might have existed. We have alot of the same first names in our line as well. My GGG-GF John Donovan was born in 1815 he married Hannah (Hanarah-some say Hanora) Sweeney, born 1821 in Ireland. We presume Skibbereen but must first confirm. Two of their children were born in NY in 1844 & 1846 (we are confirming the name of the cities-Lockport or Buffalo). The other children were born in McHenry County, IL. The names their children are: Michael, Catherine, Edith, Frances"Fannie", Hannah, John Francis, Margaret, Mary Ann & Patrick. John and "Hannah"'s grandchildren by son Michael are: John, Timothy, Edmond "Edward", William, Raymond, Mary, Ruth, Benjamin, Alphonse aka Michael/Albert & Frank "Francis". *Edmond & Raymond were twins. Most of these children went by their middle names to make it all the more confusing. Some of the confirmed descendent surnames through son Michael & wife Catherine (Gleason) Donovan that we are also researching are: GLEASON O'BRIEN DWYER CALLAHAN McGUIRE COSTELLO RYAN BURKE CAREY JACOBS CONWAY HEDERMAN MURRAY SVECAR AZZARO WHITE GILLESPIE O'MALLEY CAREY HENDRICH LYNCH POULTON ACKERMAN HAGMAN & KELLERMAN. We hope to have all this new information compiled soon. We would still love to hear from others that might be a linked or might have further information on the parents of John or his brothers. Please email me @ 115104.2031@compuserve.com Thanks again!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Donovan,O'Donovan Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/668 Message Board Post: I am looking for a Lost Aunt Hannah and her descendants. Hannah was born to Thomas and Hannah Donovan from Reagh, outside the town of Kilcrohane near Bantry in West Co. Cork. She is the Sister of Honorah, Helen,Mary(Molly), Tim. Patrick(Pakie),Thomas, Jimmy, John Joe. She had lots of family in Queens New York. possibly married at St Stanislaus church in Maspeth,Queens New York or there abouts. Thanks, JOHN JOE

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DONOVAN Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/658.1.1 Message Board Post: I have a similar story on my Donovan family. A Bernard Donovan was separated from his brothers in NY. Bernard was born about 1833. Not sure of when they came to US. He married a Mary Ann Mackin in Schenectady, NY and moved with the railroad to MO then to IA where he died in 1898. Do you have any reference to this person? Thanks,

Thank you so much for the info. This seems to fit and is the break through I have been looking for. My grandfather Raymond (Rayfield) was born in Kirkwood NY. His father was William. Now I have something to work with. Thanks you. If you have any other info please contact me. Barbara Donovan Brown 1093 Old Almond Rd Hornell NY 14843 -----Original Message----- From: BIGDJLD@WEBTV <BIGDJLD@WEBTV>; NET@newmail.rootsweb.com <NET@newmail.rootsweb.com> To: DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com <DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 16, 2001 1:24 PM Subject: [DONOVAN-L] DONOVANS WHO WORKED ON THE ERIE CANALIN 1830'S AND 1840'S AND SEPERATED IN N.Y. > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: DONOVAN,SULLIVAN,DOWNS,PHEIR >Classification: Immigration > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/666 > >Message Board Post: > >MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS TIMOTHY >DONOVAN,WHO WAS BAPTISED AT SKIBBEREEN,CORK,IRELAND AT ST, PATRICKS CHURCH,PARISH OF ROSS > >ON APRIL 9,1819.HIS PARENTS WERE DANIEL and catherine DONOVAN FROM THE DISTRICT OF LEAP (NAMED AFTER >A FAMOUS LEAP BY A DONOVAN TO ESCAPE ENEMIES) >ACCORDING TO FAMILY LEGEND HE WAS A GROOMSMAN ON THE O'DONOGHUE ESTATE AND LEFT IRELAND DURING THE FAMINE, FIRST MARRYING THE DAUGHTER OF THE ESTATE, WITH HIS >FOUR BROTHERS.HER NAME WAS JOHANNA.THEY LANDED IN BOSTON >THEY WORKED THEIR WAY TO NY, WIDENING AND EXTENDING THE ERIE CANAL. A REFERENCE IN JEREMIAH O'DONOVAN ROSSA'S BOOK 'IRISH REBELS IN ENGLISH PRISONS GAVE AN >ADDRESS OF 264 SCHERMENHON ST.BROOKLYN 1838 (MAY BE 1858) >FOR HIS BOYHOOD FRIEND AND KINSMAN, TIMOTHY DONOVAN. >I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO TRACE THE EXACT RELATIONSHIP, BUT ROSSA'S SECOND WIFE WAS MARY McCARTHY WHICH WAS COMMONLY HEARD IN THE >FAMILY.(I REGRET THAT I DIDN'T LISTEN CLOSER TO THE LITANY THAT >SEEMED TO BE RECITED AT EVERY FAMILY GATHERING - HE WAS A SON OF, SHE MARRIED SO AND SO - BUT IT BORED ME AS A CHILD) >TIMOTHY BECAM,E A TRACK BOSS AND BUILT THE ERIE RAIL ROAD TO CALLICOON. THEN HE AND TWO FRIENDS HOMESTEADED A HILLTOP IN 1870, NEAR KIRKWOOD, NY. >TIMOTHY HAD THREE CHILDREN, >CATHERINE AND ELLEN BORN IN NY. >CITY BROOKLYN AND WILLIAM BORN ON THE FARM NEAR KIRKWOOD. >TIMOTHY DIED IN`1884 (JAN) AND JOHANNA IN (DEC) SAME YEAR. >MUCH TROUBLE IN THE FAMILY OVER THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE TWO FARMS AND EXTENSIVE LIVESTOCK HE HAD ACCUMULATED. >ACCORDING TO FAMILY LEGEND THE FOUR BROTHERS CONTINUED WEST, BUILDING AND WORKING ON THE RAILROADS. OR AS THEY SAID IN THOSE DAYS 'THEY WENT TO PENSYLTUCKY" >ONE BROTHER WAS IDENTIFIED ON MY GRANDFATHERS TOMBSTONE AS WILLIAM WHO DIED IN NOV.1857. THE ONLY OTHER INDICATION I HAVE IS THAT >JOHANNA DONOVAN ARRIVED IN BOSTON >IN APRIL, 1848 WITH A YOUTH PATRICK WHO MAY HAVE BEEN THE YOUNGEST BROTHER >MY MAIL ADDRESS IS 12401 N. 22 ST TAMPA, FL. 333612 APT F-702 >HOPE THIS HELPS YOUR SEARCH > JIM DONOVAN > > > >==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from DONOVAN, send an e-mail message to: >DONOVAN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) >DONOVAN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) >Include only the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the body of the message. (Please turn off signature files when sending this command) > >

how bizarre this is. I posted a message last year about any info about Donovans in Elmira area. Grandpa Donovan was born in Kirkwood. We may have something here.iginal Message----- From: BIGDJLD@WEBTV <BIGDJLD@WEBTV>; NET@newmail.rootsweb.com <NET@newmail.rootsweb.com> To: DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com <DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 16, 2001 1:24 PM Subject: [DONOVAN-L] DONOVANS WHO WORKED ON THE ERIE CANALIN 1830'S AND 1840'S AND SEPERATED IN N.Y. > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: DONOVAN,SULLIVAN,DOWNS,PHEIR >Classification: Immigration > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/666 > >Message Board Post: > >MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS TIMOTHY >DONOVAN,WHO WAS BAPTISED AT SKIBBEREEN,CORK,IRELAND AT ST, PATRICKS CHURCH,PARISH OF ROSS > >ON APRIL 9,1819.HIS PARENTS WERE DANIEL and catherine DONOVAN FROM THE DISTRICT OF LEAP (NAMED AFTER >A FAMOUS LEAP BY A DONOVAN TO ESCAPE ENEMIES) >ACCORDING TO FAMILY LEGEND HE WAS A GROOMSMAN ON THE O'DONOGHUE ESTATE AND LEFT IRELAND DURING THE FAMINE, FIRST MARRYING THE DAUGHTER OF THE ESTATE, WITH HIS >FOUR BROTHERS.HER NAME WAS JOHANNA.THEY LANDED IN BOSTON >THEY WORKED THEIR WAY TO NY, WIDENING AND EXTENDING THE ERIE CANAL. A REFERENCE IN JEREMIAH O'DONOVAN ROSSA'S BOOK 'IRISH REBELS IN ENGLISH PRISONS GAVE AN >ADDRESS OF 264 SCHERMENHON ST.BROOKLYN 1838 (MAY BE 1858) >FOR HIS BOYHOOD FRIEND AND KINSMAN, TIMOTHY DONOVAN. >I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO TRACE THE EXACT RELATIONSHIP, BUT ROSSA'S SECOND WIFE WAS MARY McCARTHY WHICH WAS COMMONLY HEARD IN THE >FAMILY.(I REGRET THAT I DIDN'T LISTEN CLOSER TO THE LITANY THAT >SEEMED TO BE RECITED AT EVERY FAMILY GATHERING - HE WAS A SON OF, SHE MARRIED SO AND SO - BUT IT BORED ME AS A CHILD) >TIMOTHY BECAM,E A TRACK BOSS AND BUILT THE ERIE RAIL ROAD TO CALLICOON. THEN HE AND TWO FRIENDS HOMESTEADED A HILLTOP IN 1870, NEAR KIRKWOOD, NY. >TIMOTHY HAD THREE CHILDREN, >CATHERINE AND ELLEN BORN IN NY. >CITY BROOKLYN AND WILLIAM BORN ON THE FARM NEAR KIRKWOOD. >TIMOTHY DIED IN`1884 (JAN) AND JOHANNA IN (DEC) SAME YEAR. >MUCH TROUBLE IN THE FAMILY OVER THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE TWO FARMS AND EXTENSIVE LIVESTOCK HE HAD ACCUMULATED. >ACCORDING TO FAMILY LEGEND THE FOUR BROTHERS CONTINUED WEST, BUILDING AND WORKING ON THE RAILROADS. OR AS THEY SAID IN THOSE DAYS 'THEY WENT TO PENSYLTUCKY" >ONE BROTHER WAS IDENTIFIED ON MY GRANDFATHERS TOMBSTONE AS WILLIAM WHO DIED IN NOV.1857. THE ONLY OTHER INDICATION I HAVE IS THAT >JOHANNA DONOVAN ARRIVED IN BOSTON >IN APRIL, 1848 WITH A YOUTH PATRICK WHO MAY HAVE BEEN THE YOUNGEST BROTHER >MY MAIL ADDRESS IS 12401 N. 22 ST TAMPA, FL. 333612 APT F-702 >HOPE THIS HELPS YOUR SEARCH > JIM DONOVAN > > > >==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from DONOVAN, send an e-mail message to: >DONOVAN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) >DONOVAN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) >Include only the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the body of the message. (Please turn off signature files when sending this command) > >

Thanks Charles for the information. I will try that. Larua ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Tucker" <mickobrien_2000@yahoo.com> To: <DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [DONOVAN-L] Jerry Donovan > I was just in clonakilty about two weeks ago. Zillions > of Donovans and O'Donovans in that area, especially in > the area known as "Mountain Common." > > Charles > > Have you tried writing to the priest at Immaculate > conception? His name is Msgr. O'Sullivan and he lives > right across from the church on The Western Road. I am > assuming he was Catholic? If not, then there is a > Church of Ireland on Patrick's Hill, Clonakilty, Co. > Cork, Ireland. If you wrote right to the priest there > with no more than that address, I am sure you would > get connected as it is such a small town. > > Well, for what it's worth. > > > --- hfreeman@sktc.net wrote: > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > > this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Donovan/Nagle > > Classification: Queries > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/667 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Searching for Jerry Donovan b,1857 Clonaklity Cork, > > Ireland. > > Immigrated 1881, located Illinois with wife Julia > > Nagle Donovan > > and 3 or 4 childrenn. One son Timothy David Donovan > > born 1887 Batavia, ILL David married Hattie Swan > > 1912.. > > > > > > ==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== > > Please do not send attachments / attached files to > > the list. If you need assistance, contact the > > listowner at: parasida@stny.rr.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== > To contact the owner send mail to Kelly at: parasida@stny.rr.com >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Donovan Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/666.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the valuable info. If the |Patrick who arrived with Joanna was my Patrick, he would actually have been about 28 that year, so I'm not sure he would qualify as a youth, but it could be one of those elastic terms whereby if he was a family man he was a youth, maybe? As my Patrick seemed not to start his family till the mid 1850's whenhe had his 1st son Danial, when he was 35 or close enough, it's not impossible that it is the right Patrick. I'd be intersted to know if you are aware of the name of the boat or ship Joanna and Patrick would have arrived from Ireland in.... Do you have any cluyes? If so, I might be able to see if there are any records of the boad leaving Ireland or the UK. Once again, thanks for the message, it's very enlightening.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Donovan Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/658.2 Message Board Post: Look for Jim Donovan's message on the board - it makes interesting reading. I am a decendant of Patrick Donovan, who although says in the British 1881 cencus that he was born about 1820 in Poplar, east London, I've found no evidence that that is actually his place of birth. Family legend says that this branch of the family were from Cork, and I strongly believe that he was the youngest of the brothers you talk about.- Jim Donovan mentions in his latest message that Timothy's wife Joanna arrived in Boston to be with him in April 1848 with a youth by the name of Patick Donovan. If this is my Patrick, he would have been 28, and I'm not sure this would have qualified him as a youth. However, he never had his 1st son, Danial, till 1855, so time enough to get to London, where he proves to be a married man with 5 sons and 2 daughters in the 1881 cencus. Anyway, if you havent seen it already, I urge you to look for Jim Donovan's message.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/4.21 Message Board Post: My Ancesters came from County Cork, Ireland. arrived in America sometime in the mid to late 1600's. GGGGGG Grandfather John Donovan had son Francis Donovan born in Sussex county Delaware about 1690, my GGGGG Grandfather he married Rachel ???? and then Elizabeth Pride. If this sounds like any of your line please contact me at raineshr@juno.com Thank you Hilda D. Raines

I was just in clonakilty about two weeks ago. Zillions of Donovans and O'Donovans in that area, especially in the area known as "Mountain Common." Charles Have you tried writing to the priest at Immaculate conception? His name is Msgr. O'Sullivan and he lives right across from the church on The Western Road. I am assuming he was Catholic? If not, then there is a Church of Ireland on Patrick's Hill, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Ireland. If you wrote right to the priest there with no more than that address, I am sure you would get connected as it is such a small town. Well, for what it's worth. --- hfreeman@sktc.net wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Surnames: Donovan/Nagle > Classification: Queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/667 > > Message Board Post: > > Searching for Jerry Donovan b,1857 Clonaklity Cork, > Ireland. > Immigrated 1881, located Illinois with wife Julia > Nagle Donovan > and 3 or 4 childrenn. One son Timothy David Donovan > born 1887 Batavia, ILL David married Hattie Swan > 1912.. > > > ==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== > Please do not send attachments / attached files to > the list. If you need assistance, contact the > listowner at: parasida@stny.rr.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Donovan/Nagle Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/667 Message Board Post: Searching for Jerry Donovan b,1857 Clonaklity Cork, Ireland. Immigrated 1881, located Illinois with wife Julia Nagle Donovan and 3 or 4 childrenn. One son Timothy David Donovan born 1887 Batavia, ILL David married Hattie Swan 1912..

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DONOVAN, O'DONOGHUE Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/658.1 Message Board Post: SEE MESSAGE UNDER FIVE DONOVAN BROTHERS THAT WORKED ON THE ERIE GANALAND SEPERATED IN NY JIM DONOVAN 12401 N 22 ST. F-702 TAMPA, FL. 33612 (813) 975-5869

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DONOVAN,SULLIVAN,DOWNS,PHEIR Classification: Immigration Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/666 Message Board Post: MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS TIMOTHY DONOVAN,WHO WAS BAPTISED AT SKIBBEREEN,CORK,IRELAND AT ST, PATRICKS CHURCH,PARISH OF ROSS ON APRIL 9,1819.HIS PARENTS WERE DANIEL and catherine DONOVAN FROM THE DISTRICT OF LEAP (NAMED AFTER A FAMOUS LEAP BY A DONOVAN TO ESCAPE ENEMIES) ACCORDING TO FAMILY LEGEND HE WAS A GROOMSMAN ON THE O'DONOGHUE ESTATE AND LEFT IRELAND DURING THE FAMINE, FIRST MARRYING THE DAUGHTER OF THE ESTATE, WITH HIS FOUR BROTHERS.HER NAME WAS JOHANNA.THEY LANDED IN BOSTON THEY WORKED THEIR WAY TO NY, WIDENING AND EXTENDING THE ERIE CANAL. A REFERENCE IN JEREMIAH O'DONOVAN ROSSA'S BOOK 'IRISH REBELS IN ENGLISH PRISONS GAVE AN ADDRESS OF 264 SCHERMENHON ST.BROOKLYN 1838 (MAY BE 1858) FOR HIS BOYHOOD FRIEND AND KINSMAN, TIMOTHY DONOVAN. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO TRACE THE EXACT RELATIONSHIP, BUT ROSSA'S SECOND WIFE WAS MARY McCARTHY WHICH WAS COMMONLY HEARD IN THE FAMILY.(I REGRET THAT I DIDN'T LISTEN CLOSER TO THE LITANY THAT SEEMED TO BE RECITED AT EVERY FAMILY GATHERING - HE WAS A SON OF, SHE MARRIED SO AND SO - BUT IT BORED ME AS A CHILD) TIMOTHY BECAM,E A TRACK BOSS AND BUILT THE ERIE RAIL ROAD TO CALLICOON. THEN HE AND TWO FRIENDS HOMESTEADED A HILLTOP IN 1870, NEAR KIRKWOOD, NY. TIMOTHY HAD THREE CHILDREN, CATHERINE AND ELLEN BORN IN NY. CITY BROOKLYN AND WILLIAM BORN ON THE FARM NEAR KIRKWOOD. TIMOTHY DIED IN`1884 (JAN) AND JOHANNA IN (DEC) SAME YEAR. MUCH TROUBLE IN THE FAMILY OVER THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE TWO FARMS AND EXTENSIVE LIVESTOCK HE HAD ACCUMULATED. ACCORDING TO FAMILY LEGEND THE FOUR BROTHERS CONTINUED WEST, BUILDING AND WORKING ON THE RAILROADS. OR AS THEY SAID IN THOSE DAYS 'THEY WENT TO PENSYLTUCKY" ONE BROTHER WAS IDENTIFIED ON MY GRANDFATHERS TOMBSTONE AS WILLIAM WHO DIED IN NOV.1857. THE ONLY OTHER INDICATION I HAVE IS THAT JOHANNA DONOVAN ARRIVED IN BOSTON IN APRIL, 1848 WITH A YOUTH PATRICK WHO MAY HAVE BEEN THE YOUNGEST BROTHER MY MAIL ADDRESS IS 12401 N. 22 ST TAMPA, FL. 333612 APT F-702 HOPE THIS HELPS YOUR SEARCH JIM DONOVAN

April 16, 2001 Dear DONOVAN-L Rootsweb List Subscribers, Does anyone have any knowledge of O'Donovans who emigrated to either Cuba or Puerto Rico in the later half of the 19th Century? My great grandmother was Lucrecia O'Donovan who married my great grandfather, Manuel Zarragoitia Trelles in Cuba. According to my mother she was from Ireland. However, she may have either been born in Puerto Rico or come from Puerto Rico prior to marrying my great grandfather. Lucrecia O'Donovan's father's name is unfortunately not reliably known to me. Any help much appreciated, Bill Fernandez (Zarragoitia) P.S. Here is the genealogy Bill Fernandez mother -> Rosa Zarragoitia grandfather -> Francisco Zarragoitia O'Donovan b. 1884, Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba grandfather -> Manuel Zarragoitia Trelles b. ?, Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba grandmother -> Lucrecia O'Donovan

Hello Elaine again! Another thought - before you actually visit Co Cork would suggest you contact the Mallow Heritage Centre @ 27/28 Bank Place Mallow, Co Cork, Ireland Tel : 022/50302 Fax 022/20276. They are the computerised records centre for Co Cork and are a mine of information. Regards Peter John Donovan, Banbury, England -----Original Message----- From: Elaine Donovan [mailto:emd@pacificcoast.net] Sent: 09 August 2001 17:53 To: DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DONOVAN-L] Patrick Donovan - could it be possible? At 08:27 AM 8/9/01 -0600, you wrote: > > >Can anyone help? The earliest Donovan I can definately say is mine is Patrick Donovan who, according to the 1881 cencus was born in 1820 in Poplar, east London. I am however not so sure he was born in London, and strongly believe he was probably born in Cork and came to London. His wife Ellen was from Cork, too. n the 1881 cencus, he was living at 96 Prusom Street, St Georges in the East, east London, with his wife and children:- Daniel (my g.g.grandfather), born 1855, Patrick, b. 1856, Jeremiah b 1857, Mary b 1859, Michael b 1862, Margaret b. 1869 and James b 1869. All of his children were born in St |Georges in the East; in 1881, Patrick jnr and Michael worked around the docks, Jeremiah was a carman, James was a schoolboy, Mary and Margaret were domestic servants, but unusually, Daniel was a life insurance salesman - did this mean he had some degree of a halfway decent education? Patrick snr was listed as a musician. Also living with them is listed a Catherine Hegar! >ty, a 70 year old widowfrom Cork, 'aunt to the head of the house'. Can anyone shed any light on this family, because my research is drawing a blank. Where did they fit in to the grand scheme of the Donovan clan? Was Patrick on of the four brothers who left Cork for London? His name, and those of his family, are not exactly unusual - can ANYBODY help with ANY ideas AT ALL? >Re Patrick Donovan family from Cork My grandfather William John Donovan born April 1, 1872 we think from Drumaleague Cork - married Ellen Murray - had two boys Dennis 1893 and Cornelius 1895 both born in London area. William worked as a dock worker - I notice in your list of children there is a gap of a few years from 1864 to 1869. I know I'm grasping at straws but do you think there is any connection? There does seem to be a lot of Donovans from Cork. I hope to go there this fall and see what I can find out Elaine - daughter of Cornelius > >==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== >Please do not send attachments / attached files to the list. If you need assistance, contact the listowner at: parasida@stny.rr.com > > ==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== Please do not send attachments / attached files to the list. If you need assistance, contact the listowner at: parasida@stny.rr.com

Hello Elaine (EMD@pacificcoast.net) I cannot help directly but have a couple of contacts found over the last 35 years I have been tracing my ancestry that may be of help. there is avery interesting web site by Michael Donovan with London connections: http://irishdons.homestead.com.donovan.html also there is a Mrs Coline Richards who live in Basingstoke Hants who has a lot of DONOVAN research in London. She said she would be happy to talk about them. She does not have e-mail but her telephone number is 44-1256-321729 Hope this helps Peter John Donovan, Banbury, England -----Original Message----- From: Elaine Donovan [mailto:emd@pacificcoast.net] Sent: 09 August 2001 17:53 To: DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DONOVAN-L] Patrick Donovan - could it be possible? At 08:27 AM 8/9/01 -0600, you wrote: > > >Can anyone help? The earliest Donovan I can definately say is mine is Patrick Donovan who, according to the 1881 cencus was born in 1820 in Poplar, east London. I am however not so sure he was born in London, and strongly believe he was probably born in Cork and came to London. His wife Ellen was from Cork, too. n the 1881 cencus, he was living at 96 Prusom Street, St Georges in the East, east London, with his wife and children:- Daniel (my g.g.grandfather), born 1855, Patrick, b. 1856, Jeremiah b 1857, Mary b 1859, Michael b 1862, Margaret b. 1869 and James b 1869. All of his children were born in St |Georges in the East; in 1881, Patrick jnr and Michael worked around the docks, Jeremiah was a carman, James was a schoolboy, Mary and Margaret were domestic servants, but unusually, Daniel was a life insurance salesman - did this mean he had some degree of a halfway decent education? Patrick snr was listed as a musician. Also living with them is listed a Catherine Hegar! >ty, a 70 year old widowfrom Cork, 'aunt to the head of the house'. Can anyone shed any light on this family, because my research is drawing a blank. Where did they fit in to the grand scheme of the Donovan clan? Was Patrick on of the four brothers who left Cork for London? His name, and those of his family, are not exactly unusual - can ANYBODY help with ANY ideas AT ALL? >Re Patrick Donovan family from Cork My grandfather William John Donovan born April 1, 1872 we think from Drumaleague Cork - married Ellen Murray - had two boys Dennis 1893 and Cornelius 1895 both born in London area. William worked as a dock worker - I notice in your list of children there is a gap of a few years from 1864 to 1869. I know I'm grasping at straws but do you think there is any connection? There does seem to be a lot of Donovans from Cork. I hope to go there this fall and see what I can find out Elaine - daughter of Cornelius > >==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== >Please do not send attachments / attached files to the list. If you need assistance, contact the listowner at: parasida@stny.rr.com > > ==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== Please do not send attachments / attached files to the list. If you need assistance, contact the listowner at: parasida@stny.rr.com