Barbara, it isn't clear to me just whom you are replying to in this post---is it me? *vbg* -----Original Message----- From: Barbara P Jameson <marksnana@juno.com> To: DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com <DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 1:38 AM Subject: Re: [DONOVAN-L] DONOVAN FAMILY - Ireland to Australia :Hi! : :Hope there may be a connection here. I have been searching the family :for four years and have learned more in the past two months than in all :those four years. : :My husband's Grandmother was Honora O'Brien Jameson. I know about the :Jamesons. It is the O'Briens I am looking for. : :Hang on. I will get to the Donovans! : :Nora's parents were Daniel O'Brien and Mary Barnett. About two months :ago I sent for Daniel's death certificate, hoping that it MIGHT have the :names of his parents on it. IT DID! They were John O'Brien and Margaret :Donovan. Good news! : :We knew that the family was from County Cork and about a month ago, after :I rejoined the County Cork list, I found out that Daniel O'Brien, Jr :(Never married) was born in RossCarbery. Two weeks later a note came :saying that Ellen (Nellie who married a Sheridan) O'Brien was also born :in Ross Carbery to the same parents. Birthdays correct! Nora was born :before all the births had to be registered, so I will have to do some :searching in church records, but now I know what parrish they were from. : :Last night I was checking Daniel Sr's naturalization papers again and :found to my amazement that they were witnessed by Timothy Donovan and :John Donovan!! Didn't know they had other family that came to the US. : :All of this took place in Boston, Mass and the first person in the family :who came to the US was Nora in 1883. Her father didn't come until the :1890s so I presume that his wife died in Ireland. When Daniel, Sr came :home with a new wife in a few years later, the family wouldn't let them :in the house!!! Funny. : :Anyway, with your names being similar and everyone in families naming :kids after all the others in the family, I think you and my husband might :be relatives. Especially since yours emigrated so late and were from :Ross Carbery. I would like to find out if the ship Oruba stopped in :Boston or New York. Some of the family landed in NY and some in Boston. :Maybe there were other family members on this ship. : :Anxious to hear from you. : :Barbara Prior Jameson :marksnana@juno.com :in Colorado USA : :List manager: PRIOR, PRYOR, JAMESON & MOLSBERRY : : :==== 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) :