Thank you, Laurie! Bantry was most likely Honora's home, as it is a bit far from where the Donovans/O'Donovans are clustered. My grandfather Denis was a delivery truck driver for Macy's Dept Store; his father worked in a variety of jobs, mostly on the docks and doing construction work down in Hell's Kitchen. I'll keep this info and let you know if I find anything else. Have a peaceful Thanksgiving. Martha -----Original Message----- From: Laurie J Case <ldonocase@juno.com> To: DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com <DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, November 19, 2000 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [DONOVAN-L] Introduction >Martha - I know what you mean about time allowing. I'm doubtful there's >a connection here, but I'll give you what I do have. I just got this >copy from the LDS library. I have my greatgrandfather, John Donovan m >Honora Leyhane in the district of Bantry in the Chapel of Kilchrohane - >marriage date - Jan. 30, 1864. Listed as John's father is Denis Donovan >and listed as Honora's father is Murty Leyhane. I do know that they had >a child, Denis Donovan who came to America, NYC area, became a fireman >and died in a fire within his first year stateside. It's probably a very >loose connection, but you never know. I also am aware that my uncle Tom >holds the middle name Joseph and it's just an intuitive hunch there could >be a shirtail relation here. Good luck on your search and finding the >time to do it! > >Laurie Donovan-Case >ldonocase@juno.com >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > >==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== >The Donovan Home Page can be found at: >http://www.crosswinds.net/~hallisey/Donovan/index.html >The Donovan Threaded Archives can be found at: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/DONOVAN-L >