I just want to tell everyone not to give up. Keep looking on all the message boards. I haven't checked any message boards in months and I went to the Ancestry Donovan board the other day and there was a message from a cousin that I hadn't met. She was asking for info on her side of the Donovans and I recognized the name. I wrote to her and I just found a bunch of 2nd cousins that I didn't know about! Give the best and most concise details that you can - names, dates, places. Keep trying and don't give up! http://www.ancestry.com/MsgBoards/messages/messages.asp?category=Surname&forum=Donovan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hi all, Here are also some notes of Donovans from the East Coast of Canada with links to the sites I found them at. Hope it helps someone ((-: Laura Beauregard, BC Canada Search:17 Census 1891 - Donovans in Lot 39, 46 PEI, Canada Also found on Census of 1891: DONAVAN MARY 45 ROMAN CATHOLIC G-TN DONAVAN MAURICE 16 ROMAN CATHOLIC G-TN DONAVAN JAMES 10 ROMAN CATHOLIC G-TN DONNAVAN THOMAS (THOS.) 39 ROMAN CATHOLIC DONOVAN SAMUEL 28 years ROMAN CATHOLIC DONOVAN PATRICK 50 ROMAN CATHOLIC DONOVAN JANE 66 CHURCH OF ENGLAND DONOVAN JOHN 50 ROMAN CATHOLIC DONOVAN (DUNOVUN) JAMES (JAS.) 38 ROMAN CATHOLIC 46 According to the 1901 census DONAVAN MARY MRS. 56 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTWN (KINGS) DONOVAN JAMES 49 ROMAN CATHOLIC FARMER 46J1 (KINGS) DONOVAN SAMUEL 41 ROMAN CATHOLIC SEAMAN CA2 (QUEENS) DONOVAN THOMAS 27 ROMAN CATHOLIC COOK - LOBSTER FACTORY CA5 (QUEENS) DONOVAN THOMAS 49 ROMAN CATHOLIC TOBACCONIST CA5 (QUEENS) DONOVON JOHN 63 ROMAN CATHOLIC FARMER 39C (KINGS) DONOVON PATRICK 61 ROMAN CATHOLIC FARMER 39C (KINGS) According to the 1841 census Donavan Michael Tailor Michael Donavan 49 Dunaven Timothy Shoemaker Timothy Dunaven 59 Unknown PEI Donovans: 1)Children of William Donovan m. Gertrude Brown(PEI): Williama Dyola Donovan (1914-1952 or 31) Marguerite Donovan http://www.islandregister.com/stray/apr_00stray.html http://www.islandregister.com/sgtbrown.html 2)Willema Donovan http://www.islandregister.com/stray/sep_99stray.html 3) Daughter of John Donovan Margaret Donovan (1819-1913) m. Richard Kelly Jr. http://www.islandregister.com/kelly1.html 4)Donovan, John, carpenter, h Sidney n Pownal in 1864 Donovan, John, tobacco twister, h Sidney n Pownal in 1864 http://www.islandregister.com/hutchinson2.html 5)Alice Donovan 1900's http://www.islandregister.com/boudreau2.html 6)James Donovan - liquors - 1881 - Souris (Kings County) http://www.islandregister.com/alpines.html 7)Ann Donovan born late 1800's http://www.islandregister.com/machon.html 8)Drowned: James Donovan (1863-1894), from PEI, ship named Flash, date of death12-01-1894 http://www.islandregister.com/gloucester.html 9)Ellen Donovan m. Joseph Beers 10] DONAVAN, Patrick from PEI was found living in Boston in 1880 he would have 46 years old, boarder, single, labourer. May 10,1865 William Annias McInnis is born to Jinly McInnis and Johanna Beeghan and baptised July 30,1865 at St. Pauls’s Catholic Church in Summerside. Sponsors were John Costin and Catherine Donovan. St. Pauls’s register index. Page 187 CS88, P74, C3, reel 18 NEHGS Jun.10,1883 James F. Beagin, age 29 of Boston, a blacksmith, wed Catherine Donavan, age 27, also of Boston. James was born in Boston to Owen and Bridget Beagin. Catherine was born in Fredericton, NB to Daniel and Ellen Donovan. Performed in Boston by J.J. Buckley. Mass Marriages F63-M3 Vol345, page 104. Donovan in PEI are found in Lots 39, 46 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.255 / Virus Database: 128 - Release Date: 17/05/01