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) > >