I forwarded this info to my brother in the Albany NY area and he agrees that you may be a link we are looking for. If you have any other info please send it. We are very excited at the prospect of locating them. -----Original Message----- From: brown <brown@infoblvd.net> To: DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com <DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 17, 2001 6:41 AM Subject: Re: [DONOVAN-L] DONOVANS WHO WORKED ON THE ERIE CANALIN 1830'S AND 1840'S AND SEPERATED IN N.Y. >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) >> >> > > >==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== >Remember, membership is constantly changing and you may want to resubmit your queries. Don't give up! > >