Hi Rachel, You had me going for a minute. We did have a Margaret Doyle who married a Feeney and is buried in Calvary. Not the same one, I'm afraid. Good luck in your search. Harriett Doyle Auger, former Brooklynite ----- Original Message ----- From: "~Rachel~" <rokki@bellsouth.net> and To: <DOYLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 10:44 PM Subject: [DOYLE] Doyles in Tallanstwon, Louth, Ireland? >I just recently was able to visit NY after 15 years so I took the time to > locate some information about my family I couldn't do through the mail or > online. One of which included going to Calvary Cemetery in Woodside. There > I > located the plot belonging to my ancestors, one of which was Margaret > Maggie" Doyle. Her husband, Thomas Hanrahan, made a memorial for her and > listed her as "native of Tallamstown County Louth". I got home and > discovered it must have been Tallanstown. I do not have much information > about Maggie but am hoping maybe someone is researching the Doyle's from > the > area. > > Margaret Doyle was born about 1850-1851. She was 29 in the 1880 census and > 30 at the time of her death in February of 1881 so it might narrow down my > search to June 1850 to February 1851. For some reason Thomas put her age > as > 28 on the tombstone but she is 30 on her death record and the interment > list > at Calvary. She came to the US in about 1870-1871 and settled in Manhattan > where she married Thomas Hanrahan in 1873. They filed a delayed marriage > record that I just located the information on where to obtain it. At least > 2 > of their children were born in Manhattan. They moved to Brooklyn in 1877 > according to the death certificate of Thomas Hanrahan. Thomas and Maggie > had > 4 children that I know of: > John, born about 1874, married Lucy (last name unknown), and died in 1904 > supposedly childless. > Mary (my great-great-grandmother), born 1875-1876, married Robert > Macken/Mackin 1901, died 1956. She is the only one of Thomas and Maggie's > children who had heirs. > Theresa, born 1878, died 1880 > Margaret, no other information is know about her. She died at 10 months > old > but I have no birth or death dates. > > When Maggie died she was originally buried in the plot of John > Raferty/Rafferty at Calvary along with her daughter's Theresa and > Margaret. > Due to the fact the daughter Margaret has a burial date of 1884 I did not > believe she was Maggie's daughter. The tombstone says otherwise (lists > "and > her daughter's Theresa and Margaret") and I now believe she was moved to > the > Raferty plot from another location to be near her mother. > > I checked Griffith's valuation for Tallanstown in 1854 and found only 2 in > the Tallanstown parish. Both Patrick and both living in Lisrenny townland. > > Sincerely, > Rachel Mackin Evans > > > ==== DOYLE Mailing List ==== > Trouble subscribing, unsubscribing, or posting? > Contact the DOYLE list administrator > at DOYLE-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >