This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.durkin/51.52.53.58.301/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have just started to research my maternal side of the family: Campbells, Durkins and Prendergasts. My great grandfather John Durkin, a farmer, was born c. 1840 and died in 1918 in Shammer, Kilkelly, Co. Mayo. (I believe his father may have been John too.) He married Ellen Prendergast and they lived on the family farm in Shammer. They had 6 children between the years 1881-1894: Joseph, Ellen, John, Jane, Michael & Eliza. Ellen, my grandmother, was christened in 1885 and somewhere between 1901 and 1919 she travelled to the USA to live in Fall River, MA. There are quite a few Durkins in that area, so maybe she travelled out to stay with them. She returned to Shammer, possibly on her father's death, and married James Campbell in 1920. Would be pleased to hear from you or anyone else if there is any connection with this family. Gerrie