Is anyone on the list researching Thomas Donovan b. 1853 to James and Margaret (nee Hagen) Donovan (both b. Ireland) Thomas' siblings were John b. 1856 in Hartlepool, DUrham Catherine b. 1859 also Hartlepool. In 1861, they were on the Scottish census living in Castleton. Then, they moved to Hartlepool and then to Wigton, Cumbria, where my grandmother, Ann, (Hannah) Donovan was b. in High Ireby in 1862. James and Margaret both died and are buried in Wigton, Cumbria. My grandmother was known as Annie Mary Elizabeth Donovan and married Thomas Grisdale of Penrith in 1885. If anyone is researching any of the Donovan's listed, would love to hear from them. Sincerely Rene Smith/USA
Hi Rene, I was just looking at your query and noticed two things..... You state that Thomas was born in Sheffield in 1853........I have checked two different sources that I have and he wasn't registered there......but that doesn't mean he couldn't have been born there... Margaret is 53 years old on the 1871 census. I wonder if its possible she had been married before and that Thomas is from her first marriage???? There is a Castleton in Derbyshire not far from Sheffield. That's what had caught my eye I was hoping to see the child on the '71 census to see if it was from Scotland.... Not there so I couldn't check it out.... Elaine in Ottawa. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: August 31, 2009 2:59 PM Subject: [YORKSHIRE] Thomas Donovan b. Sheffield, 1853 Is anyone on the list researching Thomas Donovan b. 1853 to James and Margaret (nee Hagen) Donovan (both b. Ireland) Thomas' siblings were John b. 1856 in Hartlepool, DUrham Catherine b. 1859 also Hartlepool. In 1861, they were on the Scottish census living in Castleton. Then, they moved to Hartlepool and then to Wigton, Cumbria, where my grandmother, Ann, (Hannah) Donovan was b. in High Ireby in 1862. James and Margaret both died and are buried in Wigton, Cumbria. My grandmother was known as Annie Mary Elizabeth Donovan and married Thomas Grisdale of Penrith in 1885. If anyone is researching any of the Donovan's listed, would love to hear from them. Sincerely Rene Smith/USA Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message