Il giorno martedì 21 maggio 2013 12:54:59 UTC+3, Terry Wells ha scritto: > On Mon, 20 May 2013 20:24:51 -0400, S Viemeister wrote: > > > > > On 5/20/2013 3:07 PM, I wrote: > > >> (Herbert George) Rodrigo Moynihan CBE (1910-1990), born in Tenerife as Renia says. Elder son of Herbert James Moynihan (1885-1941), fruit broker, who was 2nd son of George William Moynihan (1861-1919), surgical instrument maker, whose elder sister was Lucy Susannah (1855-1932), great-grandmother of Nigel Farage, as above. > > >> > > >> They were both children of Thomas Moynihan (c.1834-1864), lithographic printer, by his wife Grace Hannah Stephenson (1833-1912), daughter of Frederick Stephenson (b.1805), letter press printer, and his wife Susannah Saunders. Thomas was son of Daniel Moynihan (c.1790-1844) and his wife Margaret (c.1799/1802-1874), both of whom were born in Ireland but came to England by 1821. > > >> > > > I wonder if there's any connection with the late US Senator Daniel > > > Patrick Moynihan? > > > > I was wondering if there was any connection with Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron > > Moynihan, British Olympic coxswain and Conservative politician, who I met > > on a few occasions when he was at the Department of Energy in the early > > 90s. > > > > -- > > > > Terry Wells The family lines don't converge in the last couple of centuries, but they may of course have a common ancestor in Ireland before that point.