Greetings all, Hope u all had a Merry Christmas and my wife Lola and I wish all a Very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. One of the gifts my wife gave me is a trip to Ireland (many of our friends suggested it shud be a one way ticket (:>)). Unforutantely my wife will not be able to go with me as she is still working and we are planning a trip to Alaska May-June. I leave BWI 20 April until 30 April. Needless to say I am looking forward to the trip. I hope to do a lot of research and one of the things I hope to do is focus on the GERRITY line. So if any of u have any clues, leads, suggestions, please let me know as I prepare for the trip. By the way I am currently working with O'DAY folks who are in the Mc LAUGHLIN, GERRITY, MATUSAK, O'DAY, O'MALLEY line Looking for information/connections on my direct GERRITY,GERAGHTY, GARITY, GARETY (and the many many other variations). My gggrandfather James GERRITY c 1824 (maybe in Westport, Ireland) married Mary GORMAN c 1825. James GERRITY and Mary GORMAN GERRITY HAMMEL children were born in Carbondale, Lackawanna Co, PA they were baptized in St. Rose of Lima RC Church. The Children- Mary GERRITY 1849 married Daniel Webster ADNEY in July 5, 1863 Rising Sun, Wisconsin and they raised a large family in the area of Soldiers Grove, Richland Center, WI; Mary GERRITY ADNEY d Dec 13, 1935 Richland Center (wud love to get the obit), Daniel W. ADNEY d October 15, 1918 in Clayton Township Crawford Co WI (wud also love to get his obit); Michael GERRITY b 1850 m Bridget CAFFREY/CAFFERY in Scranton, PA where they lived and raised their family; Anthony GERRITY 1852 m Anna WALTON b 1854 in Hawley, PA. They were married and raised their family in Scranton. James GERRITY 1854 m Agnes BURNS b 1863 Lakewood, NJ. They also raised their family in Scranton. Hannah GERRITY 1856 m Robert OSBORNE and lived in Chicago, IL. Thomas GERRITY 1860 m Ellen SHERIDAN 1848 and they stayed in Scranton. Bridget GERRITY b 1862 in Wisconsin m Michael J. RUANE/ROWAN b 1859 and they lived in Scranton. My gggrandfather James GERRITY was killed while visiting in Wisconsin. The family story goes that his brothers in PA saved their money and went to Wisconsin to avenge his killing. When they got their the killer was dead and buried in the same cemetery that James GERRITY was buried. I have not been able to identify any of James GERRITY siblings. Some of the many surnames associated with this line include (but not limited to); ADNEY, ALBRECHT, BART, BRICK, BROWN, BURGEY, CAFFERY, CAFFREY, CLARK, CLARKE, COGGINS,COLEMAN, COOKE, CUMMINGS, DEVINE,DOYLE, DRAGON, FEENEY, FLAHERTY, FLYNN, GALLAGHER, GARRISON, GAVIN, GERRITY, GOODRICH, GORMAN, GRAHAM, HAEUSSLER, HARRIS, HEALEY, HERBERT, HILFIGER, HOLLAND, HORNSTRA, HUGHES, HUNT, HURLEY, IRELAND, JENKINS, JOHNSON, KEHOE, KELLY, KELLEY, KIRBIS, KOVALESKI, KRESGE, KROMER, KUCHAISKI, LOMBARSKI, MAGNAN, MARCKS, MARTIN, MATHER, MATTHEWS, MATUSAK, MAY, MC DONALD, MC GOWAN, MC GRAW, MC HUGH, MC KINNEY, MC LAUGHLIN, MC TIERNAN, MONAHAN, MULROONEY, NERBY, O;DAY, O'DEA, O'MALLEY, OSBORNE, PURDY,RIDDLE, ROLAND, ROWAN, RUANE, SCHMIDT, SHERIDAN, SULLIVAN, TOOMEY, TOSCHETTI, VAN WIE, WALSH, WALTON, WELCHEL, WILLIAM, ZELINSKI Walton J. Sullivan at [email protected] Paternal - SULLIVAN, COLEMAN, CUMMINGS, O'BRIEN, BOLD, BLACK, BRENNAN, CAFFREY, CAVENEY, CARROLL, CAVANAUGH, CORBETT, CROWE, DISKIN, DONEGAN, FARRELL, FEE, GABRIEL, GIBLIN, GORMAN, GERRITY, GREP, JENKINS, JENNINGS, LAW, LYNCH, MANLEY, MC ALOON, MC GREEVEY, MC NALLY, MC DONNELL, MC DONALD, NIEMANN, O'CONNOR, ORMSBY, PHILBIN, REGAN, ROLAND, SALERNO, SHEA, SHIELDS, STAFFORD, STANTON, STEINHAUSER, WALTON, WEISS, PA-Old Forge, Dunmore, Minooka, Taylor, Scranton, Carbondale, Hawley, Mt. Pleasant, Pittsburgh; NY-Kingston, New Amsterdam; Wales-Rhymney, Tredegar; Ireland-Co Mayo, Co Sligo http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=wsullivw http://www.gencircles.com/users/wsullivw http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/u/l/Walton--J-Sullivan/index.html