I am resending this so that I can be in touch with Kay. Please email me. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marybeth Shea" <mbshea@toad.net> To: <HALLIGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [HALLIGAN] Patrick, James & Anthony Halligan > Hi Bob and Kay. We are related and descend through the Anthony Line. You > too? I can put you in touch with Constance Nash Nelson of Blair, NE who > follows this line closely. > > I descend from Anthony's son Daniel Alexander who married Katherine Ellen > Durrigan. The Durrigans were also of Cascade and came from Meath near the > Louth border. Halligans and Durrigans knew each other in Ireland. Daniel > and Catherine's line ends in two daughters. Constances descends from > Katherine who married Conn Nash. I descend from the youngest child, > Margaret Alice who married Frank Tobin of Mitchell, SD. Margaret went to > Clark College after her parents died, later becoming a school teacher. > Let's keep sharing information.....FYI, my son is Halligan Augustine > Erickson, AKA Hal, so the name continues as a first name in my family. > > mbshea@toad.net > 4606 Beechwood Road > College Park, MD 20740 > 301.209.9401 > > > Being new to this Digest, I'm wondering if any of the 19 have info about > these Halligans: Patrick, James & Anthony (b. 1810) who came from Co. Louth > about 1840. Patrick is thought to have died in the CA Gold Rush. He had 4 > sons, James, Dan, John & Joe. This last son is said to have had a family at > or near Cascade, Iowa. James was not married and is said to have died in > the CA Gold Rush. Anthony was married to Mary McKenna in Ireland. They > first settled in New Jersey, then in Illinois and at Plattesville, > Wisconsin. They had 5 sons & 4 daughters. Daughters were Mary Mahoney, > Jane Savage, Julia Boyle and Margaret Martin. These daughters and the 5 > sons lived in the Moorland and Fort Dodge, Iowa, area. One son was Anthony > and he married Ann Trainer, they had two daughters and 5 sons. Gratefully, > Kay > > P.S. I would be happy to share the info I do have > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >