Posted on: PaloAlto County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/PaloAlto/183 Surname: Finn, Ryan ------------------------- I am seeking the relationship between David Finn (1813-1908)who married Hanora Joynt and Hanora Finn (1843-1883) who married Matthew Ryan. Birthdates are too far apart to be siblings. David had a daughter named Hanora Finn who was adopted by the Fitzgeralds (adopted name Anna Fitzgerald) who later became a nun (Sister Mary Placentia)so I know it is not Hanora Finn his daughter that married Matthew Ryan. The reason I believe there is a relationship is because of the following note from David Finn's obit: "David Finn, who has been a resident of Palo Alto county since 1869, died at the Matthew Ryan home in this city Friday, May 8, 1908." A Ryan researcher mistakenly believed that Matthew Ryan was married to Hanora Joynt, but WPA cemetery records show Matthew Ryans first wife as Hanora Finn and second wife as Jane Brown. If I can figure out the relationship of the two Finns I believe I may find another link in Ireland through some other info I have. Link: Palo Alto County, Iowa USGenWeb Project URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapaloal/paloalto.htm>