Hi Kathryn - Happy St. Pat's Day to you, too!!! Your being connected to George Fox College in Newberg, OR, really caught my attention. Have you been part of that community for generations? I have a beloved Quaker former mother-in-law, Mrs. Marjorie Eunice (Lewis) Simmons born 9 March 1913 in North Newberg (Yamhill Co.) OR, whose ancestors were said to have played an important role in the establishment of George Fox College, which I would like to verify. Apparently one of their Quaker friends who belonged to the Society of Friends Church in Eugene, OR, in the 1950s, Ralph Beebe, wrote a history of the Newberg Friend's Church? Are you familiar with it? Any church literature you would recommend? Marjorie's parents were Eula Idell Hodson and Russell William Lewis. Eula's father was Aaron Thomas Hodson who married Nancy Elizabeth Tuell. Nancy left Thomas and later married Bert Clark. I believe Russell Lewis was a professor at George Fox College around 1920. Marjorie Lewis attended a Pacific College (there?) and then George Fox University, married Winfred George ("Pete") Simmons where they attended Friends College in Wichita, KS. They lived for sevearl years in Rose Hill (Butler Co.) KS and attended a local Quaker Church there. Many family members are buried in that Quaker churchyard in Rose Hill, just across the border from Wichita. Winfred George Simmons' father was William Henry Simmons from North Carolina and his mother was Dora Cox, whose father, William, was a Quaker preacher. Per family lore, in earlier generations Mary Folger married Henry Mills, left IN for Newberg, OR and their daughter was Marietta E. Mills from IL (her father from North Carolina and her mother from Nantucket Island?). Marietta (who is our line for sure) apparently married Levi Ellis Lewis. **** Family lore makes a connection to the whaling trade and Quaker Starbucks and Folgers of Nantucket Island in the 1700s, the story of which can be found in Nathaniel Philbrook's "In The Heart Of The Sea," but I have been unable to prove this, although my former mother-in-law, Marjorie (Lewis) Simmons swears the family had a whale vertebrae from earlier generations that was used as a foot rest .... Anything ring a bell? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathryn Becker" <kbecker@georgefox.edu> To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:06 AM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Nora Sullivan 1869 > Happy St. Patrick's day to you! Thank you for the information- I will > check it out. > Kathryn > > Kathryn Becker > Financial Affairs > George Fox University > 414 N. Meridian > Newberg, OR 97132 > 503-554-2166 > kbecker@georgefox.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: ireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of hiflyte > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 6:45 PM > To: ireland@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Nora Sullivan 1869 > > Maybe these will help, not sure if the data is the correct family but a > start. Gives you the film number to look for at your FHC > > Bob > Cdn > ----------------------------------------------------------- > SULLIVAN, Norah Birth > Gender: Female > Birth Date: 20 Aug 1873 Birthplace: Skibbereen, Cork, Ire > Recorded in: Cork, Ireland > Collection: Civil Registration > Father: Denis SULLIVAN > Mother: Eliza REGAN > Source: FHL Film 255887 Dates: 1873 - 1874 > ------------------------------- > SULLIVAN, Margaret Birth > Gender: Female > Birth Date: 18 Sep 1875 Birthplace: Skibbereen, Cork, Ire > Recorded in: Cork, Ireland > Collection: Civil Registration > Father: Denis Sullivan > Mother: Eliza Regan > Source: FHL Film 255943 Dates: 1875 - 1875 > ==================================================== > > Kathryn Becker wrote:<SNIP>...Looking for my ggrandmother, Nora Sullivan > > (born aprox. 1869 OR 1874) in Cork. She and her sister, Elizabeth > =============================================== > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2004 - Release Date: > 3/16/2009 7:04 AM > >

Happy St. Patrick's day to you! Thank you for the information- I will check it out. Kathryn Kathryn Becker Financial Affairs George Fox University 414 N. Meridian Newberg, OR 97132 503-554-2166 kbecker@georgefox.edu -----Original Message----- From: ireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of hiflyte Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 6:45 PM To: ireland@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Nora Sullivan 1869 Maybe these will help, not sure if the data is the correct family but a start. Gives you the film number to look for at your FHC Bob Cdn ----------------------------------------------------------- SULLIVAN, Norah Birth Gender: Female Birth Date: 20 Aug 1873 Birthplace: Skibbereen, Cork, Ire Recorded in: Cork, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: Denis SULLIVAN Mother: Eliza REGAN Source: FHL Film 255887 Dates: 1873 - 1874 ------------------------------- SULLIVAN, Margaret Birth Gender: Female Birth Date: 18 Sep 1875 Birthplace: Skibbereen, Cork, Ire Recorded in: Cork, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: Denis Sullivan Mother: Eliza Regan Source: FHL Film 255943 Dates: 1875 - 1875 ==================================================== Kathryn Becker wrote:<SNIP>...Looking for my ggrandmother, Nora Sullivan (born aprox. 1869 OR 1874) in Cork. She and her sister, Elizabeth =============================================== ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And a HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY to You and Yours!!! Lorraine Moore Baton Rouge, LA

Lots of interesting reading material at this site, with many good links: www.thegreathunger.org This site was made possible by the Kerry County Library at Tralee and Quinnipiac University's Arnold Bernard Library, Ireland Studies Program, School of Communications and Office of Public Affairs. Enjoy, and Happy St Patrick's Day to all! Joe

R. H. <rmbgh@webtv.net> has sent you the following web link: http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=4571001 Just thought that you would like to know that Goodwill is auctioning off a small piece of connemara marble. The auction still has two days and three hours to go. I have nothing to do with this item. This site is run by Goodwill Industries. Rose

Maybe these will help, not sure if the data is the correct family but a start. Gives you the film number to look for at your FHC Bob Cdn ----------------------------------------------------------- SULLIVAN, Norah Birth Gender: Female Birth Date: 20 Aug 1873 Birthplace: Skibbereen, Cork, Ire Recorded in: Cork, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: Denis SULLIVAN Mother: Eliza REGAN Source: FHL Film 255887 Dates: 1873 - 1874 ------------------------------- SULLIVAN, Margaret Birth Gender: Female Birth Date: 18 Sep 1875 Birthplace: Skibbereen, Cork, Ire Recorded in: Cork, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: Denis Sullivan Mother: Eliza Regan Source: FHL Film 255943 Dates: 1875 - 1875 ==================================================== Kathryn Becker wrote:<SNIP>...Looking for my ggrandmother, Nora Sullivan (born aprox. 1869 OR 1874) in Cork. She and her sister, Elizabeth ===============================================

Hi Jean, Are there any photos online of this sculpture please? Kind regards, Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:12 PM Subject: [IRELAND] Rowan GILLESPIE's Famine Sculpture,Custom House Quay Dublin > SNIPPET: "Famine", Rowan GILLESPIE's moving sculpture in Dublin's Custom > House Quay commemorates those poor souls forced to emigrate during the > famine of the 19th century. It was bought and donated to the people of > Ireland in 1997 by Norma SMURFIT, one of Ireland's more altruistic > millionaires. The six larger-than-life figures evoke a haunted feel in > this > part of the quays, which is all the more significant as many of the > emigrants departed from this quay to Liverpool and the New World. > > Of all my 2006 Ireland vacation pictures, the ones most frequently > commented > on are the close-ups of the wretched figures. On foot, we had almost given > up on finding the sculpture when some people on the street told us to walk > on a little further, just down from the Custom House. The sculpture is > made > to represent the poor who left Ireland during the 1845 famine to find hope > elsewhere. The figures are tall and elongated - the stretch making them > thinner. There is a scrawny dog amidst them. Their gaunt faces are burned > in > my memory. These are a "must-see" for visitors. > > Rowan GILLESPIE was born in Dublin in 1953, but his family soon moved to > Cyprus where he lived until the age of ten. In 1969 he enrolled at York > School of Art and later continued his studies at Kingston College of Art > and > Kunst og Handverke Skole in Oslo. He lived and exhibited widely in Norway > before returning to Ireland in 1977. From 1978 to 1986, he had many > exhibitions in Ireland at the Lad Lane & Solomon Galleries and with the > Jonathon Poole Gallery, London. His work also travelled to exhibitions in > York, Belfast, New York, Cannes, Los Angeles and Stockholm. From 1982 he > regularly exhibited in group exhibitions, Art Fairs and Theme exhibitions > in > Ireland, France, Holland, U.S.A and England, including 'Recontre avec des > Sculpteurs Europeens', Pan Amsterdam, Royal Hibernian Academy, Art Expo, > New > York, Art Toronto, Puck, New York, B.C.A.F., I.C.A.F., London. > > In 1989 he decided to concentrate on site specific work, resulting in a > number of major public sculptures sited throughout Ireland and abroad > including The Blackrock Dolmen, The Kiss, The Age of Freedom (all in > Dublin), The Cashel Dancers (Cashel), W.B.Yeats (Sligo), The Singer > (Limerick City) and The Cycle of Life and The Minstrels in Colorado State, > USA. > > In 1994, a major solo sculpture exhibition was hosted at the Solomon > Gallery, Dublin and toured to the Galerie Husstege, Holland. GILLESPIE's > most well-known piece to date is "Famine," a commemorative group of > figures > sited on Custom House Quay in Dublin. The sculptor's work is represented > in > the collections of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the National > Self-Portrait Collection, Limerick, AIB Bank, I.B.M., Office of An > Taoiseach, R.T.E. Authority Commission, Aer Lingus, Chicago Bank, Tyrone > Guthrie Centre, Ulster Bank, National Maternity Hospital and Irish > Intercontinental Bank. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Looking for my ggrandmother, Nora Sullivan (born aprox. 1869 OR 1874) in Cork. She and her sister, Elizabeth came to the United States in 1885 - Settled in New Jersey, USA. Nora married Charles Sutton. I don't have any other information - any information or help would be most appreciated. Kathryn Kathryn Becker kbecker@georgefox.edu

I am related to MC Cabes in Crossmaglen, Armagh, Northern Ireland let me me know what you need JoAnne Stump (mother was born in Crossmaglen On 16/03/09 12:50 PM, "Paul and Sylvia" <hiluv-8@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Donna i have to ,I picked up a couple of irish books when we were > over there god spares us we will go back once more but to limerick > ,because no matter how i try i can not find my Mc Cabes ,,regards Sylvia > > Donna Marstrander wrote: >> Do you know of any good books to read about Irish immigration. I have read >> Frank McCourt books. >> Thanks, >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

I have just finished reading Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly is a book worth reading when your family is from the Galway Bay area such as my family is from and could relate to the area, always wonder why the rooster on the Barna Cemetery now I know, this book starts in the year 1836 and ends up in Chicago for me it was a wonderful insight on how life was for my relatives during those times and as with this family ending up in Chicago so did mine. A wonderful book, Kathy -------------------------------------------------- From: "Elizabeth Dow" <elizabethdow1@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:01 AM To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Irish reading material > Hi Donna, > I just picked up Galway Bay, by Mary Pat Kelly. It is about a family > immigrating during the potato to end up finally in Chicago. I have not > read > it yet, but I am looking forward to it. The book spans 6 generations in > one > family. Search on Amazon.com. That is what I did. > > Good Luck. Liz > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Donna Marstrander > <donna@marstrander.com>wrote: > >> Do you know of any good books to read about Irish immigration. I have >> read >> Frank McCourt books. >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> >> Donna >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Donna, I just picked up Galway Bay, by Mary Pat Kelly. It is about a family immigrating during the potato to end up finally in Chicago. I have not read it yet, but I am looking forward to it. The book spans 6 generations in one family. Search on Amazon.com. That is what I did. Good Luck. Liz On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Donna Marstrander <donna@marstrander.com>wrote: > Do you know of any good books to read about Irish immigration. I have read > Frank McCourt books. > Thanks, > > -- > > Donna > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

KNOW YE NOT THAT LOVELY RIVER Know ye not that lovely river? Know ye not that smiling river? Whose gentle flood, By cliff and wood, With wildering sound goes winding ever. Oh! often yet with feeling strong, On that dear stream my memory ponders, And still I prize its murmuring song, For by my childhood's home it wanders. Know ye not that lovely river? There's music in each wind that flows Within our native woodland breathing; There's beauty in each flower that blows Around our native woodland wreathing. The memory of the brightest joys In childhood's happy morn that found us, Is dearer than the richest toys The present vainly sheds around us. Know ye not that lovely river? Oh, sister! when 'mid doubts and fears, That haunt life's onward journey ever, I turn to those departed years, And that beloved and lonely river; With sinking mind and bosom riven, And heart with lonely anguish aching; It needs my long-taught hope in heaven To keep this weary heart from breaking! Know ye not that lovely river? -- Gerald Griffin (1803-1840)

Do you know of any good books to read about Irish immigration. I have read Frank McCourt books. Thanks, -- Donna

THE ROSARY The ash logs blazed behind us, as we knelt down to the family rosary on the cement hearth floor. One prayer stays with me still: Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here, ever this night be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. The climb upstairs to bed afterwards, was made easier as we watched the dark shadows jump off the wall from the shimmering candle light. -- Mary Guckian, "The Road to Gowel."

My nicest thing was the gold celtic cross i just love it ,,, Jean R. wrote: > Hi Lorraine. I brought home to the USA a few items of jewelry to give as > gifts to my daughters; the pair we all thought the loveliest were the > cream-colored Connemara marble earrings with a tiny thread of gray-green > coloration. Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lorraine Moore" <lmoor68@bellsouth.net> > To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 4:31 AM > Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Connemara Marble (Galway) > > > I have a couple of beautiful rosaries made from Connemara marble. One is a > bracelet rosary and one the regular sized one. > > Lorraine > > --- On Mon, 3/16/09, Jean R. <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: > From: Jean R. <jeanrice@cet.com> > Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Connemara Marble (Galway) > To: ireland@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 2:58 AM > > Added Note: Pre-Cambrian geology qualifies Connemara marble as one of the > oldest of natural materials - and in some people's eyes certainly one of > the > finest. With its characteristic twisted, interlocking bands of serpentine, > in varying shades of green, sepia, cream and grey, it has, unlike many other > marbles, a high resistance to scratching and virtually impossible to stain. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi Donna i have to ,I picked up a couple of irish books when we were over there god spares us we will go back once more but to limerick ,because no matter how i try i can not find my Mc Cabes ,,regards Sylvia Donna Marstrander wrote: > Do you know of any good books to read about Irish immigration. I have read > Frank McCourt books. > Thanks, > >

Hi Lorraine. I brought home to the USA a few items of jewelry to give as gifts to my daughters; the pair we all thought the loveliest were the cream-colored Connemara marble earrings with a tiny thread of gray-green coloration. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorraine Moore" <lmoor68@bellsouth.net> To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 4:31 AM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Connemara Marble (Galway) I have a couple of beautiful rosaries made from Connemara marble. One is a bracelet rosary and one the regular sized one. Lorraine --- On Mon, 3/16/09, Jean R. <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: From: Jean R. <jeanrice@cet.com> Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Connemara Marble (Galway) To: ireland@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 2:58 AM Added Note: Pre-Cambrian geology qualifies Connemara marble as one of the oldest of natural materials - and in some people's eyes certainly one of the finest. With its characteristic twisted, interlocking bands of serpentine, in varying shades of green, sepia, cream and grey, it has, unlike many other marbles, a high resistance to scratching and virtually impossible to stain.

Hi Mary - If you "google" the phrase Gillespie Famine Sculpture several hits will come up including Wikipedia (the on-line free encyclopedia) which has a really nice page with biography and photos you can click on to enlarge. Perhaps other listers can come up with a website with his famine photos that are include close-ups. Others include: http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/irish-sculpture/rowan-gillespie.htm And: http://www.superstock.com/stock-photography/famine. You can enlarge photos by clicking on the magnifying glass on the photos. ***An arresting memorial is the bronze sculpture of a famine ship located at the foot of Croagh Patrick, in Murrisk, Westpoint, County Mayo, unveiled by then-Irish President Mary ROBINSON in 1996. The ship's rigging is portrayed as skeletal, phantom-like, famine refugees. This sculpture was designed by Dublin-born (1938) sculptor John BEHAN. Check the Internet for photos by "googling" Behan Famine Sculpture Murrisk. Jean. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Mizzi" <mmizzi@dodo.com.au> To: <ireland@rootsweb.com>; <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:47 AM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Rowan GILLESPIE's Famine Sculpture,Custom House Quay Dublin > Hi Jean, > Are there any photos online of this sculpture please? > Kind regards, > Mary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> > To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:12 PM > Subject: [IRELAND] Rowan GILLESPIE's Famine Sculpture,Custom House Quay > Dublin > > >> SNIPPET: "Famine", Rowan GILLESPIE's moving sculpture in Dublin's Custom >> House Quay commemorates those poor souls forced to emigrate during the >> famine of the 19th century. <snip>

I have a couple of beautiful rosaries made from Connemara marble.  One is a bracelet rosary and one the regular sized one. Lorraine --- On Mon, 3/16/09, Jean R. <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: From: Jean R. <jeanrice@cet.com> Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Connemara Marble (Galway) To: ireland@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 2:58 AM Added Note: Pre-Cambrian geology qualifies Connemara marble as one of the oldest of natural materials - and in some people's eyes certainly one of the finest. With its characteristic twisted, interlocking bands of serpentine, in varying shades of green, sepia, cream and grey, it has, unlike many other marbles, a high resistance to scratching and virtually impossible to stain. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39 AM Subject: [IRELAND] Irish Marble - Rose & Red Marbles, Cos. Cork & Kerry, Galway Black Marble > SNIPPET: The Rose and Red Marbles from Co. Cork and Co. Kerry can be seen > in > public buildings, churches and cathedrals throughout Ireland. The quarries > which are now closed were worked extensively in the last two centuries. > <snip> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Added Note: Pre-Cambrian geology qualifies Connemara marble as one of the oldest of natural materials - and in some people's eyes certainly one of the finest. With its characteristic twisted, interlocking bands of serpentine, in varying shades of green, sepia, cream and grey, it has, unlike many other marbles, a high resistance to scratching and virtually impossible to stain. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39 AM Subject: [IRELAND] Irish Marble - Rose & Red Marbles, Cos. Cork & Kerry, Galway Black Marble > SNIPPET: The Rose and Red Marbles from Co. Cork and Co. Kerry can be seen > in > public buildings, churches and cathedrals throughout Ireland. The quarries > which are now closed were worked extensively in the last two centuries. > <snip>