Hi Bill, I am wondering if your Mary Skiffington was Skeffington in Ireland? Have you investigated that latter, more common spelling? Also, take a look at the Family Facts Page/Skiffington Board at Ancestry.com (try googling that Skiffington surname for websites). Among other interesting data at that board, there is a map with distribution of Skiffingtons on the 1920 USA census, etc. The total for the country as 81. NY had the most (18), followed by MA (14), MI (7), PA (7), CA (4). Several other states with 1-3. (Check and see, don't recall if those stats represented individuals or families. Let me know if you can't locate it). Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill" <[email protected]> To: "Maureen" <[email protected]>; <irl-Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [IGW] [IRL-GALWAY] Writing to potential relativies Of DEVITT?DAVITT > HI Maureen, Wonderful results , hope this will be as fruitful. Here is what > I have: my ggparents were Henry Devitt and Mary Skiffington.Henry was a > constable/ policeman according to Mormon film recording the birth of their > children Henry b1865( my Gfather),James E. b1867, Pat b1868,Eliza b1870 . > They were born in Ballinasloe,Ahascragh,Bullaun,respectively.Henry came to > the USA in 1870 . The others in 1871. They all ended in the Scranton, PA > area. Another child was born in 1874 in PA The 1880 census shows all > children living with other families as adopted. Anyone with any info I would > appreciate receiving it. THANKS, Bill Davitt > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maureen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 3:11 AM > Subject: [IRL-GALWAY] Writing to potential relativies >

Hi, Jean, There was a great novel, "The Last Hurrah", written years ago by I can't recall who, but the author was well known {Frank O'Connor?} , and a great movie was made from the book.... Spencer Tracy played the lead role. The hero of the book was named "Skeffington", and the story took place in Massachussets. The character of Mr Skeffington is supposed to have been written around a real man, who was governor and mayor, and corrupt, and Irish. The old irish wake was depicted in the book, and I expect it was written from first-hand experience with one or more Irish wakes held in Massachussetts. I expect that Ambassador Kennedy would have been an appropriate character for the book. His entreprenurial days during Prohibition might have crept into that book. At any rate, the book was fascinating to me! Edward Ferrill McKee Irish-American, member of genetic haplogroup R1b1c7, which is said to have originated in NW Ireland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [IGW] SKIFFINGTON/SKEFFINGTON/Writing to potential relativiesOf DEVITT?DAVITT > Hi Bill, I am wondering if your Mary Skiffington was Skeffington in > Ireland? > Have you investigated that latter, more common spelling? Also, take a > look > at the Family Facts Page/Skiffington Board at Ancestry.com (try googling > that Skiffington surname for websites). Among other interesting data at > that board, there is a map with distribution of Skiffingtons on the 1920 > USA > census, etc. The total for the country as 81. NY had the most (18), > followed by MA (14), MI (7), PA (7), CA (4). Several other states with > 1-3. > (Check and see, don't recall if those stats represented individuals or > families. Let me know if you can't locate it). Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill" <[email protected]> > To: "Maureen" <[email protected]>; <irl-Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 2:35 PM > Subject: Re: [IGW] [IRL-GALWAY] Writing to potential relativies Of > DEVITT?DAVITT > > >> HI Maureen, Wonderful results , hope this will be as fruitful. Here is > what >> I have: my ggparents were Henry Devitt and Mary Skiffington.Henry was a >> constable/ policeman according to Mormon film recording the birth of >> their >> children Henry b1865( my Gfather),James E. b1867, Pat b1868,Eliza b1870 . >> They were born in Ballinasloe,Ahascragh,Bullaun,respectively.Henry came >> to >> the USA in 1870 . The others in 1871. They all ended in the Scranton, PA >> area. Another child was born in 1874 in PA The 1880 census shows all >> children living with other families as adopted. Anyone with any info I > would >> appreciate receiving it. THANKS, Bill Davitt >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Maureen" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; >> <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; >> <[email protected]> >> Cc: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 3:11 AM >> Subject: [IRL-GALWAY] Writing to potential relativies >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message