Hi, (Sorry i sent the last message to early - I hit send button by accident) Looking at the message below posted by Sharon The father Timothy died in 1847 therefore Catherine was a widow when Griffith's Valuation was compiled. At http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/griffiths/griffithh4.htm there are 4 Catherine's listed 1. Beneden, Clondegad, Kildysert. 2. Clonroad More, Drumcliff, Ennis. 3. Culleen, Kilkeedy, Corofin. 4. Formoyle Eighteragh (West), Inagh, Ennistymon. No.1 has a Mathias in the Tithes in 1826. No.2 has a Daniel in 1825 but also has a Tim Hehir with a Daniel in Lifford. No.3 has a Michael in 1824. No.4 Inagh parish has many hehirs but no Timothy in 1843. My guess is no.2 is where Timothy was from. Declan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Carberry" <sm8carberry@comcast.net> > To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:37 PM > Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Tim Hehir (son of Holloran), Clare to Washington Co. PA > > > > "Timothy Hare was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1838, a son of Timothy > and Catherine (Holloran) Hare. The father died there in 1847. When about > sixteen years of age (1854) our subject emigrated to American, coming to > Washington county, where he first worked on the farm of Robert M. Patterson, > of Cross Creek township, for $8 per month, remaining with him two years. He > had been barely that length of time in the land of his adoption when he > found himself, by dint of hard labor and careful thrift, enabled, though yet > but a mere boy, to send means to his native land to bring to Washington > county his widowed mother and one of his sisters. The mother died in > Washington in 1887 at an advanced age. She was the mother of nine children, > all of whom died in Ireland, save three: Timothy, Bridget (Mrs. Shaughnessy) > and Mary (Mrs. Farrell), both residents of Pittsburgh, Penn. In 1853 the > second sister emigrated. After a time Mr. Hare commenced the huckstering > business, carrying goods t! > > o Pittsburgh each week; then worked a farm in South Strabane township for > one year. In 1874 he embarked in the present grocery business in Washington, > in which he has met with exceptional success. > > > > In 1861 our subject was married to Margaret, daughter of Thomas Breen. To > them nine children were born, namely: John F., in Washington; Thomas, near > Pittsburgh; Timothy, a tailor in Cadiz, Ohio; James, in Washington; Mary, > Catherine J., William and Margaret, all at home with their parents; Charles > died some sixteen years ago, at the age of six months. Mrs. Hare is a native > of Ireland, and was brought to this country when a small child. In 1880 Mr. > Hare built the house in Washington, which is now the family home. In > religious faith he is a Catholic, in politics a Democrat, but at elections > he asserts his right to exercise his own judgment, regardless of party > lines." > > > > p. 283 > > Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania > (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). > > http://www.chartiers.com/beers-project/articles/hare-283.html >