Hello Listers, I'm so confused! I know, welcome to the crowd, but maybe someone can help with my confusion. As you can see from my previous posting, one of the Clare surnames I am researching is ROHAN (spelled umpteen different ways). In browsing the recently posted Tuber/Kilkeedy records at the County Clare Library site, I see surnames ROAN and RUAN. In other records, I've also seen RUINE. Are these all variations of the surname ROHAN/ROWAN/ROUGHAN? Not having any prior information for the MICHAEL ROHAN whose marriage is listed below and with all the surname variations, is there any way a family can be connected? Thanks for and research help any of you can provide. I keep gathering names and get nowhere! Judie Mason Chicago Judith Mason <judith.mason@ameritech.net> wrote: Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:37:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Judith Mason <judith.mason@ameritech.net> To: irl-clare-projects@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS] DOLAN - ROHAN ROHAN*, Michael b. Ire. c. 1812 m.11/17/1832 parish of Parteen DOLAN, Elizabeth b. Ire. c. 1812 * ROHAN is the spelling given me by Clare Heritage Centre. In Chicago it was spelled Roughan, Rohen, Roghan etc. First child, Mary bap. 11/1833 in the parish of Cratloe. Baptismal records for Martin, Patrick b. 11/1840, Bridgit, Eliza, John and Annie gives parents residence as Derrymore. The entire family except Patrick came to Chicago IL between 1865 and 1874. Patrick is my brick wall along with parents and siblings of Michael.

Judie, Unless other details rule out a spelling variation that you listed, include it - that's a productive rule of thumb. I hate having to consider Hare when doing Hehir research, but even if family members themselves did not use the spelling, they had no control over people making the records who might think that a more Anglicized spelling was suitable. BTW I just ran across Rohn for an Irish-born U.S. resident in the late 1800s. It is the string of soft-sounding letters in the middle that causes the variations. Plus if a German-heritage recordmaker was involved, the spelling might be more Germanic (I have documented Ness for Nash in Manitowoc Co. WI). However, the surnames with consonants result in just as many incorrect transcriptions when a record is handwriting. I now look at Carley to see if the particular family might actually be Carbery because I have documented writing which eliminated the last "hook" on the "b" so that it had the appearance of an "l." (As for Donnellan, I now routinely look for Doulan and Dowlin, although the latter more usually is Dowling, due to the ease of misreading the "n.") A few years ago I posted spelling variations for Carberry and I have found even more since then. Just yesterday I followed the same New Haven CT man born in Ireland noted in censuses as Corboy, Conloy, and in 1900 Coreboy. I believe this is the Anglicizing of Corbui, a line traced to Tipperary and perhaps split off of the Westmeath sept of Carberry. You may run across the Corboys now prominent lawyers in Chicago, descended from an immigrant who went into building construction and did well there. I wish any of them would become interested in their heritage, so that research would be done as to the exact origin of Corbui. The one surname that I have that is not so vulnerable to misspelling or misreading is Connell, also numerous in Derrymore. The problem with that one is just too many of them in any era. So, those are my thoughts. Sharon Carberry . On 4/23/07, Judith Mason <judith.mason@ameritech.net> wrote: > > Hello Listers, > > I'm so confused! I know, welcome to the crowd, but maybe someone can > help with my confusion. > > As you can see from my previous posting, one of the Clare surnames I am > researching is ROHAN (spelled umpteen different ways). In browsing the > recently posted Tuber/Kilkeedy records at the County Clare Library site, I > see surnames ROAN and RUAN. In other records, I've also seen RUINE. Are > these all variations of the surname ROHAN/ROWAN/ROUGHAN? > > Not having any prior information for the MICHAEL ROHAN whose marriage is > listed below and with all the surname variations, is there any way a family > can be connected? > > Thanks for and research help any of you can provide. I keep gathering > names and get nowhere! > > Judie Mason > Chicago > > Judith Mason <judith.mason@ameritech.net> wrote: > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:37:23 -0700 (PDT) > From: Judith Mason <judith.mason@ameritech.net> > To: irl-clare-projects@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS] DOLAN - ROHAN > > ROHAN*, Michael b. Ire. c. 1812 m.11/17/1832 parish of Parteen > DOLAN, Elizabeth b. Ire. c. 1812 > > * ROHAN is the spelling given me by Clare Heritage Centre. In Chicago it > was spelled Roughan, Rohen, Roghan etc. > > First child, Mary bap. 11/1833 in the parish of Cratloe. Baptismal records > for Martin, Patrick b. 11/1840, Bridgit, Eliza, John and Annie gives parents > residence as Derrymore. > > The entire family except Patrick came to Chicago IL between 1865 and 1874. > Patrick is my brick wall along with parents and siblings of Michael. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >