http://www.houseofnames.com/coatofarms_details.asp? sId=&s=Nihen&a=54323-224 Joe, The above webpage seems to confirm your story. I think you will have to pay attention to the variations in spelling of the name listed, one of which was Nehane. It would have been a difficult name for strangers to spell and there would have been many guesses and attempts over the years. I can't find anyone with the name of Nihen in the Cork Directories (that doesn't mean there was noone of that name living there, just no-one with a fixed abode in Cork.) But there are a few examples of Neenan and variants in Cork throughout the 18th and 19th century: William Neenan of Dromroe with 16 acres in 1870 Cornelius Neenan, dyer of 26 York street, Cork City in the 1842-3 Cork PO Directory Denis Neenan, ship chandler of 8 Market street, Cork City in the same. Cornelius Neenan is not there in 1824 Pigots Directory, neither is Denis, at least not under those occupations. But in this Directory there is: John Neenan, vintner of 63 South Main street Nothing under either spelling in 1807/9 or 1787 Cork Directories http://www.newenglandancestors.org/education/articles/NEXUS/ Nexus_10.3.2.asp Before you go much further with your Cork research, you will need to establish whether they were RC or Protestant as the records in Cork for that time were quite separate. Kae Lewis On Jul 9, 2006, at 12:00 PM, IRL-CORK-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > From: "Joe Nihen" <morse73@ptd.net> > Date: July 8, 2006 5:51:25 PM EDT > To: <IRL-CORK-D@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Wanted; NIHEN (variety of spellings) family - Cork? > > > I'm searching for the following family: > > DANIEL NIHEN was born Abt. 1801 in Ireland, and died June 1871 in > Aberavon, Wales. He married ANN (NANCY) UNKNOWN. > > Children of DANIEL NIHEN and ANN UNKNOWN are: > i. CORNELIUS NIHEN, b. Abt. 1833, Ireland; d. March 06, 1883, > Silver Brook, Pennsylvania. > ii. JOHANNA NIHEN, b. Abt. 1834, Ireland; m. JOHN CROWLEY, March > 20, 1854, Neath, Wales. > iii. WILLIAM L. NIGHAN, b. Abt. 1835, Ireland; m. Ellen CARLIN or > CALDON Abt. 1860 > iv. ELLEN NIHEN, b. Abt. 1837, Ireland > v. JOHN NIHEN, b. January 1843, Ireland; m. Mary CLEMENS, November > 13, 1864, Neath, Wales d. March 10, 1907, Lansford, PA. > > ANN (NANCY) UNKNOWN was born Abt. 1812 in Ireland, and died > September 1876 in Aberavon, Wales. She married DANIEL NIHEN. > > This family was found in Aberavon, Wales, for the 1851 Census. Our > family story has always been that they came from Cork. > > If the Irish naming scheme works in this instance, the father of > Daniel could be Cornelius. > > I'm open to suggestions on how I might find this family in Ireland. > > Thank you, > > Joe Nihen > Lansford, PA > > Save a life ... adopt a pet! >