My great grandmother was CATHERINE M�CUSKER of County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. (McCosker and McKusker may be variants of the name.) She was born in the townland of Augharonan, which is near the market town of Fintona, in the civil parish of Donacavey around 1846 � 1851, depending on which documentary source is most accurate. Catherine McCusker's father was a farmer named PATRICK M�CUSKER. We do not have her mother�s name; it may very well have been Catherine. While the information is not definitive, it is known that a Pat M�CUSKER of Augharonan died in 1868. He did not have a will on file. Pat M�Cusker would have been born c. 1813, and the name of the registrar�s informant indicates that there was a John McCusker in the family. Catherine had a number of siblings: possibly JOHN M�CUSKER of Legamaghery, but little is known of him except that he was a single farmer. Another possible connection was Thomas M�GARRITY and JANE M�CUSKER of Augharonan. There also was a JAMES M�CUSKER, an unmarried farmer who was aged 40 in the 1901 census. Catherine married OWEN M�CARROLL, also formally known as Eugene, at "full age." However, family oral histories have indicated that she was only 17 at the time of her marriage, and was living at Legamaghery. She was married in Fintona which is also in the civil parish of Donacavey. They were wed on 25 June 1867 in my great grandmother�s church at Donacavey (Fintona). After her marriage she moved to her husband�s small farm in the townland of Corkill (sometimes referred to as Corkhill), where they raised her family and he was a farmer. Corkill is about 2 � miles south of Augharonan in the civil parish of Clogher, County Tyrone, Ulster. But, as is the case with most old Irish records, there is a discrepancy. She listed herself as a 60 yr old widow in the 1911 census, while the 1901 census indicated that Catherine was a 45 year old widow. That may be the result of the old age pensions that went into place in 1908. Owen and Catherine had at least seven children, all born at Corkill. All of the baptisms were actually located in the original church records in Clogher when viewed in 1982, but they were not found in the PRONI records in 1997. There was Ellen, b. 1871, d. 1917, baptised 24 January 1871, who married Andrew Bogan. They had seven children: Tommy, Owen, Charles, Jack, Hugh, Catherine and Mary. Patrick (also known as �The Yank� or �Madman�) was born in 1873, baptised 7 March 1873, and we don�t know when he died. (He appears to have been buried in the family plot at Eskragh, or at least his death was noted on the headstone). Then there was Thomas, b. 1875, baptised 27 February 1875, who married Catherine (Kitty) Daly (Daley?) and emigrated to San Francisco, CA, USA. Kitty was perhaps from Newtownsaville, and they had four children: Patrick Joseph, Helen, Mary and Thomas. Owen was born in 1877, baptised 30 December 1877; he married Brigid Conroy in Beragh, and they lived in Curr and was closest to Catherine until she died. They had four children: Thomas, Mary (who married Jack Donnelly from Curr), Dympna and Kathleen. My grandfather was next: Michael Joseph (Mickey), b. 1879, d 1924 at Omagh, and he was baptised 7 (or 29) September 1879. Then there were: Jane, b. 1871, baptised 18 July 1881; and Hugh, b. 1883, and baptised 20 December 1883. Both children lived in Corkill with their mother Catherine until her death in 1916. Owen passed away at age 55 in Augharonan on 13 July 1895 with Catherine in attendance. She returned to Corkill to live with her youngest unmarried children Jane and Hugh. Her son Owen registered her death on 8 September 1916 at age 68 and she was buried in Eskragh R.C. (Eskra) graveyard with her husband, and some of her children. The family farm house in Corkill was there when I first visited, but it was removed about 1982. I understand that the property is possibly owned by Devine family, who are also cousins I understand. Descendants of Owen and Catherine include the children of Andrew Bogan (Ellen) who still are in the Fintona area (Tullyrush), while some have moved on to Dublin. The Donnelly�s live in Curr, Beragh; and they are related to Owen McCarroll and Brigid Conroy. The Coady family, who also owe their lineage to Ellen and Andrew Bogan, still reside in the Dublin area. Catherine �Kitty� Coady had a vegetable store in Irish Town before she passed away, but she had three children: Mary, John and Patrick who married Fiona Duffy still in Dublin. j.j.carroll@earthlink.net