Hi again, I just checked the archives of the GAVIN List, and was reminded that I had the names of the parents of Peter GAVIN and Margaret WHALEN. I'll copy/paste part of my posting here. I don't know anything else about the families in Ireland. I have just received information on my husband's great-grandparents, Peter and Margaret GAVIN of Waltham, MA, US. Peter was born ~1859 in County Galway, and his parents were Cornelius GAVIN and Margaret _____. Margaret was born ~1860 in County Galway, and her parents were Patrick WHELAN and Bridgit KEARNS. They seem to have come over to the US as single people in 1883 as they married in Waltham, MA, in 1884. They had 8 children who seem to have all lived to adulthood. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) (I adopted the GAVIN List a couple yrs. ago, and I just noticed that there were some postings from 10 yrs. ago about the GAVIN name in Co. Galway. I don't think the researchers have mentioned anything since then.) (I just checked the archives of this List and noticed a few postings about GAVIN from 10 yrs. ago, also. Some born in 1800-1850 timeframe went to Australia.)

Hi, I just checked the New England Historical site and found the following. Peter and Margaret were married in Waltham on 9/24/1884. Peter died of pneumonia on 6/6/1906 in the Waltham Hospital. His residence was 121 Pond Street. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Waltham. Beth On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi again, > > I just checked the archives of the GAVIN List, and was reminded that I had > the names of the parents of Peter GAVIN and Margaret WHALEN. I'll > copy/paste part of my posting here. I don't know anything else about the > families in Ireland. > > I have just received information on my husband's great-grandparents, Peter > and Margaret GAVIN of Waltham, MA, US. > Peter was born ~1859 in County Galway, and his parents were Cornelius GAVIN > and Margaret _____. Margaret was born ~1860 in County Galway, and her > parents were Patrick > WHELAN and Bridgit KEARNS. They seem to have come over to the US as > single people in 1883 as they married in Waltham, MA, in 1884. They had 8 > children who seem to have all lived to adulthood. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > (I adopted the GAVIN List a couple yrs. ago, and I just noticed that there > were some postings from 10 yrs. ago about the GAVIN name in Co. Galway. I > don't think the researchers have mentioned anything since then.) > (I just checked the archives of this List and noticed a few postings about > GAVIN from 10 yrs. ago, also. Some born in 1800-1850 timeframe went to > Australia.) > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-GALWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Elizabeth W. Tordella, MS, RN ewtordella@gmail.com