Jack, Found out that my Aunt's grandfather (maternal) McLaughlin originally also spelled the name with an 'o', but during the war the pay department spelled it with an 'a' and it was either sign for it as McLaughlin or wait several weeks for the pay change to take effect and get paid - hence the 'a'

My grandfather, William Comer, son of Patrick, was "farmed out" to Tom and Lizzie King in Edgeworthstown as a young boy (in the 1880s). William's family had moved to Manchester. The King family was still living in Edgeworthstown in at least 1927, as my father and my aunt remember going there then. Were they related to the Comers? Does anybody know about the Kings? Tony

You referred to sponsors to Catholic baptisms being helpful. How do you get this information? Is it online? Thank you Mary Gaul

BikenMike@aol.com wrote: >[..] Stretching my >imagination I've been looking for kin through sponsors to Catholic baptisms. >[..] NOT a stretch...just a useful research technique and best practice in general. I strongly recommend that you keep an eye on the names of the officiating priests, as well. Clergy are often easier to track than families; and where the priests go, the congregation may follow. The clergy themselves might turn out to be your relatives, as I found in my case. >Anna b: ~ 1834 parents: John HUGHES and Ann/Ellen BLEE?/BLUET?/BLACK? >John b: ~1824 parents: John HUGHES and Mary HUGHES >Patrick b: ~1825 parents: unknown >James b: 1836 parents: James HUGHES and Brigid QUIGLEY/CRIGLEY > >Patrick may have come into the country by about 1845. James came in about >1850 and I am uncertain regarding the rest. Did any of these men serve in the Civil War? James especially is the right age, and Missouri folk had very strong ties to both sides of the conflict. I made my connection to County Longford when I found a Civil War pension application. My gg-grandmother filed an affadavit stating that she was married in County Longford by Rev Radigan, then abandoned by her husband in the US. She depended on her sons for support, and received a pension for the one who was killed. Good luck! Judith Haller jhaller@io.com

Rose Kearney married James MORAN in County Longford, Ireland. They had several children, don't know all their names or dates: Ann Moran, b 1826 m Richard Jeffreys in Essex Co, NJ, USA, 1848. She emigrated in 1845 through a NY port, Elizabeth Twp, NJ. Then to Livingston Co, MI abt 1860. other children may be: Bridget, James, Edward, Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary. Bridget came to live with sister Ann in Michigan. Thomas and James probably also came to Michigan. Edward, Elizabeth, and Mary may have stayed in NJ. Don't know if there were others or if the parents stayed in Ireland. Valerie Hulderman, Battle Creek, MI _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html

Seeking information about my gr. gr. grandfather, Edward Havey (spelling was probably changed). He was born in Co. Longford in Nov. 1815. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1844 (departure and arrival locations unknown). He became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. in 1850. He married a Catherine Farrall (sp. ?) in 1852. She died in 1856. Catherine may also have been from Co. Longford or nearby. They had two children, one of which survived (have no information about the one deceased). Edward resided in and around Brooklyn until 1885 when he migrated to Parke Co., Indiana, USA, to live his remaining years with his son, John (b. 1855 d. 1902). Edward died May 31,1888 in Parke Co., Indiana, USA. His obituary stated "he was"born and reared amongst catholic surroundings, he remained a staunch catholic and died in that faith". Any information will be most appreciated. Thanks, Bob Jones Brownsburg, Indiana rljones@indy.net

I have been totally unsuccessful over the last 3 years in finding the origins of my Famine Era Irish Immigrants to Lafayette County Missouri. Stretching my imagination I've been looking for kin through sponsors to Catholic baptisms. Recently I've found a family, Michael McINTYRE/McENTIRE and Mary HERSON/HURSON that came from Columbkile (sp?) Co Mayo that may be related to the HUGHES of Lafayette Co. There are four HUGHES in the county during the late 1850's through 1880's. I'm looking for any connections of the following that might have sent kin to Missouri: Anna b: ~ 1834 parents: John HUGHES and Ann/Ellen BLEE?/BLUET?/BLACK? John b: ~1824 parents: John HUGHES and Mary HUGHES Patrick b: ~1825 parents: unknown James b: 1836 parents: James HUGHES and Brigid QUIGLEY/CRIGLEY Patrick may have come into the country by about 1845. James came in about 1850 and I am uncertain regarding the rest. Also, any suggestions on how to proceed to pursue these would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your help. Michael Brown Irvine, CA

In my search for the descendants of Catherine Rhatigan b.1838 Clooadra,Co.Rosc. m. Martin Murphy b.1828 Gortgallen , Co.Rosc.(s/o Patrick & Anne Hanley) I visited a cemetery in Jersey City ,New Jersey and found a tombstone which might be of interest . Erected by Ann Ratigan in mem. of her parents Edward Ratigan d.9 Oct 1854 @ 57 ; his wife Mrgaret b. 28 Mar 1868 @ 81 ; their sons John d. 14 Mar 1858 @ 37 and Michael d. 31 Dec 1878 @ 54. Natives of Parish Temple Michael , Co. Longford. Can anyone help me with Catherine Rhatigan? She had Andrew Murphy b.1878 Ballyleague , Co.Rosc. m. Anne Gill ; Margaret b.1884 Ballyleague m.Michael Scott ; Katherine b. Ballyleague m.Michael McCormack and (5) who came to USA ; William b.30 Jun 1886 , James , Martin , John b.24 Jun 1864 & Bridgette who m. a Mr.Sutton in Philadelpia , PA. Gerry Grady

Greetings from Montana Thomas. Thank you so much for the information!! You helped me immensily. The two brothers I mentioned, Johnathan and Lewis were names mentioned to me by a elderly lady in Texas who has since passed on. The spelling of their names was way different. No Faughns in my line found their way to Texas that I could find. My William Faughan died 1758 in Surry Co. Virginia. His son John F. Faughn changed name from Faughan to Faughn. William may have been a Fawn. some records show that. He might have changed the name, cause he might have been on the run. Some of the folks working on this think he might have come over on a convict ship, did his time or split from some Brit. sugar plantation in the carribean and made his way to Virginia or North Carolina. They kept track of immigrant ships, but I don't they were as much concerned about folks that were not loyal to the crown that were being deported. Oh well. Thanks again so very much! I'll start with that address you gave me and keep digging. My wife and I are plannng a trip to Ireland in the near future, but first we must suffer thru another Montana winter. Take care, Michael

I am looking for info on Owen Greene of Longford who married Ona (Onnie) Daly. They had a pllace(farm) outside Longfordtown. They had 5 kids: Owen died in Newtown-Forbes c1960's Bea " " John imm to USA (my GF) Two other girls Would like info to fill out the family Bob Cassidy, Denver

Thanks for the suggestions. I have been in touch with Kate Hanley. Regards Chris

Hi Michael, I was curious to see if the name wasn't place founded and looked for a Townland in Ireland called Faughn, which gave : Search Output Townland Acres County Barony Parish PLU Province Aghakilfaughna 36 Leitrim Mohill Mohill Mohill Connaught Cloonfaughna 160 Mayo Costello Knock Claremorris Connaught Drummanfaughnan 159 Leitrim Drumahaire Inishmagrath Manorhamilton Connaught Kilfaughna 164 Roscommon Boyle Ardcarn Boyle Connaught Kilfaughny 145 Westmeath Kilkenny West Kilkenny West Athlone Leinster 4 of 5 of these townlands are in Connaught, two in Co. Leitrim, Aghakilfaughna (Faughna field-woods; agha is a field, kil is a woods ), and Drummanfaughnan (Faughnan Ridge). The others : Cloonfaughna = Faughna Meadow ; Kilfaughna = Faughna Woods; Kilfaughny = Faughny Woods. Westmeath is right next to Longford. It might seem like a longshot, but after 18 years of looking ... Another thing to look into is what Faughna means in Irish - I don't have that in my very limited vocabulary. This could be an Irish translation of a Plantation Brit name like Brown. (Like Gowan is Smith). Whatever, that particular spelling seems to be local. It could be a translation from another language - but Lewis and Jonathan are more British than Irish. If you look for townlands with "Fawn", you'll find 18 more, 8 in Connaught, of which 4 are in Leitrim. BTW, I use http://www.seanruad.com/ to look for townlands. There's also Faughalstown in Westmeath, about a mile from the Longford border. Good luck, I hope this helps, Tom ---------------------- Réacheminé par Thomas Moffatt/FR/BULL sur 18/09/2000 17:49 --------------------------- fonzfunfarm@webtv.net (Michael Faughn) sur 18/09/2000 16:01:34 Veuillez répondre à IRL-LONGFORD-L@rootsweb.com Pour : IRL-LONGFORD-L@rootsweb.com cc : Objet : Re: [LONGFORD~] McLoughlin I'm researching Faughn, Faughan, Faughnan Faughy, and last but not least O'Faictnain from Co.s Longford and Leitrim. My William Faughn died in 1768 in Surry Co. Va. The Faughans just happen to miraculacy appear in America. Have spoke with folks who say two brothers from Ireland showed up around 1735, Jonathan and Lewis. Remarkable. If you ever run across this name or a variation that comes close, Please let me know! Been stumped for about eighteen years now and would appreciate any info at all. Thanks, Michael O. Faughn

Hello All: Have been watching people looking for FARRELLs in Co. Longford. Does anyone have: Mary FARRELL d/o ??? + Michael LEAVY/LEARY s/o ??? *Possibly* m ca 1807+/- in Co. Longford as they had son: Patrick b ca 1808-10 - Ormstown, Co. Longford + Mary HICKEY b 19 Oct. 1810 - Killarney,Co. Kerry Mary & Michael also had daughter: Bridget b ca 1808-10 + William CASEY s/o Patrick CACY & Marguerite FEENEY m 1 Aug. 1826 - Notre Dame de Quebec, Quebec, Canada Hoping someone might connect to Michael & Mary. Bev Searching: KELLY/O'KELLY/LEAVY/LEARY/FARRELL/HICKEY

Hello, I am new to the list and just discovered that my MCCORMICK ancestors came from County Longford. I have no idea what part yet but I thought that I would throw this out. Richard MCCORMICK + Catherine CLYNE. 1. Richard MCCORMICK b. 1793 in County Longford, Ireland, d. 29 DEC 1846 in Java, Wyoming Co., NY. 2. Christopher MCCORMICK b. ABT. 1810 in County Longford, Ireland, d.9 DEC 1879 in Java, Wyoming Co., NY. 3. Son MCCORMICK. 4. Son MCCORMICK. 5. Daughter MCCORMICK. Christopher immigrated to New Orleans but eventually settled in Java, Wyoming County, NY with his brother, Richard. I do not know if the other 3 children immigrated or if they stayed in Ireland. Thanks, Shawn McCormick

I'm researching Faughn, Faughan, Faughnan Faughy, and last but not least O'Faictnain from Co.s Longford and Leitrim. My William Faughn died in 1768 in Surry Co. Va. The Faughans just happen to miraculacy appear in America. Have spoke with folks who say two brothers from Ireland showed up around 1735, Jonathan and Lewis. Remarkable. If you ever run across this name or a variation that comes close, Please let me know! Been stumped for about eighteen years now and would appreciate any info at all. Thanks, Michael O. Faughn

Thanks for the offer of help with the relatives. Here is a little more information Kenny, Knockaskea, Carrickboy,County Longford, Ireland b. 1885 McLoughlin, Druming, Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland>Worcester, MA b. 1884 Thanks - Jack McLaughlin in AZ

In a message dated 9/17/00 2:01:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time, IRL-LONGFORD-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Mellos2@compuserve.com >> Here is some history of my relatives 1. Peter Michael McLoughlin, born January 10, 1884 in Druming, Ballymahon,County Longford, Ireland; died October 20, 1967 in Worcester, MA. He was the son of 2. John McLaughlin and 3. Mary Farrell. He married (1) Margaret Kenny July 18, 1908 in Worcester, MA. She was the daughter of James Kenny and Elizabeth Cox. Margaret Kenny was from Carrickboy in County Longford. Her mother was Elizabeth Sheridan Cox married to John Kenny. That's all I know yet. Jack McLaughlin in AZ

I read your list of names you are researching. I too am researching FARRELL from County Longford. Which Farrell are you researching? My interest is ANDREW FARRELL born abt 1802 in County Longford. He came to U. S. and married Catharine Smith. They both died in Daviess County, Indiana. Eileen

I am researching these names Bomerzon, Germany Browning, Germany>MA Cox, Ireland Crowley, Ireland Farrell, Ireland Kenny, County Longford, Ireland Lamering, Germany Maguire, County Sligo, Ireland > Westboro, MA McLaughlin, County Longford, Ireland>Worcester, MA Nyland, County Sligo, Ireland>Westboro, MA Odlum, Ireland>Grafton, MA

I have a reference in a family trip journal to Dublin, Edgeworthstown, County Longford of a meeting with a Jim, Kathleen and Mick Kenny. It states that my great uncle Frank Trimble's grandmother and Jim Kenny's mom were sisters. The sisters were Margaret Keenan and ??? Keenan. Margaret Keenan I assume was Jim Kenny's grandmother. There was also an allusion to a family tie to a Matt Clark. None of this may make sense to you, but our family, Trimble, came from County Longford, in 1883 when the Widow Ellen Twaddle Trimble left Ireland to avoid the Protestant persecution of my great grandfather who had converted to Catholicism. Robert and Alexander both converted and this apparently was a cause for concern at the time. They owned a farm in Edgeworthstown until 1870, sold it and moved out of Edgeworthstown in 1873. They came to the US in 1883 on the City of Richmond. My curiousity was peaked when I saw the Margaret Kenny mention and the McLoughlin name combined thought I would just write and see if there is any connect at all or if this is all mere coincidence.