HI Phyllis: James Hughes and his family, including his oldest daughter, Catherine, relocated the Rhode Island, USA about 1855. It is possible that Catherine Hughes (James' daughter) was named for her maternal grandmother, who would have been living in Ireland in the very early 1800s. If this was so then Catherine Hughes' maternal grandmother would have been Catherine Kelagher not Hughes. So I don't see a connection. If I misunderstood your note please get back to me. Thanks, Charlie King Phyllis wrote: I'm wondering, Charlie, if by any chance your Catherine HUGHES is the same one who married Nicholas HAGARTY/HEGARTY of Cooleeny, Parish Templemichael, County Longford, in 1805? Their children & baptismal sponsors were, in order of birth: Andrew, 1806; sponsors - Edward & Eliza HUGHES; William, 1808; sps. - Thomas MORAN & Joanna HUGHES; Catherine, 1810; sps. - Jacob BOSTICK & Dorothea HUGHES; James, 1812; sps. - Jacob CUMMINS & Elizabeth MORAN; Nicholas, 1814; sps. - Thomas MORAN & Maria PIERS; David, 1816; sps. - William MORAN & Dorothea MORAN; Brigid, 1819; sps. - Timothy HUGHES & Eleanor ?; Elizabeth, 1820, SPS. - Joannes MURTAGH & Elizabeth MORAN When James HAGARTY/HEGARTY married Barbara DOYLE of Co. Galway, their children were: Catherine Margaret/Marguerite, 1857-1858; Bridget Cecilia (Cecilia was after Barbara's sister), 1860; Mary Francis, 1863; Nicholas James, 1869 It also seems that our HAGARTY/HUGHES line might also include MORAN, if you go by the premise that most baptismal sponsors were family members. What do you think? Thanks, Phyllis :) _____________________________________________________________ Be a professional. Click here to earn a psychology degree. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iigjRjzLcBtp6MrZAYvfO87NQgXwDwxRyDLCDfgVO91F735Fa/