Jane, I have an interest in the Dolan and Masterson names, particularly in Leitrim. If you have more information on either of those families in either county that would be very interesting. I have Dolan cousins with a much more direct connection but they trace their line back to Wiliam Dolan (b. 1800 in Carrigallen). He married Catherine Masterson (father Patrick) born 1791 in Keshcarrigen. She worked as a servant girl and was listed on the 1821 Carrigallen Census as Mary. There is a great deal of Dolan information after that, and then Laurence Dolan married Anne Heslin in 1891. Kevin On Jan 8, 2005, at 10:12 PM, Jane Dowling wrote: > Hi, Nancy. > > So very pleased that you contacted me about Drumlish, Killoe, > Longford. I have met with little success in ferreting out the parish > of Drumlish residents/forebears. As an inveterate researcher, I never > give up. However, I have found precious little on my people. Since > Drumlish/Longford borders so many counties, I have had > difficulties/successes, but am still unsure as to the validity of what > I have found. I gather the info and toss it into a folder. Then, go > on. Not a good technique! > > The surnames involved in my latest search of the Drumlish area are the > surnames as above as well as Masterson and Dolan. These last two lived > in the ONeill-Sheridan household in Prov, RI, in the 1800s. John > Francis Dolan b. 1835, married Catherine ONeill b. 1841, in > Prov, RI. > > Maid servant: Mary/Maria Masterson lived in the ONeill home. > > According to the Primary Valuation property survey of 1848-64, there > were 39 paying ONeills(including all spelling variations) households > in Longford. > > ONeill: Francis "Frank" born in Drumlish in 1798 c. > father: Charles > mother: Elizabeth > source: Providence Directory 1865 > > married Elizabeth Sheridan born in Drumlish in 1818 c. > > This marriage produced 7 or 8 children. Two died around the time of > the famine. Names unknown. > Three were brought to USA with parents (I assume): Catherine b. 1841 > c., Margaret b. 1844, and Mary b. 1846. > Born in USA: Ellen b. 1856 c.; Francis "Frank A." b. 1859 c.; Eliza > b. 1851 c. > > What interests me about these people is their interest in stylish > clothing. Although they were poor, the girls wore beautifully made > clothing and ostich plumed hats with amazing grace. The son went into > dry goods and eventually became prominent in the New Haven Malley's > Dept. Store which had branches in several other cities. They lived in > a very fine neighborhood in what is now a part of Yale Univ. > > None of these produced any heirs except for John Francis aka Frank A. > He and his wife, Sarah Duffy of MA, had a son and five daughters: > Frank S. ONeill b. 1895 c. Prov; Mary Harriet b. 5Dec1894 in Prov; > Margaret E., b. 1900 c. Prov; Veronica E. b. 1901 c.; Geraldine Bertha > b. 1903 c.; unnamed daughter b. 6Oct1892- died the same day in Prov. > This entire group moved to New Haven CT from Prov in early 1900s. > > > Thanks for your response. > > Jane > > > ==== IRL-LONGFORD Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe: Send email to [email protected] > Put ONLY the word unsubscribe in the message. > For digest the address is [email protected] > [If you take the LIST you can't unsub from the DIGEST & vice versa] >