Dear Lisa, This is really all I know: Rose Marron born c. 1828 Pat Finnegan born c. 1828 Corduff, near Carrickmacross, Monaghan Ireland Married c. 1850 Son Patrick Finnegan born 1869 in Carrickmacross, Corduff married Margaret McGinn on February 3, 1887 in St Michael's Church Donaghmoyne (?) immigrated to US (Leadville, CO and Anaconda, MT) shortly thereafter. I think the son Patrick was the first and only one of the family to have immigrated to the US, but I don't really know... Thank you, Mary Sue On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Lisa Swovick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mary Sue, > > I have Finnegan roots in Monaghan, their origin was Thornford, > Donaghmoyne, but, many appear to have lived near Castleblayney. The 13 > children of my 3grgrandfather, Patrick Finnegan (b. @1790-I don't have my > record in front of me), made their way to the states during the famine, but, > his wife and son, Patrick, went back to Ireland. I wonder if there is any > relation here? > > Do you have any more information on your Patrick Finnegan you mention > here? > > Thanks, > > Lisa Swovick > Rochester, NY > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Mary Sue Daniels < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Margaret, >> >> Your mention of the name Marron pricked my ears. >> >> In very preliminary research I have found that my great-great grandmother >> was born Rose Marron in 1828 and married Patrick Finnegan in 1850 - >> Corduff, >> near Carrickmacross in Monaghan. >> >> I don't know of Dympna or Agnes but will keep you in mind as I try to find >> more info about this branch of my family. If you happen to find anything >> about the Marrons please pass along. >> >> Thank you, >> Mary Sue >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:00 AM, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > Today's Topics: >> > >> > 1. Re: Castleblaney Connections (Margaret Malloy) >> > 2. Farrell Mystery (Margaret Malloy) >> > 3. Re: Castleblaney Connections (Margaret Malloy) >> > >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: Margaret Malloy <[email protected]> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:50:54 -0400 >> > Subject: Re: [IRL-MONAGHAN] Castleblaney Connections >> > >> > Mike and James, >> > >> > This is indeed interesting. >> > >> > Mike, if your father was first cousins with my John Farrell, then his >> > father must have been Patrick. Is that right? I might have pictures of >> > Patrick also. >> > >> > I have a 1965 legal document establishing John Farrell's title to the >> farm >> > at Cloghan which writes Patrick off as >> dead-and-we-don't-know-anything=else. >> > They did this to my great grandmother too, even though they knew darn >> well >> > where all her descendants were. >> > >> > James, I have a double Farrell connection because we have very strong >> > circumstantial evidence that one set of my great grandparents were >> cousins >> > of some degree through their Farrell lines. The one line we have direct >> > memory of and contact with goes back to Cloghan, next to Annyalla in Co. >> > Monaghan. The other is a dead end at a wedding in Liverpool in 1863. >> > >> > Here is what I know: >> > >> > Matthew Gannon (originally Guinane, b. 1834-8 Killaloe, Co. Clare) >> married >> > Mary Farrell (b. 1838 Ireland) at St' Patrick's Liverpool in 1863. In >> 1865 >> > they had a son. John Matthew in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Mary's parents >> were >> > Ann and John Farrell. John is listed as deceased and as a clothier on >> the >> > civil registration of the marriage. I have documentary evidence for all >> of >> > the preceding. >> > >> > The family story is that Matthew beat some guy up for "insulting" Mary >> and >> > it looked like the guy was going to die so his cousins who were in >> Brooklyn >> > bundled Him, Mary and the baby on the next ship out of port—they were a >> > seafaring bunch. The Gannon family did not show up back in Liverpool >> until >> > the 1881 census. In a box we have of things my great grandfather kept >> and >> > passed on to my great aunts. There are two primary school textbooks that >> > have "John Matthew Gannon Annyalla NS" written on the inside cover. So >> > evidently my on the lam ancestors went to Mary's family for shelter. >> > >> > Oh, but the guy didn't die so no murder here. >> > >> > Here is my big leap. Since Mary's father, John, was a Clothier, it seems >> > likely that he would have lived in a town or city, right? Castleblaney >> would >> > seem like the most likely place, no? I don't know exactly when John died >> but >> > I haven't been able to find him in any of the directories on ancestry. >> > >> > So, in short, I am looking for John Farrell married to Ann who would >> have >> > had a daughter in 1838 possibly in Castleblaney. And I want to know the >> > connection back to the Cloghan Farrells. >> > >> > One more thing, I'm also interested in any Farrells or Marrons from >> > Monaghan that have the names Agnes or Dympna in their lines. >> > >> > Margaret >> > >> > >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: Margaret Malloy <[email protected]> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:21:31 -0400 >> > Subject: [IRL-MONAGHAN] Farrell Mystery >> > Now that I'm thinking along my FARRELL lines . . . >> > >> > Does anyone have a family story about a seafaring relation who was >> robbed >> > of his pay and thrown unconscious into "the river" to drown? >> > >> > I have a John Farrell (b. 1850 ish, Cloghan, Castleblaney, Co, Mo.) who >> > allegedly suffered this fate around 1901 but I have yet to find any >> > documentary evidence of it. I am intentionally leaving out mention of >> the >> > place since we have a couple of versions and some of them may be based >> on >> > assumptions of generations past and I don't want to prejudice the jury. >> > >> > The interesting part is that on a list of family deaths written by this >> > man's daughter that goes up to 1912, there is no mention of him! >> Sisters, >> > Aunts. brothers are all there but no father. >> > >> > Something smells fishy. >> > >> > Margaret >> > >> > >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: Margaret Malloy <[email protected]> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:39:45 -0400 >> > Subject: Re: [IRL-MONAGHAN] Castleblaney Connections >> > Ok, I'm an idiot. >> > >> > Mike, your father was first cousins with my John Farrell on his mother's >> > side. >> > >> > I'm so self-centered it took me this long to realize that my side of the >> > family isn't the only one! >> > >> > My apologies. >> > >> > Margaret >> > >> > >> > To contact the IRL-MONAGHAN list administrator, send an email to >> > [email protected] >> > >> > To post a message to the IRL-MONAGHAN mailing list, send an email to >> > [email protected] >> > >> > __________________________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] >> > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the >> body >> > of the >> > email with no additional text. >> > >> > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Lisa Luchsinger Swovick > English to Speakers of Other Languages Teacher > Eastridge High School > East Irondequoit Central School District > Rochester, New York > 339-1450 x 4011 >