Duane Kelly <dkelly@digitalis.net I have been researching my great grandfather and his family and was wondering if anyone out there could help me out with this. I have no idea who his father or mother was. I do know that he came from Shanagolden, Ireland at the age of 21 he was sent to Canada and his brothers I was told were sent to Australia and no one knows why. Thomas was married to a Anna Hishon which we were told she went to Canada at the tender age of 9 years old. They were married about 1854 and lived in Illinois. Thomas b: 7-19-1828 Shanagolden, Ireland, d: 7-19-1899 Ashkum, Illinois. Ann his wife b: 5-1825 Limerick, Ireland, d: 2-20-1911 Merna, Neb. Children: Ellen: b: abt. 1854 Married Casper Pricer and lived in and around Mt. Hope, at the time her mother died. Robert James: b: 10-29-1856 LaSalle, Ill., d: 5-20-1938, Merna, Neb. Joseph b: 5-3-1858 Grundy, Co., Ill. d: 6-5-1947 Merna, Neb., Thomas Jr. b: 12-16-1863 LaSalle, Ill. d: 10-11-1949 Dale, Neb., Stephen Ambrose, b: 6-27-1866 Grundy Co., Ill. d: 1-5-1947 Merna, Neb., William Henry my grandfather b: 11-2-1867 Grundy Co., Ill. d: 11-12-1920 Merna, Nebr. Married Francis Louise Spitz 4-18-1904 of Ill., Mary Jane b: 10-3-1860 Ill., d: 11-2-1882 Ashkum, Ill. Valerie Kelly