These two KERWIN graves appear in a listing for a cemetery that lies across the Buchanan and Fayette County, Iowa boundary. The data is age plus dates of birth and death. Kerwin, Isabella 26 1841 Jul. 14, 1867 Kerwin, James http://www.rootsweb.com/~iabremer/fairbank_original.html

I am seeking information on the ancestors of Michael Kirwan (1819-1879), son of Garrett Kirwan and Elizabeth Dunphy/Dumphy. He married Elizabeth Kaine in 1854 in Quebec City. Michael Kirwan may have had a brother Fenton. Any help would be appreciated. Terry Kerwin

This is for George Carter: Hi, George, we also have Kirwins and Carters in our ancestry. Information handed down to us from previous generations said that our Ggrandfather, Patrick Kirwin, who came to America in 1848, had relatives named Carter living around Chicago, Illinois. Patrick was also from Dublin. Patrick's mother was still living when he came to America. We do not know her name or anything about her. We do not know who Patrick's father was. It's like the blind leading the blind, isn't it!! Sounds like it might be the same family though. I live in Florida, and have cousins of the same heritage, who live in Oklahoma and California. We are very anxious to find out more about Patrick. He came through New York City and then on to Indiana and Kansas. He is buried in Kansas. I'll let you know if I find anything about this family. The cousin and owner of this list found a Kirwin married to a Carter in Ireland--perhaps she will write to you too. Sincerely, Lee Gray Jenks1922@aol.com

Hello my name is George CARTER I live in Whaley Bridge, High Peak Derbyshire. I am seeking information on g grandfather Joseph KIRWAN born in Dublin 1866 and his father Daniel KIRWAN on who I know nothing apart from his name, I realise there is not much information here, but will anyone connected with the KIRWAN name keep this information on file for future reference. Mother Josephine Kirwan born 1927 Manchester. parents Joseph KIRWAN born 1900 Manchester & Sarah QUINN born 1901 Manchester. Joseph KIRWAN b 1900 Manchester parents Joseph KIRWAN & Ellen COBB. Joseph KIRWAN b 1866 Dublin father Daniel KIRWAN. I also have 2 other Irish branches. looking for information on Michael FLYNN born 1866 Galway and Maria QUINN born 1861 Queenstown (Cobh) in Cork In the meantime, Good Hunting everyone. Regards. George Carter

It interesting that I received this just as I was "cleaning up" my web pages. I had some dates, etc. which I decided were no one's business. I thought my relatives would not be happy to see their education, vocation place of residence etc. listed for all to see. Good warning to all -- be careful what you PUBLISH on the net. C. Shanahan

Hi all, They say it may be volatile for awhile as they perfect it... I fiddled just a bit and the potential is definitely there! Have fun...... http://32.96.111.13/default.asp Jana

This article was posted in the Rootsweb Review. I thought it offered some excellent food for thought regarding our responsibility as genealogists to protect the privacy of our family members as we research in an online world... Jana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OXYMORON: PRIVACY AND THE INTERNET by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG <RWR-editors@rootsweb.com> Genealogists use RootsWeb and the incredible power of the Internet to learn more about ancestors and to find far-flung cousins. However we are caught in an incongruous position on privacy matters. Everyone wants their privacy respected, but are you invading that of your relatives? Technology enables us to share genealogical information easily and quickly via e-mail, mailing lists, chat rooms, bulletin boards, newsgroups, GEDCOMs, CDs and Web sites. In our eagerness to obtain and to share data we forget that our living family members have a right to privacy. We also post personal details about ourselves that we would not put on the local supermarket bulletin board. Aunt Martha might reveal her real birth date and confess that she had a child out of wedlock when she was 19. Sweet old Uncle Jim may tell you that he has been married and divorced six times. However, you are invading their privacy if you publish this information or if you share it with others via a GEDCOM or family group sheets. Information on home pages, bulletin boards, and mailing lists is electronic publication. It is OK to collect and compile information about your living relatives, but don't share it (unless you have their permission, of course) with others -- in any format via any means. During the preparation of a talk for my local genealogical society on this subject, I searched hundreds of genealogy-related home pages. At one I found the names and details about everyone in the family, including when and where they were all born, right down to a one-month-old grandson, listing the hospital in which he was born. One researcher reports, "In just one file that I downloaded . . . I found more than 200 names of persons born within the last 70 years . . ." Another notes, "I was shocked and dismayed to find that someone had copied my entire GEDCOM and put it up on their Web site. While I have no objection to anyone using my dead ancestors, this person had included the living as well . . ." Now, I've heard from several genealogists who claim it does not matter what we put up on our home pages or share on the Internet since "this information is all public information, anyway." Another one argues that "unless and until they quit putting births, deaths and marriages in the newspapers the basic relationships and names are and will remain public info." I have no quarrel about marriage and death records -- if they are really obtained from public sources. However, I asked several correspondents to provide me with the source of the birth information posted on their home pages, and guess what I learned? In every instance the data were either supplied by a cousin or obtained from a GEDCOM that someone had sent them. In other words, they had not found the information in a public source at all. Take a look at the policy posted at "Don't Mess with the Living, Texas" <http://home.sprynet.com/~harrisfarm/warning.htm>: "It is the policy of the Texas GenWeb Project to protect the rights and privacy of our living relatives. We strongly encourage all involved to do their best not to place information on the Internet about anyone who is still living, unless you have their express permission to do so." Among the suggestions for ways to protect living family members are: * When requesting information (via e-mail, chat, queries, etc.) do not include personal information on living persons. * When responding to requests for information, especially to someone you really do not know, do not provide them with personal information about living persons. They could post it on the Web or do who knows what else with it. * Before sharing GEDCOM files with others, expunge information on all living persons. Programs such as GEDClean, GEDLiving, and GEDPrivy will do this for you. * If you have a genealogy Web site, remove information about all living persons. (Check Cyndi's Genealogy Home Page * Construction Kit <http://www.cyndislist.com/construc.htm> for tips and links to the several GEDCOM utility programs that will exclude such data.) * British genealogists are using the "GEN100" logo to signify that their Web site respects a cut-off date of 100 years, and to advise that information which is less than 100 years old will not be divulged. Many Americans use January 1920 as the cut-off point, since that is the most recent federal census available to the public. We should exercise good manners and respect the privacy of our families -- those generous relatives who have shared information with us or who shared with a cousin of a cousin. Additionally, there is another and growing problem -- identity theft. Why make it easy for cyberthieves to steal your or a loved one's identity? When you post public messages about your research, it is sufficient to say you are researching a Cynthia Jones line. You don't have reveal relationship by saying she is your mother or maternal grandmother. To learn more about identity theft and other privacy issues visit: <http://www.identitytheft.org/> and <http://www.privacyrights.org/>. In the pursuit of our ancestors, let's not hurt ourselves or our living family members. Think before you post or share data.

> http://www.thecore.com/let_ros/1901census/census.html > > > I found this site, which is a partially completed searchable database of = > > the 1901 census for Counties Roscommon and Leitrim. A quick search for = > > Kirwans turned up five households. chris Kirwan

Hello all, Am trying to get back into the swing of things after two weeks away... had a wonderful road trip across this great country of ours and was lucky enough to have good weather the whole way but for one little snow storm in Indiana which timed itself beautifully to let me have more tiime there for research ;]! I will be posting the results of what I found as I sort it out. I have pretty much gone thru all my accumualted email and there seem to be only a couple of problems. If you had a list problem and you do not hear from me personally today, please email me again - I had a HUGE backlog of mail and it is entirely possible that in my hasty perusal, I may have missed something! Thanks for your patience, Jana

Can anyone help me out please? I am looking for the following family. John is the only one I have any other information about. 1881 Census: Everton, Kirkdale, Lancashire William Kirwan, 40, born in Ireland (thought to have been with the East India Co army) Catherine, 36, born Ireland, (nee Davies) James, 12 born Ireland, who went to Canada or so I have been told Rose A, 4 born in Liverpool Bridget, niece, 13 born Ireland William boarder, 18 blacksmith, born Birkenhead I am hoping against hope that someone recognises this as their family. Val, Bucks

This site has interest for Mayo researchers. I did see some "Kirwen"s listed. www.teesee.com/CoMayo/rcrecords.htm Chris Kirwan

Greetings, cousins! And a Happy St. Paddy's to you! I am celebrating in fine style tonight - my husband and I are dining on Colcannon and Irish soda bread this evening, washing it down with Murphy's stout or some good Irish whiskey (we're taking suggestions). We haven't decided yet. :) I was wondering what happened to the plans for a reunion in Colorado this summer. Are the plans still on? Is anyone still interested? My poor husband, who is blessed with only one Irish ancestor at this point in the search, has yet to see how we behave ourselves when we get together. Indeed, he has married into a lively clan! I, for one, would enjoy meeting more cousins. Thanks! Cheers!! Jennifer L. Williams Independent Museum-type Person (IMP) Boone, NC Shakespeare: To be or not to be... Sinatra: 2B, 2B, 2.....

Yes, the plans are still on for the third weekend in July. I have been very busy with my day job (just completed organizing and running a large conference in Minneapolis), but now that I have more time, I need to get ahold of a bunch of Kirwans here in the Denver area and get this thing moving!!! I will try to get some information out to everyone very soon. Alright you Denverites, let's get cracking!!! If I don't call you within a week, please call me so we can plan to get together. 303-873-9322 BJH >From: Jennifer Williams <mzngrace@boone.net> >To: KIRWIN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [KIRWIN-L] Colorado reunion >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 15:13:52 -0500 > >Greetings, cousins! And a Happy St. Paddy's to you! I am celebrating in >fine style tonight - my husband and I are dining on Colcannon and Irish >soda bread this evening, washing it down with Murphy's stout or some good >Irish whiskey (we're taking suggestions). We haven't decided yet. :) > >I was wondering what happened to the plans for a reunion in Colorado this >summer. Are the plans still on? Is anyone still interested? My poor >husband, who is blessed with only one Irish ancestor at this point in the >search, has yet to see how we behave ourselves when we get together. >Indeed, he has married into a lively clan! I, for one, would enjoy meeting >more cousins. Thanks! Cheers!! >Jennifer L. Williams >Independent Museum-type Person (IMP) >Boone, NC > > Shakespeare: To be or not to be... > Sinatra: 2B, 2B, 2..... > > >==== KIRWIN Mailing List ==== >TO VIEW OUR ARCHIVES: you can access the archive of previous KIRWIN >messages by typing in Kirwin in the listname box at >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >should get > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Want all of you to know that I have started a new web page which will have a Kirwin ancestor report as well as some fun old photos and stories. Other family names included on page are: Conner, Beckner, Gaskill and Shanahan. This is a "baby"web page, but still has lots of goodies. Address is: http://hometown.aol.com/casmir65/morning.html C. Shanahan

Here's my KIRWIN data... Regards- Brad Martin http://www.bmicad.com Researching: MARTIN MCKELVEY MARULLI WOODBURN SCIURBA LEHRLING KING PICOSI GARAFALO HARRET(T) PINKERTON LEWIS SMITH SAWYERS REYNOLDS MOORE CARR CULVER WIGHTMAN STARK STORM PARISI HARRINGTON ELLIS BENJAMIN FLEMING FRAHER KIRWIN (O')DONOGHUE ===== Descendants of Mr. Kirwan 1 Mr. Kirwan b: 1812-1863 d: 1875-1956 +Mrs. Kirwan b: 1822-1863 m: WFT Est. 1854-1898 d: 1876-1956 2 James Kirwan b: Jul-1876 in Waterford, Ireland d: Apr-1945 in Queens, NY +Mary Segar b: 10-May-1876 in Sweden m: WFT Est. 1892-1923 d: Jul-1959 in Queens, NY 3 James Kirwan b: Jul-1904 in New York City, NY, USA d: 1983 in NY, USA +Mrs. Winifred Kirwan b: WFT Est. 1902-1940 m: 06-Sep-1958 in Queens, NY, USA d: 1975 3 John Lawrence Kirwan b: 15-Nov-1905 in New York City, NY, USA d: 26-May-1977 in Blue Point, NY, USA +Ivy Mimmi Alice Danielson b: Private m: Private 3 Mary Kirwan b: 05-Feb-1908 in New York City, NY d: Jan-1962 in New York City, NY +Albert Travers b: WFT Est. 1893-1926 m: 1946 in Queens, NY d: Dec-1959 in New York City, NY 3 Catherine Kirwan b: Private +James Lawton b: Jul-1913 in New York City, NY m: Private d: Sep-1988 in Las Vegas, NV 2 Thomas Kirwan b: Abt. 1880 d: WFT Est. 1881-1970 2 Lawrence Kirwan b: Abt. 1880 d: WFT Est. 1881-1970 +Mrs. Peg Kirwan 3 Helen Kirwan 3 Larry Kirwan 3 Mary Kirwan 2 Mary Kirwan b: Abt. 1880 d: Aft. 01-Feb-1902 +John Fraher b: 17-Apr-1879 in County Waterford, Ireland m: Abt. 1897 d: Aft. 01-May-1901 3 John Fraher 3 Mary Fraher b: Bef. 1899 3 James Fraher b: Bef. 1900 3 Larry Fraher b: Bef. 1901 3 Patrick Joseph Fraher b: 02-Feb-1902 in Waterford, Ireland d: Jul-1981 in Simsbury, CT, USA +Margaret Elira Fleming b: 20-Feb-1901 in Waterford, Ireland m: Abt. 1930 in Bronx, NY, USA d: Aug-1982 in Simsbury, Hartford County CT, USA 3 William Fraher b: Aft. 1903 At 00:28 03/13/1999 -0000, Richard Callanan wrote: > >Mary Kirwan (1791/2 - 1881) married Edmond (aka Edward) Callanan (1781-1854) >on 6th Feb 1815 in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. She was from Bohernamona, >Thurles. They lived first at Racecourse and then moved, around 1820, to >Dovea. They had eight children. She and Edmond are buried in the >churchyard at Drom. Several Kirwans are entered as sponsors at the >children's baptisms, they are: Malachy, Catherine, Nanno, Ellen, John, >Judy - presumably all close relatives. > >Has anyone come across Mary and know her parents or siblings? She was my g- >g- grandmother. >Thanks, > >Richard Callanan >London > > >Richard >0171 226 4192 > > > > >==== KIRWIN Mailing List ==== >1ST KIRWIN/AN/etc. FAMILY REUNION is in the planning stages for July '99 >in Denver, CO. For the latest information, email Bonnybeth Hyde >Bonnybeth.Hyde@UCHSC.edu or enbbhyde@hotmail.com > > >

Mary Kirwan (1791/2 - 1881) married Edmond (aka Edward) Callanan (1781-1854) on 6th Feb 1815 in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. She was from Bohernamona, Thurles. They lived first at Racecourse and then moved, around 1820, to Dovea. They had eight children. She and Edmond are buried in the churchyard at Drom. Several Kirwans are entered as sponsors at the children's baptisms, they are: Malachy, Catherine, Nanno, Ellen, John, Judy - presumably all close relatives. Has anyone come across Mary and know her parents or siblings? She was my g- g- grandmother. Thanks, Richard Callanan London Richard 0171 226 4192

I found this site, which is a partially completed searchable = database of the 1901 census for Counties Roscommon and Leitrim. A quick = search for Kirwans turned up five households. Darned if I can figure out how to send this...keep getting bounced because I'm sending in HTML format. Let me try this way...the site is on the web, at: thecore.com/let_ros/1901census/census.html Chris Kirwan

Hi, I am just beginning my research on the Kirwin / Carawan family (with all of the spelling variations) in Colonial Maryland. I would appreciate it very much if anyone who has the below listed CD's, and would be willing to do some lookups for me, would get in contact with me. Thanks very much, John B. McGowan jmack@bbs.carolina.net CARAWAN Family History http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/CARAWAN.HTM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CARAWAN / CARROWAN / CARROW0N / & KERWIN / KIRWAN / KIRWIN CD178 - Family History: Church Records, MD & DE, 1600-1800 (#178) CD184 - Family History: Colonial Families of Maryland (#184) CD206 - Genealogical Records: Maryland Probate Records, 1674-1774 (#206) CD208 - Genealogical Records: Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, 1-38 (#208) ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Folks, I'm new to the Kirwin List. I read with interest Tom Fitzsimmons' summarization of the spellings of the Kirwan surname. I have another spelling of the name (with variations). I am a descendant of John CARAWAN, Sr. (c. 1771), who was in Hyde County, North Carolina by 1749 when he purchased land from the Mattamuskeet Indians. His will of 1771 names his children: John (Jr.), Joseph, Patrick, William, Elizabeth and Rachel. The name was also spelled CARRAWON and CARROWON in Hyde County. I have found a John CARAWON (D. 1745) in Dorchester County, Maryland, whose estate records names his wife Mary and children Matthew, Peter, Elizabeth and John (Jr.). I believe this John (Jr.) moved, between 1745 and 1749, to Hyde Co., NC. From Dorchester Co. deeds, I found that his eldest brother Matthew was in possesion of all of their father's land. In earlier Dorchester County land records, things get interesting. In the 1730's, a half a dozen deeds mention three parcels of land belonging to this family (Patrick (b.c. 1672), John and Matthew (b.c. 1709), all in Armitage's Hundred : Hooper's Endeavor, Plain Dealing and Kindall's Chance. [John was the elder of Matthew in the division of this land.] In one deed, all spellings begin with a "C," including CARWIN and CARAWAN. In another, both CARAWAN and KIRWAN are used in the asame document; and in another, just KIRWAN is used. So the English clerks of that county couldn't decide on which way to spell the name. I guess the Irish "K" came across as a "C" and KIRWAN became CARWIN / CARAWAN. I have been informed that there was a Dominick KIRWAN in Dorchester Co., Maryland by 1690. I hope anyone researching the KERWIN / KIRWAN / CARAWAN, etc., family in Maryland and Ireland in the 1600's and 1700's will contact me. I have a web page on which I am posting information, as I find it on the CARAWAN family and will begin to add relevant KIRWAN data. The URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/CARAWAN.HTM John B. McGowan jmack@bbs.carolina.net Hyde Co., NCGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDE.HTM MCGOWAN-L Mailing List & Family History http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/MCGOWAN.HTM ---------------------------------------------

a chairde; The following may be of interest to the members of this group and it may shed some light on our common history. ============================================================ =========================== KIRWAN O Ciardubhain ( a fada should be placed over the O and the 2nd a) variants - Kirovani Kyrvan Kyrwan Kerwin Kirwin Quirovan The Kirwan lineage stretches back to before Christ, to the Milesians who came to Ireland from Spain. In Irish the name is O Ciardubhain (pace a fada over the beginning O and the 2nd a) Ciardhubh translated from the Irish means dark black. At first they settled in Louth, but it was when they came to Galway that they became rich and important. With the Darcy's, they were the only native Irish to be counted among the Fourteen Tribes of Galway. Their connection with the Church also goes back a long way. Their bishops, both Catholic and protestant, were numerous. A Kirwan Bishop of Killala in the seventeenth century rebuked a man who had left his wife, insisting that he was risking damnation. "I could bear the flames of hell better than my wife's company", complained the husband. But when the Bishop urged him to sample it by putting his hand over a candle flame, he returned to his less painful wife. The Kirwan's were prominent in France, in the Church, the army and the royal court, where one of their physicians looked after King Louis XV. Some were absorbed into the nobility, while another family produced the very wellknown Chateau Kirwan wine. The most eminent Kirwan, Richard Kirwan, came from Cregg Castle in Galway. Ordained a Jesuit priest, he left the Church and became a scientist, a philosopher and a wonderful eccentric who was the first president of the Royal Irish Academy. The Kirwan's have been explorers, from the North Pole to the Antipodes, and their abilities have been appreciated not only in the armies of Europe, but also in many other spheres. Their pedigrees are well recorded in the international archives and in Ireland, especially by their own descendants. Their patriotism was epitomized by a Dublin Kirwan who was executed with Robert Emmet in 1803. There are many reminders of the family to be found on the buildings and tombstones around Galway, where their unusual armorial bearings are easily recognizable. Three red legged ravens surrounding a black chevron on the shield, while another black raven forms the crest. Their motto is "Mo Dia, Mo Ri agus Mo Tir" (place a fada over the i in Tir) which translates from the Irish as "My God, My King and My Country". ============================================================ =========================== fan dilis don creideamh (Keep the Faith) Tadhg Kirwan Historian Conradh na Gaeilge