Pronounced Gary - famous for creating voting districts that incorporated the most advantageous population for the party in power ---
Michael Connors (var include Conner(s), born circa 1840 m. Mary DANAHY (Var include Donnahee, etc.) July 19, 1861. Intention filed in Hopkinton MA where Connors lived, wedding in Framingham where bride Danahy lived. Mary Danahy is my gr grandfather’s sister. So her parents are Johannah (aka Bridget) and Michael and groom’s parents are Jeremiah and Abbey Shea. In the state census of 1865, the couple resides in Hopkinton with the Matriarch, here recorded as Bridget Donnahee, born in 1811, so aged 54.. in the 1870 census this family and their 3 kids are sharing a house with Ellen’s sister Mary Conners and that couple's 3 kids. In the 1880 census this couple lives in Hopkinton and has three children at home; John Connors, age 18 (so born 1862), Michael aged 11 (b. 1869) and Bridget aged 10 (b. 70). In their home lived Johanna Donahue DANAHY, the matriarch. Mary died 17 Nov. 1899 In Hopkinton MA. By then, the family surname was spelled O’CONNOR. Michael died 5 July 1915 in Hopkinton MA. Michael DANAHY http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/a/n/Michael-C-Danahy/index.html RESEARCHING IN MA (Hopkinton), IRE, ENG ALDRICH http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~aldrichnaa/ (one m SMITH, earlier ones m CASAVANT, COMEE, http://www.familyorigins.com/users/e/v/a/Jeanne-C-Evans LOVELL, PRAY, PRENTICE, RAWSON, SEALD, THAYER); http://members.xoom.com/jaldrich/Lines/Michael.htm Aldrich Family biographies, go to http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssociation/AldrichBios or go to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aldrich/ CASAVANT (who m MORAN); CURRAN (who m DANAHY) DANAHY (b. in Hopkinton and who m LENAN, siblings m. TOLAN, JOHNSON, O'CONNOR) LENAN (who m O"BRIEN); SMITH (who m CASEY); PRENTICE (who m ALDRICH) http://www.prenticenet.com/roots/prentice/robert/#R4 RAWSON (one m ALLEN, later one TORREY) http://www.rawsonfamilyassoc.org/ THAYER (Thomas m WHEELER, son Ferdinando m HAYWARD); http://members.aol.com/Sadie476/Thayer.html