This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O'Donnell,Bradley,Lynch, DiRocco,Tuffli, Nelson, Kotarski, Mackin, Quigley O'Connor, Wade, Rossi, Winterhalder, Dellamonica, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZFB.2ACI/3818.3 Message Board Post: My great grandfather was James O'Donnell born in mid 1840's in Co Donegal(maybe around Carndonagh-Glenmakee) he married Susan Doherty in May 1866 or so. They had Patrick(1867) John(1868) Neal(neil-1871) my grandmother Mary Ann (July 1873) Margaret(maggie-1875) Denis (1878) and Philip(1880) I know that most if not all children immigrated to the Boston or Ca area.(Mostly in Boston). My grandmother married Patrick Bradley(Carndonagh May 1864-parents were Bernard Bradley and Mary McGeoghan) Patrick's siblings(that I know of at this point) Mary(1855-died in 1946 in CA-she had married Matthew O'Connor and had a huge family(Mary M, Kellie C, Jennie F, Annie T, James J, Kessie E, Kate J, Mabel C, and Genevieve, Patrick's other sister Margaret (1863-1956 also died in Ca, and had married Matthews brother Patrick O'Connor and had: Mary J, Frank A, Annie, Clara T(became a nun and died in 1933) Kenneth, Jane, and Margaret M. Patrick had been married previously to Sarah Doherty(born in Missouri) and had two sons James and Charles. My late aunt left paper work on our Irish families, and among the names was an Ellen O'Donnell, and I'm wondering if maybe she could have been a sibling to my great grandfather, There is no other information just her name-circled. If your Ellen was born in 1852 in Co Donegal Ireland area, maybe thats a possiblity????? Good Luck, and sorry for rambleing. I know that Margaret M O'Connor came east for awhile to visit, as I think I met her at my grandmothers home in Salem Ma back in the late 1940' early 1950's. D