----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick" <grappadw@bellsouth.net> To: "Theo McMahon" <theomcmahon@eircom.net>; "GraceMoloney clogherHistSoc" <chs@eircom.net> Cc: "Charles Sullivan" <cwsulliv@triad.rr.com> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: McElroy/donnelly's Fermanagh/Monaghan breahthru > Theo and Grace: > In Ireland > > It's been a great few days for me in research, capped today by receiving my > copy of the Clogher Record 2002. Your insert on my search and reward is > perfect and I will advise you both if I get an answer. > > Several days ago, my cousin (who is the New York Director of Immigration and > Naturalization Services), forwarded two naturalization records, for two > different Bernard McElroy's. I had one (1865) for several years, thinking it > was correct. The second one (1886) proved to be the correct one. It included > a "perfect" signature of Bernard, his witness was his brother Daniel living > in Brooklyn (trade tinsmith), it included Bernard's birthdate Oct. 5, 1840 > which confirms my year estimate. > > Daniel's address and trade were included. I had already identified a Daniel > living in Brooklyn in the 1870 census with a Margaret Rooney and her > children as a "tinsmith". Yesterday I accessed the 1880 census and again > found Daniel (Tinsmith) living with his SISTER Margaret Rooney with a > variety of children born in the USA from 1857 on. The icing on the cake, > beyond finding a sister of Bernard and Daniel, was an "Aunt" Susan Donnelly > was living with them. That should be the sister of Ann Donnelly, the mother > of Bernard, Daniel and now Margaret. Margaret's age (1834/36) puts her older > than Bernard (1840) and younger than Daniel (1832/33). > > Would you add the additional two names, in any further research. Sister of > Daniel & Bernard Margaret McElroy-Rooney (b 1834/36) and Susan Donnelly > (b1820) sister of Ann Donnelly-McElroy. All born in Ireland. > > My next USA research will be tracking the boat arrival of Margaret Rooney > before 1857, as either a Rooney or a McElroy. The elder son of Margaret is > named Edward, probably named after her father. I also will research all the > male Rooney males in the 1900 Census's. Their probable age in 1900 would be > Edward 43, Thomas 38, Robert 34. > > One final question. I have learned that the Irish tend to interchange my > great-grandmother's first name; Delia=Bridget=Bidelia. In the NY Brooklyn > City Directory I found the following first name conflict at the address > listed by Daniel in the Naturalization papers of Bernard at 349 Van Brunt. > In 1886/87 and 1887/88 a Dennis McElroy, and in 1893 a Daniel. Are Dennis > and Daniel used together? Or more likely a spelling error? This is important > as the only Tapscott ship McElroy I found on Aug 18, 1857 was a Dennis at > the right age. Daniel said twice he arrived on the Tapscott in 1857! > > Dick McElroy-Webber NC USA > >