I am trying to confirm who John Mullanphy's siblings were and perhaps nieces and nephews. My GG grandfather Phillip Monday/ Munday/Mundy aka Phillip McAloon was a native of Co. Fermanagh, born near Roslea. He was first married to Catherine Mullanphy and they lived in Florissant as early as 1820. They had three children all baptized at St. Ferdinand Church. At the time of or just after Catherine died about 1824, Phillip moved to Richwoods, Washington Co. MO. He had frequent dealings there with John Mullanphy of that community who was married to Hester Masterson. The presence of Phillip and Catherine in Florissant at the same time THE John Mullanphy was active in the same community is too much for coincidence. This other John Mulanphy is tantalizing as well. I have to believe that Phillip's Catherine was related to John Mullanphy of fame. There is a Catholic History of St. Louis that relates that John Mullanphy brought a number of Irish to Florissant about 1819-1820 in a tenant farming scheme. He was hoping to improve the lot of his impoverished countrymen it seems. I believe this may be how Phillip and Catherine came to Florissant. I know that a lot of Mullanphy/Mullanophy/Mullanaphy people live in the Florencecourt and Derrylin area today, and indications from the scant historical records that exist show that those names were common in that area for many years. Mullanphy is not a common name in Ireland. But alas I have been unable to find much on the family of the famous John Mullanphy, Thanks, Earl Mundy [email protected]