This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: brigidedmonds Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.arm.general/9463.1.1.3.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Frank, Your information is so interesting. It would be nice if I could figure out if we are related to the Garvey priests. However, I am sure that my grandfather Garvey (1883-1973) would have known about that connection and talked about it frequently. The family would have been proud to be related to priests. It is possible that they did not know about the connection. My great-grandfather, Hugh Garvey, was born in 1849 in Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, to Bernard Garvey and Sarah Quigley Garvey. They emigrated about 1850 and had two more children in upstate New York or possibly Ontario. They later settled in western Pennsylvania and were connected to the railroads, not mining as was possibly another Hugh Garvey. We do not know any other Irish connections to Bernard Garvey, and that is what I had hoped to find some day. Could he somehow be related to your "Mary Garvey?" Perhaps they were cousins from Newtonhamilton? I do love the stories about Patrick and Hugh and the s! tory about the painting. It was generous of your family to give it to the seminary! That sounds like a "Garvey" thing to do. If you discover any other information from Garveys in Newtownhamilton, please think of me. I do have a cousin that has done some research, so I will send him your information. As far as I know, however, we can't "go back" as far as we would like in Ireland. Thank you for your response, and good luck to you in your research and your son with his film. Brigid Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.