John, What an interesting email on your mysterious Mary Donnelly. I have a Michael Donnelly in my family tree. He said (according to his Civil War papers) that his mother told him he was born on October 28, 1838 (she told him that there was no record of his birth anywhere) in "Clougharney" County Tyrone. (We are unable to locate anywhere by that name, but you mentioned a Bloughenney in Co. Tyrone, could that be the same place??) He was married to Rebecca McKenna, August 21, 1865 in St. John the Evangelist Church, Syracuse, NY. (No children & only one marriage for each.) He was the son of Peter & Betty Donnelly. (There is a Peter Donnelly buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Dewitt, NY with Michael, Rebecca & Bernard, Michael's brother, who also was in the Civil War, and Rebecca's parents James & Ann [or Nancy Campbell] McKenna. We don't know if Peter was his father or possibly a brother.) We have information that Michael also had a brother John Donnelly, who lived in Cincinnatus, NY in 1914, and in Cortland, NY in 1922. John Donnelly had at least two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Mudge & Mrs. Benjamin Underwood and a son, Hugh Donnelly, who all lived in Cortland in 1922. Specifics.... Michael Donnelly b) 10-28-1838 d) 2-19-1922, Syracuse, NY Rebecca McKenna Donnelly b) 5-26-1839 d) 11-27-1926, Syracuse, NY (birth date might possibly be 11-10-1840) Peter Donnelly d) 8-8-1880 Betty Donnelly everything is unknown at this time. Bernard Donnelly d) 5-21, 1914 in Soldiers home in Bath, NY Not sure if any of my Donnelly's are connected to your Donnelley's or not. Interesting anyway. In another area of my family tree, I have a Sophia Windhausen who married a William Kennedy for their second marriage each. They both died in Cleveland, OH, but are buried in St. Agnes Cemetery, Syracuse, NY. (William d. 4-26-1949 and Sophia d. 3-10-1944.) When did your Mary Donnelly die and where? Anne Ruggeri Brewerton, NY