In a message dated 4/10/99 4:21:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Pat Connors <nymets@pcweb.net> writes: > I have just received all the baptismal info for the children of Peter > and his wife, Bridget Shanahan from Lissowen, Doon parish, > Limerick/Tipperary. The dates go from 1830 to 1848 for the following > children: Ellen, Catherine, William, Julia, Nora, Bridget, Mary, Judith > and James. If you think this may be part of your family, I will be glad > to share the info. This is the results of a search through the > Tipperary Heritage Unit. By the way, I gave them my credit card info on > Wednesday and received the search on Thursday. All done by email. Not > too bad, except I don't believe it is my family! IS ANYONE LOOKING FOR A JOHN SHANAHAN ? I keep bumping into a Shanahan family and I always suspected that they came from Doon but had no data. Luke Rowles (later Rowells) and Margaret O'Brien, who both lived in Cloonteen townland in Doon (now in Cappamore), married and came to America in 1849 and lived in Easton (township), Washington County near to John Shanahan and his wife (both born in Ireland) who had a daughter Margaret born in 1854. Luke and Margaret Rowles had a son George Benjamin born in 1850. They are in the 1850 census for Easton, both families are in the 1855 NY state Census in Easton. In the 1860 Census BOTH the Rowles and the Shanahans are in Waupun, WI. The town is split between two counties, Shanahans were in the North Ward which was in Fond du Lac County. The Rowles family (including Luke's father and 3 brothers and 2 sisters) were in Chester, south of town in Dodge County. St. Joseph's of Waupun was their church. Although I do not know exactly when these families arrived in Waupun (between 1853 and 1856), it is interesting to see that George B Rowles (b. 1850) was not baptised until they were settled there and his sponsors were John Shanaghan and Margaret Roles (father's sister). There may have been a conditional baptism until they arrived somewhere where there was a Catholic priest. Although they were farmers, many of the substantial Irish community worked on the building of the new state prison in Waupun. In 1860 Luke now has 6 children, but I know only of one child of the Shanahans: Margaret, who married George Benjamin Rowles/Rowells in 1881. She was a 26 year old seamstress. I would be very interested in acquiring more information aboiut this family and any others of the Irish community which traveled together from Doon to the Hudson River area of New York to Waupun, WI and many on to Goodhue County Minnesota. Descendants of John Shanahan 1 John Shanahan b: 1813 in Ireland d: 26 September 1913 in Waupun, Dodge, WI Burial: 1913 Calvary Cemetery, Waupun, Fond du Lac, WI .. +Margaret (Shanahan) b: 1822 in Ireland d: 4 April 1903 in Waupun, Dodge, WI Burial: 6 April 1903 Calvary Cemetery, Waupun, Fond du Lac, WI . 2 Margaret Shanahan b: 20 July 1854 in Union Village, Washington, NY d: 30 September 1953 in Beaver Dam, Dodge, WI Burial: Abt. 2 October 1953 Calvary Cem, Waupun, Fond du Lac, WI ..... +George Benjamin Rowells b: 1 September 1850 in Easton, Washington Co., NY m: 6 January 1881 in Waupun, Dodge, WI d: 10 October 1896 in Waupun, Dodge, WI Burial: 12 October 1896 Calvary Cemetery, Waupun, Fond du Lac, WI Can anyone contribute to this? Again, Doon is a parish which straddles the Limerick -Tipperary border. Mine were on the Lim side. Anne Lamb