I'm new to the list (and "lists" in general) and just learning the protocol. My MURPHY ancestors immigrated from Ballina (Ballinaugh), Mayo, Ireland in 1861/3. I don't know their Port of Entry, but family lore says that they acquired boats and traveled up the St. Lawrence with several other families to Canandignia (sp?), New York, where they wintered. It was a severe winter and they lost several of their party. In the spring, they loaded the boats and continued their journey to Cleveland, where they settled. Sometime in the 1860/70's they resided at 91 Sawfill Avenue, Cleveland, OH. The fathers name that I have is "Michael", but I have some conflicting evidence; ie, a letter dated 1874 from an "Uncle" Michael Murphy of Doocsghny, Sligo, Ireland, inquiring as to the well being of the immigrant Murphys. The mother was named Margaret. Their daughters were: Mary MURPHY, b.9-8-1851,Ballina, m. 1877 in Cleveland to Anton SCHNEIDER of French Creek, Avon Township, Lorain County, OH., d. 2-14-1920-St. Paul, Neosho, KS. The newly married couple immediately migrated to Osage Mission (now St. Paul), KS. Julia MURPHY, m. GIEL, d. Lakewood, OH. Nell MURPHY, m. McCANN. Macy MURPHY, m.1877 Their son was nicknamed "Pat". To my knowledge, this is my only Irish line and the parents of my g.gm, Mary MURPHY are "End of the Line" individuals. I have a lot of info on Mary MURPHY's and Anton SCHNEIDER's descendants and some info on Anton's Ancestors. Joe Schneider, California

Joe: Your recent post to this list caught my interest in that you mention a Michael Murphy from County Sligo, among other names common to my family. There are other similarities as well, with one of my known Murphy ancestors having immigrated during the 1860-62 time frame according to US Census records. And finally, the baptismal name, Michael, was and remains prevalent within the family. In addition, descendants of my direct line MURPHY family married into no less than four other Murphy lines from Cuyahoga County, Northern Ohio and one from Erie, PA. This has all led to a bit of a nightmare in regards to research but I have managed to collect quite a bit on the earliest Murphys of Cuyahoga County and Ohio. Check out my web site below for many Murphy databases. Regarding the bits of information you shared with the list, I have some questions that may help me to better pinpoint my Sligo roots. First off, I tried to look up your "Doocsghny" townland and found no such spelling. There was a "Dooycaghny" in the Barony of Tireragh, Parish of Castleconnor, and in the Ballina Poor Law Union. My question is, do you have another spelling and/or could the aforementioned be the townland for your letter from Michael Murphy? While I have many Murphy's of Cuyahoga County that connect with County Mayo, your query ranks among a very few that indicate any connection to County Sligo. For this reason, I would very much like to correspond with you and perhaps share our MURPHY data. Please respond off list if you are interested. More later Dennis Murphy [email protected] Murphy's Public House http://murphy.genealogy.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 4:59 PM Subject: MURPHY, SCHNEIDER, McCANN, GEIL > I'm new to the list (and "lists" in general) and just learning the protocol. > > My MURPHY ancestors immigrated from Ballina (Ballinaugh), Mayo, Ireland in > 1861/3. I don't know their Port of Entry, but family lore says that they > acquired boats and traveled up the St. Lawrence with several other families > to Canandignia (sp?), New York, where they wintered. It was a severe winter > and they lost several of their party. In the spring, they loaded the boats > and continued their journey to Cleveland, where they settled. > > Sometime in the 1860/70's they resided at 91 Sawfill Avenue, Cleveland, OH. > > The fathers name that I have is "Michael", but I have some conflicting > evidence; ie, a letter dated 1874 from an "Uncle" Michael Murphy of > Doocsghny, Sligo, Ireland, inquiring as to the well being of the immigrant > Murphys. > > The mother was named Margaret. Their daughters were: > > Mary MURPHY, b.9-8-1851,Ballina, m. 1877 in Cleveland to Anton SCHNEIDER of > French Creek, Avon Township, Lorain County, OH., d. 2-14-1920-St. Paul, > Neosho, KS. The newly married couple immediately migrated to Osage Mission > (now St. Paul), KS. > > Julia MURPHY, m. GIEL, d. Lakewood, OH. > > Nell MURPHY, m. McCANN. > > Macy MURPHY, m.1877 > > Their son was nicknamed "Pat". > > To my knowledge, this is my only Irish line and the parents of my g.gm, Mary > MURPHY are "End of the Line" individuals. I have a lot of info on Mary > MURPHY's and Anton SCHNEIDER's descendants and some info on Anton's Ancestors. > > Joe Schneider, California >