I wish I was able o help you in some way but I am up against a brick wall right now in search of my family my grandfather was Charles Wills and my grandmother was Marie ( Monahan) Wills They lived in Renovo and later moved to Troy Pa. Good luck in your seach.... ----- Original Message ----- From: Wendy Wiseman <liseg@crosswinds.net> To: <PACLINTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 11:52 PM Subject: MCCONAGHAY Family, 1870-1900's > Hello listers... > > I would be very interested in finding out more about any parts of this > family. Especially death dates, so I could order death certs and > hopefully determine their exact place of origin from Ireland. Below is > all the information I've collected so far on them. It's been so > difficult to do any searches on them, because there are just too many > ways to spell the name, and not many search places have Soundex. (The > above spelling is what I'm settling on for now.) If anyone can help, I > would be extremely grateful! > > Thanks in advance... > > Wendy Wiseman > (liseg@crosswinds.net) > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > 1870 -- Leidy Twp, ClintonCo, PA > > MCCONAHY, Jas 42 Ireland (b 1828) > Anna J. 36 Ireland (b 1834) > Annie 20 Ireland (b 1850) > Margaret 18 Ireland (b 1852) > James 7 Ireland (b 1863) > John 5 Ireland (b 1865) > > There's only one thing wrong with this picture. Annie (Agnes) was > married the year before (20 AUG 1869 by Arthur E. Clement) in her > parent's home to John McCracken. (It's even said in her widow's pension > that there is no civil or church record of the marriage.) Where is he, > and why isn't she living with him? His parents had been living in > Sullivan Co from 1850-1870. > > 1880 -- Leidy Twp, ClintonCo, PA > > MCCONAGHAY, James 65 Ireland (b 1815) > Annie J. 47 Ireland (b 1833) > James 16 Ireland (b 1864) > John 14 Ireland (b 1866) > > Now Margaret's gone. Who did she marry, if at all? Notice how James' > birth year drastically changes? > > 1880 -- Leidy Twp, ClintonCo, PA > > MCCRACKEN, John 42 NY (b 1838) > Annie 29 Ireland (b 1851) > Edward L. 8 PA (b 1872) > Mary E. 7 PA (b 1873) > Maggie 5 PA (b 1875) > Alice 3 PA (b 1877) > Clarence 1 PA (b 1879) > > Just a few pages away from her parents is daughter Agnes, now finally > living with her husband. Alice married Vicorus S. Hulett as his 2nd wife > and moved to StevensCo, WA. Maggie (Margaret) married Charley Clymer, > later moved to WA and married Ernest Hulett, the son of her sister's > husband's 1st marriage. > > 1900 -- Renovo Borough, ClintonCo, PA > > MCCONAGHY, James 89 MAR 1811 M 50 Ireland 1850 50 Na (b 1811) > Jane 76 MAY 1824 M 50 Ireland 1860 40 (b 1824) > James 37 MAY 1863 S PA (b 1863) > > I haven't found John by himself in this year. He either died or moved > somewhere else, not in PA. And again, James gets older. And those dates > of immigration to the US are impossible, if their kids were born in > Ireland between 1850-1865. Still no known port of arrival, or exact > place of origin. Where would his naturalization papers be located? > > 1900 -- Jones Twp, ElkCo, PA > > MCCRACKEN, John 63 DEC 1836 M 31 NY (b 1836) > Agnes 49 DEC 1850 M 31 Ireland 1866 33 (b 1850) > Clarence E. 21 OCT 1878 S PA (b 1878) > Emma 14 FEB 1886 S PA (b 1886) > Annie 9 AUG 1890 S PA (b 1890) > Cecil E. 7 OCT 1892 S PA (b 1892) > > Now daughter Agnes and family have moved away to another county. > > NOV 1903 -- Pension Affidavit > > MCCONAUGHA, James 92 (b 1811) > MCCONAUGHA, Jane 87 (b 1816) > > They made statements for their daughter Agnes' widow's pension. They > must have died sometime between this date and the 1910 census. But when > exactly, and what cemetary are they buried in? > > 1910 -- St. Marys Borough, ElkCo, PA > > MCCRACKEN, Agnes Mrs. 58 W 11 8 Ireland 1870 (b 1852) > Emma 24 S PA (b 1886) > Anna 19 S PA (b 1891) > Cecil 17 S PA (b 1983) > > Her husband has died. But she's only about 17 pages away from her > brother James. > > 1910 -- St. Marys Borough, ElkCo, PA > > MCCONAGHAY, James 43 M1 7 Ireland 1880 Na (b 1867) > Lucinda 27 M1 7 4 4 PA (b 1883) > Mary E. 6 S PA (b 1904) > James A. 4 S PA (b 1906) > Anna B. 2 S PA (b 1908) > Thomas W. 8/12 S PA (b 1909) > > Here's their son James with his family. He's not remembering that he was > already in the States in 1870, so he couldn't have just arrived in 1880. > He's a little younger than he should be, also. > > 1920 -- Renovo Twn, Renovo Borough, ClintonCo, PA > > HUMES, Charles A. 33 PA (b 1887) > Anna 28 PA (b 1892) > Jack 7 PA (b 1913) > Herbert 3 PA (b 1917) > Charles 4/12 PA (b 1919) > MCCRACKEN, Agnes 69 Ireland (b 1851) > > Now Agnes is living with her married daughter, on the same street as her > brother, only half a sheet apart. Did she die in this town before 1930? > Or did she live to be counted in that Census? > > 1920 -- Renovo Twn, Renovo Borough, ClintonCo, PA > > MCCONAGHAY, James 52 Ireland 1880 Na 1886 (b 1868) > Lucinda 36 PA (b 1884) > Mary 16 PA (b 1904) > James 13 PA (b 1907) > Anna 12 PA (b 1908) > Thomas 10 PA (b 1910) > Gladice 8 PA (b 1912) > Alva 6 PA (b 1914) > William 2 6/12 PA (b 1917) > > I'll hope that he's still alive in 1930. And where would his > naturalization papers be located? > > > ==== PACLINTO Mailing List ==== > Several attempts were made to form Clinton County, the name applied for on the failed attempts was Eagle County > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >