Hi John, My grandfather and his father, my great grandfather were both named Pierce Phelan. I don't know anything about great grandfather Pierce except that he was godfather to my dad, Herbert Phelan Sr. who was born in Peekskill New York. The older Pierce I think lived in New York City since he married a Brooklyn woman named Julia Lang. I don't know his place of origin but I think he would have been born around the early to mid 1860's. The younger Pierce was an iron moulder who died young of lung problems and left a widow and 3 small children, one of whom was my dad. I think he was born and raised in New York City since his wife was from there. He would have been born on or a couple of years before 1890. I'd sure like to explore this a bit further. Maybe you'll find some new cousins. Herb Phelan Jr. John Garner wrote: > My great great grandfather, Pierce Phelan, and his wife, Mary Dwyer (or > O'Dwyer) came to Canada in 1852 from Co. Tipperary, Ireland. My branch of > the family remained in the St. Catharines, ON area but some of Pierce's > descendants moved on to New York, Illinois, and Ohio. Later, descendants > of Pierce have scattered all over the US. Any connections? > John > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <HANDTHX82@cs.com> > To: <PHELAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 10:20 PM > Subject: [PHELAN] My PHELAN roots > > > Tell me a little more about your Phelan list. What state are your > Phelan's > > located in? > > > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/