Bea, It looks like we do have your family in our RAGAN-ROOTS database. I'm forwarding this email to our discussion group. Perhaps one of our cousins can help us fill in some more information. As far as I can tell I'm not directly related to this lineage, but you never know since some of my family does come from that area. The following is an email I rcvd from [email protected] in Nov of last year: ============ 16 Nov 1998 email from: [email protected] ============ Am seeking information on John Ragan who had a daughter Roxanne in the 1700's she married Thomas Carroll and they had 5 children John A George W Unknown Louella and Maude Louella was my grandmother she was sent to live with Dr John Treacy in Pittsburgh Pa when Roxanne died in 1880 It is said Thomas went to New York to work on the Brooklyn Bridge but I have not been Abel to verify story the only other sibling i have found was maud she married and arron nagle and lived in Somerset and Boswell most of her life If you can supply me with any leads it would be appreciated theresa thanks ============ Bea I'll be glad to enter your info into this lineage (and anything else you'd care to send). I'd also like to invite you to join our RAGAN-ROOTS discussion group (now 287 subscribers). Instructions are below. Best wishes, Michael W. RAGAN ============= RAGAN-ROOTS List Moderator ============ ---> RAGAN-ROOTS Email Discussion List<--- For discussion of the following variations of the surname: RAGAIN * RAGAN * RAGIN * RAYGAN * REAGAN * REGAN * REGEN * RIAGAN * RIAGAIN * RIGAN * RIGGAN * RIGGIN * RAGON * RIGGEN (As well as other variations) Discussion is also open to the Irish forms of the surname such as: O'RAGAN * O'RAGAIN * O'REAGAN * O'REGAN * O'REGANE * O'RIAGAN * O'RIAGAIN * O'RIEGAINE ... etc. You can suscribe to the list by sending a message to: [email protected] that contains only the word: subscribe Nothing else goes in the message area. Anything can go in the subject line (it's ignored). ============= In a message dated 8/20/99 11:34:14 PM, Kuhnbea writes: >Hi Michael, My name is Beatrice Kuhn. My grmother was Elizabeth Luella >Carroll Donahue. I was so excited to see your info on the internet. My >sister and I have been searching everywhere but to no avail for info on >the Carroll's and Ragan's. The info we have on the Carroll children is >Mary A. b. 3/1870, John Andrew b. 12/26/1872, George W. b. 3/21/1875, Maud >C. b. 3/1877 (married to Aaron Nagle, they had 7 children), Elizabeth Luella >b. 12/13/1878 d. 3/20/1962 (married to Edward Alyosius Donahue, they had >8 children), Elsie Mariam b. 11/20/1880 d. 10/25/1881. They lived in Cresson, >Pa./Summit, Pa. we have baptismal records from St. Aloysius Church Cresson, >Pa. for George, John, Elizabeth Luella, and Elsie Mariam, we do not have >records for Maud or Mary. My grmother only knew Maud. She wasn't aware >of other siblings until later in life. John was coming from New York to >meet my grmother but took ill and returned home and she never did get to >meet him. When Roxanne died my grmother was sent to an orphanage in Pittsburgh >and was raised by Dr. John P. Treacy and his wife Martha (Mattie) Rattigan. > We think there is a family connection between Carroll or Ragan to the >Rattigans but we haven't figured it out yet. Annie Rattigan and her sister >Ella R. McConnell lived in Cresson. It seems to me there must have been >some connection otherwise how did my grmother end up with the Rattigan >connention. We have quite a large relationship a lot of the Donahue's >still reside in Erie, Pa. There is also a quite a connection between the >Donahue's and Wilwohl's. My mother Anna Eunice Donahue married Raymond >A. Wilwohl and her sister Catherine Donahue married Edward Wilwohl from >their unions at last count there were 173 I know that number is higher >now. Now questions for you Michael how are you related in all this confusion!!!! > HaHa. I'm certainly looking forward to hearing from you, I'm sure we >have a lot of notes to compare. By the way are you familar with names >Andrew Sharbaugh, Agnes McDonald, John Boland Isabella Irwin, Josephine >Criste, Francis Criste, Anna Criste as these were the sponsors names on >the baptismal certificates. If this note seems all jumbled it is only >because I am so excited to find someone out there with some links. Sincerely, >Bea > >PS I have info on the Nagle's. Also I would like to know how we are related. > God bless you and you family. There are also relatives living in Lilburn, >Georgia by the name of Joyce and Ed Donahue.