Message to Fran Weeks: Patrick Nafin (Naphan) married Mary Byrne from Boyle and emigrated to Canada in Ontario in 1842. In the same area of Read, ON there was and still are a group of descendents of the Lynch clan. Most of the "Nafins" were tenant farmers on the land of Viscount Lorton in the townlands of Deerpark,Shegorrey just outside Boyle. The parish church for these people seems to be St. Joseph's Boyle and the transcriptions are available from LDS Salt Lake, all in latin. Jan Naphan Bruton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Weeks" <fifi36@comcast.net> To: <ROSCOMMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:03 PM Subject: [ROSCOMMON] Information on the GAVICANS, BEIRNES & HANLEYS of Boyle,Co. Roscommon > Does anyone have any interest in or knowledge of the following people > (or families)? > > *Children of Thomas BERNE/BEIRNE & Cecelia HANLY/HANLY of Boyle: > Thomas BEIRNE (b. 6/16/1794) and Elizabeth BEIRNE. > > Thomas BEIRNE may have had a brother, Patrick, who is shown in the > Irish Flax Growers List of 1796 living in Boyle. > > Elizabeth BEIRNE married Thomas GAVICAN/ GAVIKEN. Their children > were: > Richard Gavican - b. 1818 > Thomas " - b. 1822 > Edward " - b. 1825 (emigrated to Scotland as a > widower) > James - " - b. 1827 > Robert - " - b. 1830 (emigrated to the U.S.) > > 1901 Census shows 72 year-old Thomas GAVICAN living with Patrick HANLY, a > farmer, his wife, Marion, and their children Patrick (age 22) and Francis > (age 15). > > Griffiths shows other BEIRNES living in Boyle: > Andrew (Knockarush) > Honoria (Knockarush) > John (Knockadoobrusna) > John (The Green) > Patrick (Termon) > Thomas (Knockarush) > Francis (Chapel Lane) > > 1901 Census of Boyle shows the following BEIRNES: > John, a farmer, (age 71) > James, a farmer (age 65) > James, a farmer (age38) > Mary, married (age 35) > Patrick, a dealer (age 29) > Patrick, a merchant (age 30) > Bridget, a blacksmith's widow (age 46) > Ellen, a widow (age 45) > Michael, a farmer (age 21) > Mary. farmer's widow (age50) > > 1901 Census of Boyle shows the following HANLYS: > Mark, a farmer (age 58) > Patrick, a farmer (age 32) > Martin, a farmer (age 38) > > Between the years 1861 - 1879, there were an amazing number of birth in > Boyle with HANLY mothers and BEIRNE fathers, especially Bridget HANLY & > Patrick BEIRNE and another Bridget HANLY and Michael BEIRNE! > > I hope that this may be of interest to some. > > Cecelia HANLY & Thomas BERNE were my gr-gr-gr-grandparents. (in > Boyle) > Elizabeth BERNE & Thomas GAVICAN were my gr-gr-grandparents. (in > Boyle) > Robert GAVAGAN & Mary Agnes LYNCH were my gr-grandparents. (in Boston, > MA) > Thomas GAVAGAN & Elizabeth TAGUE were my grandparents. (in Providence, > RI) > Thomas GAVAGAN & Mildred SULLIVAN were my parents. (in New Bedford, > MA) > Fran Weeks > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Thanks very much, Jan. I really appreciate the information. I wish I'd paid closer attention in my high school Latin classes. Fran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Bruton" <janb@eagle.ca> To: <roscommon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [ROSCOMMON] Information on the GAVICANS,BEIRNES & HANLEYS of Boyle, Co. Roscommon > Message to Fran Weeks: > Patrick Nafin (Naphan) married Mary Byrne from Boyle and emigrated to > Canada > in Ontario in 1842. In the same area of Read, ON there was and still are a > group of descendents of the Lynch clan. > Most of the "Nafins" were tenant farmers on the land of Viscount Lorton in > the townlands of Deerpark,Shegorrey just outside Boyle. > The parish church for these people seems to be St. Joseph's Boyle and the > transcriptions are available from LDS Salt Lake, all in latin. > Jan Naphan Bruton >