Looking for information on my Grandmother - Sarah Meehan and Great Grandmother - Maria Shevnan married to Thomas Meehan, July 5, 1860. Both came from Ardcarn, Cootehall, Boyle, Roscommon. Their children: Anna Maria Meehan (b. 1861) Catherine Meehan (b. 1865) Johannes Meehan (b.1863) Thomas Meehan (b.1867) Thanks, Dede Dunn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Clark" <maureen456@rogers.com> To: <roscommon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 11:37 AM Subject: [ROSCOMMON] FOLEY > Hello..... Never have had any success locating anyone else searching for > my > ancestors but thanks for the chance to repost - > > Family stories indicate that: > > Martin Foley and his cousin James (a teacher) left County Kerry in 1798 - > the names I have for Martin's parents are Kernic (Kenric?) Foley and Mary > Kelly. I think they lived in or near Killorgin. > > 5 sons of Martin Foley and Mary Grehan emigrated to the United States > (Boston) from Taughmaconnell, County Roscommon between 1835 and 1850. > > Patrick (1815-1890) (Ontario, Canada) > Thomas (1818-1882) (Ontario, Canada) > William (1820-1888) (Canada and Minnesota) > John (c1825- ) (Westerly, R.I.) > Martin (Brooklyn) > > I have never been able to find any of them listed on ships' lists and do > not know the port from which they left Ireland. Again family history says > that they came in 1835 but with the birth dates I have find it hard to > believe that they all came at the same time. Any suggestions would be > appreciated. Thomas Foley was my GGrandfather. . > > Maureen Clark, > Ottawa, Canada. > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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