Gobnait Ní Leocháin Genealogy: Confusing the dead & irritating the living.

All these families were from Co Fermanagh, all from near Derrygonnelly. Patrick CASSIDY b 1804 near Derrygonnelly, Co Fermanagh m Mary McCAFFREY about 1832 in Ireland. Mary McCAFFREY (probably from townland of Lisdoodan) had cousins named O FLANAGAN from the townland of Aughakeeriny. Peter O FLANAGAN became a Jesuit and the pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown DC, US. Patrick & Mary emigrated about 1842 (Patrick came first) and Patrick was sexton of Peter's church. CASSIDYs were also cousins to the LOVES who were first in Drumgormly townland and then (and now) in Derryvary near Monea. Would like to connect with Patrick's children's descendants, and with any descendants of his siblings. The names Francis, Peter, Edward, and James are popular. There is a possible link to a James Cassidy who was a schoolteacher in the Aughakeerin area in 1826. Mary McCAFFREY's mother may have been a STINSON. A Will STINSON was a teacher around the same time. Janet C-S

I would like to find information about my great grandmother who came to New York from County Antrim in 1880 when she was 17 years old. Matilda's parents were Charles Dobbin and Mary Forbes. The only appropriate Charles Dobbin living in the area in 1862 per Griffith's Valuation lived in Cranfield in the Parish of Cranfield. I have not yet been able to locate birth records for her or her siblings and hoped I could learn something about her place of birth from a ships manifest if one could be located. Does anyone have access to ships records for a reasonable fee? She was; Matilda Jane Dobbin(s) born in County Antrim reportedly on 10 July 1862 of parents, Charles Dobbin and Mary Forbes Dobbin. Matilda came to America in 1880 and a Bible we have is inscribed; Matilda Jane Dobbin Cranfield Staffordstown. S.S. October 8th, 1880 I have learned from the registrar of births in Cranfield that the reference above to Staffordstown S.S. probably refers to the Staffordstown Sunday School which was attached to the Duneane Presbyterian Church in Randalstown, County Antrim. The Church of LDS does not seem to have filmed the records of this church and my letter to the minister remains unanswered. I have been told that PRONI has most of these old school records. Can anyone out there do lookups at PRONI for a reasonable fee? Please contact me. If we assume this Bible was given to Matilda as she left Ireland then she must have resided in Cranfield at that time and would have sailed from the nearest port, probably on October 8th or very soon thereafter. Matilda came to New York to live with her aunt's family, Martha Forbes Jones (b. @1840), James Jones (b. @ 1837) and Sarah J.Jones (b. 22 jul 1864). The Jones family came from County Antrim between 1868 and 1869 based on information they gave on the 1875 census here. If either family was located on a ship's manifest it may have additional information that would help me in my family search. Any help or suggestions on how to locate this information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your help. JIM

James FLYNN may have arrived in U.S. in 1839. I find his brothers, MILES & THOMAS, in Franklin County, Arkansas as early as 1850. The 1839 information comes from the obit of Miles FLYNN. James FLYNN is found in the 1870 census of Fayette County, PA, wife MARY. 1880 census Fayette County, PA, wife ELIZABETH Daughter JEANNIE married an O'DONNELL Daughter MARGARET married a RILEY My grandfather JOSEPH P. FLYNN married first MARY TAYLOR and second AMELIA DURBIN. He lived in PA, AR, MO, IN. I have information on the FLYNN'S from 1850 forward on Miles & Thomas. 1870 forward on James. Nothing more on RILEY & O'DONNELL. Elizabeth Bailey [email protected]

I am researching my 5th g-grandfather Patrick O'Brien. He was in Virginia in 1744 as he was granted land that year in Goochland Co, Virginia. With him was his brother Matthias and a Mary who I believe to be his sister as she married a Chastain around 1765 and moved to Pickens Co, SC. There may be a connection to the O'Briens in Maryland but my family believe they came directly from Ireland. Would like to share what information I have. Fran Harris Hill [email protected] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site

James Brennan -m- Catherine Owens Ballincurry Sligo Children= Lillian(Doyle), Bridget(Andrew Gordon), Mary(Michael Cafferky), Catherine(Bernard/Bryan Maye), Honora, Patrick?,Ellen, Sabina(Glynn),Annie, Thomas(Helen McPhelin),James. Bridget,Mary,Patrick,Ellen,Sabina,Annie and Thomas came to Philadelphia late1890's early1900's. Patrick McPhelin-m-?Catherine or Mary Daly Possibly Conloon Mayo Children Patrick(Mary Gillen), Anthony( Margaret then Catheine), John( Julia O'Brien), Thomas(Bridget) and Ellen(Martin Walsh/Welsh) All came to Philadelphia late 1800's. Michael Gillen/an/in-m-Bridget Moran 1872 in Ross West, Mayo one daughter Mary b 8-1873 Shranalee Turlough Mayo. Mary was orphaned and lived with her grandparents,(?John Moran and Jane, nee Kirby). Mary came to Camden NJ to stay with cousin Michael Quinn 1887. Any help would be appreciated Kathy --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site

I have hit a brickwall in my search for my DAY/O'DEA line. I'm researching Patrick DAY m. Mary O'DEA. They came from Ireland, but I'm not sure when. Their son Michael DAY, came from Ireland about 1882, been told possibly Kerry, Tipperary, Meath, or Clare. Michael DAY m. Mary Elizabeth DOW on June 7, 1899 in Paterson, Passaic Co., NJ, of Bloomingdale, Passaic Co., NJ, previously Hibernia, Morris Co., NJ, dau. of Joseph DOW and Bridget GHENT. He was b. in Ireland, May 9, 1862 and d. in Bloomingdale, March 16, 1914. She was b. in Hibernia, NJ on March 25, 1865, d. May 15, 1944, Butler, Morris Co., NJ. Michael live in Paterson, NJ before moving to Bloomingdale. He had 5 sibling, James, John, Mary, Nicholas, and Thomas. There might have been 2 more sisters, married to TOBIN in Jersey City, NJ. The Siblings might have been born in the USA, still trying to find more info on them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Karen L. Day Bloomingdale, Pompton Lakes, and Wayne, Passaic Co, NJ Butler, Kinnelon, Riverdale (Pompton), Pequannock and Pompton Plains, Morris County, NJ DAY/DEA***O'DEA/O'DAY***DOW***MEAD/MEADE/MEED/MEDE/MEET ***ROOME/ROME***MORSE/MORS/MOSS/MORSS/LA MOSS IRELAND***ENGLAND***WALES***FRANCE***HOLLAND***NEW JERSEY ***NEW YORK***MASSACHUSETTS***CONNECTICUT***RHODE ISLAND http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/a/y/Karen-L-Day/ http://members.tripod.com/unicorn13nj/DAY,O'DEA,DOW,MEAD,ANDMORSE.htm

McGrath, Michael J., RC, Tailor, born somewhere in Ireland abt 1833. Emigrated to Canada & settled in Uxbridge, ON before 1866. Married Mary-Jane Blakely abt 1866 and children born in Uxbridge between 1868-1873. Moved family to Sault Ste Marie, MI abt 1875 and was a farmer there. Died of consumption in 1882, buried at St. Mary's Riverside cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Surname in Michigan census is noted as Mc Gath and also McSeraw (can you believe it?). Does this McGrath connect with anyone? Doreen

CONLIN, Henry (possibly Thomas Henry), grain dealer; surname recorded in various Canadian records as Conlan / Conlon. Born somewhere in Ireland abt 1815 (might be Cashel), emigrated to Toronto bef 1844, married at St. Paul's RC Church, Toronto in 1844 to Alicia (Elisha) Young. Several brothers also emigrated. Died bef 1881. If anyone has access to records for Cashel, could they check this name please. Many thanks, Doreen

BLAKELY, Robert - name often noted in Canadian census as Blackley and Blakeley. Born 1810 possibly Co. Down. Moved to Ballymena, Co. Antrim & emigrated from there with wife Alicia Brady & 2 daughters, settled in Markham, ON by 1850; additional family born there. Died Sept 1883 in Markham. A brother Campbell Blakely also emigrated and settled first in Markham, then in Reach, ON. Does anyone have access to birth or other Co. Down records for 1810? Or Co. Antrim records for 1843-45? Thanks for any leads. Doreen

DEVANEY, Thomas - born Ireland, RC, cabinetmaker; sailed from Sligo, Feb 1847 & shipwrecked; rescued and arrived St. John, NB April 13 1847. Settled in Port Hope, ON. Died of consumption abt 1861-62. A brother Patrick also emigrated and settled in Port Hope, ON. Can not find any Ontario records of marriage or of death/burial. Would like to find Irish origins and family but brick walls exist on both sides of the pond. Any leads????????? Doreen

RUSSELL, Ann (Lilly) b. abt. 1840 in either Ireland or Niagara Co. NY. married Daniel KELLY and migrated to Allegan Co. MI KINNEY, Peter b. abt 1780 in Ireland or NY. m. Mary PRESLER lived in Yates Co. NY

MCCARTHY,Owen and Catherine immigrated to Detroit from Co. Cork 1849 HOGAN, James immigrated to Chicago 1850 from Co. Limerick. Married Elizabeth CONWAY in 1856 then moved to Detroit RYAN, James Immigrated from Co Cork to Essex Co., ONT 1854

I am searching for DOHENY. Mary Ann DALY m Thomas DOHENY 4 March 1867 in Killenaule, Co. Tipperary. Their children are as follows: Mary 1868 Honora 1869 Michael 1872 William 1874 Elizabeth 1877 Patrick 1880 Margaret 1883 Mary emigrated to New York and settled, I believe, in The Bronx. An address I have been given is 858W 36St or 558W 36St. Patrick and Michael both later emigrated to New York also. Patrick did at one time reside with his sister but I'm not sure about Michael Of the other siblings, Honora and william remained in Ireland and Margaret (my grandmother) came to England and married Arthur CLOUGH in Rochdale in 1906. I would be 'over the moon' to hear from someone working on the same line.

Thomas MURRAY and Winifred KELLY from Co Roscommon emigrated to the state of Illinois, USA in 1847. Their son, Martin MURRAY m. Mary DALY in Jo Daviess Co., Illinois. Mary is the daughter of John and Ellen HOGAN DALY from Dungarven, Co Waterford Looking for any and all info -- or even guesses. Helen

Hi Listers here is my list for the Ancestor Party CLARKE, Laughlin b. about 1808-1825 possibly in County Louth came to America sometime in 1836 at age of 28. I found a match for him in Newrange April 1815 of a Loughlin CLERK son of Thomas CLERK & Rose REILLY. I DON'T know when or where he was born. He settled in Maryland and later in Virginia/West Virginia. BURKE, Hiram unknown dates married Nancy Riley in Virginia. Hiram and Nancy had George Reason Burke born 6/16/1858 married Emma Pratt on 9/18/1879 in WV and George died in 02/1946 in WV. Emma was born on 3/24/1859 in VA. They had one son William N. Raymond Burke, and Emma died 7/30/1921 in WV. BLACK, Elic Hodges born March 4, 1877 in Comanche County, TX. He was the son of Sam Black and his mothers maiden name was Swink. He was buried supposedly in Silver City, New Mexico (Grant County). After he died on Dec. 24, 1940 he was buried possibly back in Texas cause his sons came and brought him back to Texas from New Mexico. So if you can grant me 3 wishes I want to know the truth about my g.g.grandfather CLARKE. I want to know more details about my g.g.g.grandfather BURKE like where did his ancestors come from? Finally, I want to know more details about my husbands g.g.grandfather BLACK and where did his ancestors come from. Thank you and hope everybody gets answers to their many questions. May God bless and keep you all safe, healthy, always feeled with good food and great friends. Melinda Clark-Black (5/8ths Irish, 1/8th Flemish, 1/8th Welsh/English and 1/8th unknown)

ARCHIBALD, Hugh; Ann Jane; Annie; Mary; Charles: Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. BLACK, Rosetta: Ballycastle, Co. Antrim CALDWELL, Ann Jane: Ballymoney, Co. Antrim (Greenock, SCT?) COYLES, Mary Agnes: Ballycastle, Co. Antrim GRAHAM, Alec, Clifford, Tom: Belfast, Co. Antrim/Down JOHNSTON, Ellen, Willie, James, Archie & Dorrie: Ballycastle>Canada KELLY, Ann: Ballycastle, Co. Antrim LATIF, Iris: Ballycastle>Dublin>Chicago, Illinois, USA LAVERTY, Ann: Ballycastle, Co. Antrim McCLARTY, Wm. John, Archy: Ballycastle, Co. Antrim McAULEY, Veronica: Co. Antrim>Minnesota, USA PINK, Sarah, Andrew: Ballycastle, Co. Antrim (SCT?) STEWART, Alex, Ann Jane, Annie, Mary, Henrietta, Adeline,Charles: Co. Antrim Maura wrote: > > SHAMROCK Ancestor Party Guidelines > > The party will begin on Saturday, October 26, and go through Sunday > evening, November 2. > (All times are US Central time, please adjust to suit your time zone.) > > Let's try and "scare up" some ancestors, and make some connections! > > Please follow the guidelines below in order to ensure we all enjoy the > party! > > These are also up at > http://community.webtv.net/shamrockroots/partyguidelines > > Ancestor Party Guidelines > ****************************** > > 1. DON'T put "Ancestor Party" in the subject line! > > 2. Subject line should be your surnames in ALL CAPS with either a comma > (,), dash (-) or something inbetween them to distinguish. Try not to use > / as it makes the surnames run together. > > 3. Locations, dates etc in subject line should be in regular case. > Example subject lines.... > DOE, John - Waterford> NY c. 1700 > DOE, DEER, SMITH, McCarthy to Australia > Due to the volume of mail this party generates, the subject line is VERY > IMPORTANT as many people will only read the ones of interest to them. > > 4. Please send ONE email with all your surnames. If you have a homepage > with more info, include that. Later in the week, you might want to send > another email if you have forgotten some. > > 5. Text of message -- please send ** just the basics** in the text. > Don't tell the life story of these people, just the years, locations -- > the basic facts. If anyone thinks they connect with you, they will > contact you OFF LIST for more details. Don't just send a GEDCOM file. > Follow the KISS procedure (Keep It Simple Sweetie) > > 6. Contact people OFF LIST for details. > (But if you make a connection please let me know.... we always make > some, our record is 4) > > 7. Posts get sent to [email protected] > Sounds simple, but people still send posts to the "request address" > instead of the correct address. Due to the large amount of emails this > generates, I cannot guarantee that your email will ever get to the list > if you don't send it to the correct address. > > 8. This is only for surnames from Ireland.... please don't send every > name in your family tree. > > 9. Remember, mailng lists are archived. Think about what you are going > to send. Use your subject line wisely and keep it simple! > > 10. Those of you with regular questions might want to wait til this is > over to ask them, as your questions might get overlooked in all the > mail. > > And lastly, the regular rules of the SHAMROCK list still apply. Flames > etc should not ever be sent to the list. > > So, enjoy, and may we all "scare" up some ancestors! > > Remember! > > ** Use subject line for surnames, locations and dates > > ** KISS > > ** Posts go to [email protected] > > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Maura Petzolt [email protected] > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > SHAMROCK ROOTS homepage > http://community.webtv.net/shamrockroots/SHAMROCKROOTS > > Helpful Hints for Successful Searching > http://community.webtv.net/mpetzolt2/helpfulhints > > ==== SHAMROCK Mailing List ==== > ** Remember! No flames, chain > letters, virus warnings or other off > topic posts should be sent to the > SHAMROCK list **

STEWART, Daniel---- Belfast, Co. Antrim, 1843-1848. LOGAN, James---- Clifden, Co. Galway, 1853-1900. GOODFELLOW, John----Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, 1830-1855. TIA. Jim.

Hi Shamrock! My Irish great great-grandparents are the first to come over the ocean to America. All are famine survivors mostly as children or young adults. There are few clues as to where in Ireland were in Ireland they were born. Only Marg. Ryan's Obit and Ellen Donovan's tombstone mentioned where they were born. As for the rest, I don't YET know. :-) Lynn L Combs :::::::::::::::::::::::: Patrick O'Rourke (parents Thomas O'Rourke Sr. and Mary E White) b.abt 1845 IRE d. June 18, 1918 married abt 1869 to: Margaret Ryan (possible brother Daniel living in SF) b. Mar 1846, Co Tipp. IRE d. Apr 8, 1900, SF, CA May have come by way of a gold rush in Australia or South America????? Not listed in San Francisco until 1871 City Directory. John Murphy b. abt 1828 IRE d. Apr 12, 1915, Petaluma, CA married in West Bridgewater, MA, USA; Oct 3, 1852 to: Ellen Donovan b. abt 1830, Bandon, Co Cork, IRE b Sept 10,1885 Sonoma Co. CA, nr. Petaluma Their first two children were born in MA in 1854 and 56. They are said to have come to California by covered wagon. In 1862 and 1864, sons were born in California John Crosby (parents: Peter Crosby and Agnes McGuire IRE) b. Aug 1833 IRE / (canadian port of entry??) d. Oct 11. 1907 Vallejo, CA married before Aug 1869 to: Catherine Duffy (parents: John Duffy and Catherine ?Groghan) b. 1836 IRE d. Jan 10, 1921 Vallejo, CA Not sure how they came to be in California.

Baptistries of the Catholic Church of Mountrath, Co. Queen, Ireland. November 1 1833 - Fintan (Mick Hynes & Anne Burkes) -Godparents-James Hynes & Maray Horan (Hogan) - Trumera September 6 1835 - William (Mick Hynes & Anne Burkes) - Godparents - William Burke & Cath Goss - Trumera July 4 1838 - Mary (Michael Hynes & Anne Hynes )- Godparents Michael Goran (Govern) & Betty Delanay - Trumera September 27 1840 - Mary-Anne (Michael & Anne Hines )- Godparents Thos Quingly & Margaret Fitzpatrick - Trumera They sailed to Canada from Queenstowm Cork, Ireland in 1846 Would love to hear from anyone searching for the above families