Juanita, Yes I do have her death certificate only list her father's last name Donovan born in Ireland and Unknown on her mother (born in Ireland also). Mary C.Donovan was born in Washington D.C. and lived in California 68years, age at death 75 which would make her 7 before coming to California. How strange not to find a birth record or even a census with her parent's. Joseph was my Grandfather but I know little about him, seems know one wanted to talk about the ancestor's, I do know they were all Catholic. How would I find her birth certificate or record? Cecile cecile/sis

Birth certificates began in 1874 in DC. did your grandmother have any sisters or brothers? J ----- Original Message ----- From: "ccraven" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:46 AM Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Donovan,Mary C. > Juanita, Yes I do have her death certificate only list her father's last > name Donovan born in Ireland and Unknown on her mother (born in Ireland > also). Mary C.Donovan was born in Washington D.C. and lived in California > 68years, age at death 75 which would make her 7 before coming to > California. How strange not to find a birth record or even a census with > her parent's. > > Joseph was my Grandfather but I know little about him, seems know one > wanted to talk about the ancestor's, I do know they were all Catholic. > How would I find her birth certificate or record? Cecile > > > > cecile/sis > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Juanita, Are any of your GASS family members connected to SAMMONS/SAMONS of Arkansas? Did your Gass line (ha) come from PA? Thanks, Dolores SAMONS Harvell Juanita Gass wrote: > Birth certificates began in 1874 in DC. did your grandmother have any > sisters or brothers? J > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ccraven" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:46 AM > Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Donovan,Mary C. > > > Juanita, Yes I do have her death certificate only list her father's last > > name Donovan born in Ireland and Unknown on her mother (born in Ireland > > also). Mary C.Donovan was born in Washington D.C. and lived in California > > 68years, age at death 75 which would make her 7 before coming to > > California. How strange not to find a birth record or even a census with > > her parent's. > > > > Joseph was my Grandfather but I know little about him, seems know one > > wanted to talk about the ancestor's, I do know they were all Catholic. > > How would I find her birth certificate or record? Cecile > > > > > > > > cecile/sis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx -- dolores SAMONS harvell Genealogy - disturbing the dead, and irritating the living

I found a Johanna Donovan in the 18870 DC census with children, Daniel, 14; John, 4; Jerie, 5; MARY 3 (born 1867) and James, 1. Johanna Lynch married dennis Donovan in DC Feb,20 1855. In 1860 Census, Dennis is 22 and a servant at the Russian ministry (probably lived here except for time off) and in 1870, Dennis Donovan, 33 is a gardner for a wealthy family in Georgetown and again probably lives here except for time off. and that may be why Joahanna is by herself with the children when the census was taken. Dennis was born in Ireland, 1838 anmd Johanna was born 1830 in Ireland and runs a grocery store. I'll see if I can find Johanna in the 1880 census. J ----- Original Message ----- From: "ccraven" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:46 AM Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Donovan,Mary C. > Juanita, Yes I do have her death certificate only list her father's last > name Donovan born in Ireland and Unknown on her mother (born in Ireland > also). Mary C.Donovan was born in Washington D.C. and lived in California > 68years, age at death 75 which would make her 7 before coming to > California. How strange not to find a birth record or even a census with > her parent's. > > Joseph was my Grandfather but I know little about him, seems know one > wanted to talk about the ancestor's, I do know they were all Catholic. > How would I find her birth certificate or record? Cecile > > > > cecile/sis > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >