Hi List, A few months before my mother passed away she pulled out the memory book from her mother's funeral in 1974. One of the attendees who signed the book was "Ella M. Hurley." Since HURLEY is the maiden name of my maternal grandmother, I asked if this Ella was related to them. She said she knew that she was related, but not sure how. She believed that the DONEGANs (grandmother's maiden name), HURLEYs, and SHEAs were somehow connected. Mom was pretty ill and had trouble recalling the connections. Well, when I was looking at that memory book again recently, I decided to see if I could find Ella HURLEY at Rootsweb. I did find her on the SSDI. I decided to order her SS-5 and I received it in today's mail. Here is what it shows: Full name you use in work or business: Ella Marie HURLEY Full name given you at birth: Ellen Marie CROWLEY Date of Birth: Oct. 23, 1890 Place of Birth: Wash., D. C. Age on last birthday: 71 Sex: Female Mother's full name at her birth: Johanna SHEA Father's full name: Patrick J. CROWLEY She didn't fill in "Today's Date." Her address is shown as: Ella M. Hurley 4208 Yuma st., N.W. Washington 16 D. C. Here is what I have on my materna; grandmother's parents: My grandmother was Ella Elizabeth DONEGAN, b. 16 Feb. 1893, d. 8 Oct. 1974, m. 22 Nov. 1912 to John Samuel DRURY. Her parents were Mary Ellen HURLEY, b. 1858, Ireland (poss. in Co. Cork; the 1900 DC census simply states Ireland), d. ?, and John Dominic DONEGAN. John was b. 1858 in D. C. according to the 1900 DC census. I have photos of Mary Ellen Hurley, John Dominic Donegan, and Ella Donegan Drury at my FTM site; the URL is under my email addresses below. John Dominic DONEGAN's parents are Ellen SHEA, b. ?, d. before 8 Feb 1912 and Michael DONEGAN, b. abt. 1822 in Co. Cork, Irleand, d. 8 Apr 1915. I know of two other sons of theirs: Jeremiah Donegan and Patrick Donegan. It may be that this Ella M. HURLEY is a spouse to a HURLEY relative and, if that were the case, I would love to know the full name and data on her husband; but, because her mother is a SHEA, she may be related to our DONEGANs. I would love any info from anyone who recognizes her or has info on her parents. Kathleen Kathleen in Ridge Manor, Florida - Genealogy: It's Relative!! katbowen@earthlink.net or kbowen@hotmail.com http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/o/w/Kathleen-E-Bowen http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=katbowen Frodo Lives!