Sharon: I found some interest in your recent post as I too have FLAHERTY roots, though mine are believed to be from County Mayo. What was interesting is that family stories have the sisters Mary and Bridget FLAHERTY perhaps entering America at San Francisco harbor. I have found some documentation that might support this claim. Always wondered why they would pick San Francisco and reasoned they might have family there. Also found records in Ohio of FLAHERTY members heading to several California towns, including a Redland, CA. The sisters, Bridget and Mary Flaherty, married the brothers, James and Martin Murphy. The FLAHERTY parents were Michael and Mary (nee O'Malley) Flaherty. For more info and other details, visit my web site via the link below. If you come across any Michael Flaherty or Mary O'Malley names in your research, I would like to hear about them. Thanks for listening... Dennis Murphy dmurphy595@alltel.net Murphy's Public House http://murphy.genealogy.org ----- Original Message ----- From: sharon hiner <sharonhiner@hotmail.com> To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 7:26 PM Subject: [WEXFORD] (FLAHERTY) relisting an eariler message > Good day Wexford listers. I am Sharon Hiner from Big Sky Montana USA. I > have recently spent aprox 8 months on Co Cork Mailing List accumulating > information on my family AHERN, of which there is a "Gazillion" AHERNS, > almost felt like I was drowning in AHERNS at times. That was my Great > Grandmother's family, I am now looking for my Great Grandfather's family in > Wexford. FLAHERTY, Edward (Ned)Patrick , b. 16, May, 1844 Wexford (don't > know where in Wexford) Father: Morgan FLAHERTY, Mother: Mary ? FLAHERTY. > 2 sisters: Frances and Nora, plus brothers ??? The family were > traditionally Seaman. My Great Grandfather Ned Flaherty went to sea as a > young man age ?, settled in San Francisco, CA, in 1860's 1870's, married my > Gt Grandmother Mary Elizabeth AHERN in San Francisco in 1880. He sailed out > of San Francisco, and Portland Oregon for awhile, settled North of San > Francisco in Eureka, CA area manned a Life Saving Station for many years > before going back to sea. A census lists him as CAPTAIN Flaherty. I have > a family story that tells of a place in Wexford named FLAHERTY'S HILL. Has > anyone heard of it, could it be on any of the ordinance survey maps of > 1800's? Thinking that my FLAHERTY's were seaman traditionally, I would > think they resided on or near the coast in Co Wexford? Don't know that > though. I have a neat family story that might help in identifying area. > Ned's mother, Mary FLAHERTY nursed the English Landowner's child along > with one of her children when the Landowner's wife died in childbirth. > Later the Englishman took his child and returned to England, upon his death > the Manor house and Estate was left to the FLAHERTYS, Morgan and Mary, they > lived there until their death, when it was traditionally willed to the > eldest son, my Great Grandfather. When he was notified, he declined to > return to Ireland to claim the estate so I imagine it went to the next > youngest son as was traditional. That is all the information I have as to > possible location. I sure hope someone out there might have a clue for > me. If someone could point me in the direction of where I might obtain > records, wills, births, marriage, of course I would first need to know the > location in Co Wexford, I'm sure. Thanks for any and all help. Cheers from > Sharon in Montana > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ______________________________