Hi Pam This information was contained in an article which appeared in the local Newspaper in Newfoundland. The information that I transcribed was just a small note from that piece which was written by a local Historian, Bert Riggs, who provides such writings on a weekly basis. I am not sure what his sources were since that information was not provided. You may try to write him and ask him about this article? My Ancestor left County Wexford in 1815 and arrived in King's Cove, Newfoundland. From the book written by E R Seary on the family names of the Island of Newfoundland, the following are the references for Kehoe/Keough: Edward Kehoe (1796-1876), born in County Wexford, settled at Stone Island, Calvert in 1816. Three Keough brothers, from Ireland came to Newfoundland and settled at King's Cove, Placentia and Sunnyhill, Ferryland prior to 1815. There are many, many more references in this book for Kehoe/Keough settling in various parts of Newfoundland with the majority of these coming from County Wexford. Regards; John Connors -----Original Message----- From: Pam Kehoe <drk4779@idcnet.com> To: WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: November 10, 1999 4:58 PM Subject: [WEX] >John >I am very interested in where the actual quote came from and how could I >access additional Patrick Kough/Kehoe information. > >I have found my Patrick Kehoe and Bridget Bryne are from Co. carlow but >think that maybe that is where Bridget was from. They arrived in the US by >1824 and I assume came in thru Canada.....and settled in Vermont. > >I would be very interested in learning more about the Canadian Kough/Kehoe. > >Thank you >Pam Kehoe >Wisconsin > > > > > > >I visit the Archives in St John's regularly, I will keep an eye out for any >references to Joseph Furlong and Agnes Kavanagh. My Ancestors, as well, >emigrated from County Wexford. While I knew that a great number of the >original Irish emigrants came from County Wexford, I was struck by an >article which appeared in todays local newspaper. The article in question >was talking about early builders in Newfoundland and in particular, one name >Patrick Kough who was born in County Wexford in 1786 and his name first >appeared in Newfoundland documents in 1804. His claim to fame was as a >builder of many of the old historic buildings erected in Newfoundland in the >early 1800s and many of them still are standing today. The story goes that >eventually ran for one of the seats in the legislature in St John's, >Newfoundland in 1832 against another well known Newfoundlander of the time >Dr William Carson. The story goes something like this, "An Irishman named >Bennett came into the booth where a number of Wexford men were casting their >votes. > >"Well, he said, I hear Dr Carson say that he did not care how it went, so >long as he could bate (beat) Kough and the blooming yallow bellis (a >nickname applied to Wexford Men), Mr Kough was a Wexford Man and after that >he got every Wexford Vote". Kough went on to win the election and served >several terms in the local legislature. > >Regards >John ConnorsContent-Type: text/plain; > >FAMILY RESEARCH:KEHOE,LOW,SCOTT,ELDER and more >Family website - http://www.geocities.com/drk4779 >Celtic Women International - http://www.celticwomen.org >Walworth County Historical Society - http://www.geocities.com/walcohistory > > >==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== >Wexford and the 1798 Rebellion: >http://www.rtc-carlow.ie/united/98Wex.html > >============================== >RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! >Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >