This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McGovern Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3EC.2ACE/506.1.1 Message Board Post: You probably come from the Thomas & Mary McGovern line. I believe that Thomas McGovern was brother to my Christopher McGovern who lived in New Hartford, Oneida County, NY working in a cotton mill in 1850, and moved to Harris township, Marquette County, WI by May 1860 when they had a child born there. This is what I know about Thomas McGovern: Thomas McGovern b 1818 Ireland m ~1840 Ireland Mary (Maryann Carr?) Ireland>NY ~1847 NY>Shields,Marquette,WI <1855 WI>McPherson,Blue Earth,MN 1-1-1866 d 1880-1900 McPherson,Blue Earth,MN Mary McGovern b 1820 Ireland d >1880 McPherson, Blue Earth,MN Children:1) Edward b 1842 Ireland 2) Phillip b 1843 Ireland 3) Thomas b 1845 Ireland 4) Christopher b 1848 NY 5) Peter b 1856 WI ^) John E. b 1858 WI 7) Lawrence F. b 1862 WI 8) Nellie b ? Do you know Thomas McGovern's birthplace in Ireland, parents names, or siblings? I'd be interested in sharing information with you.