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rquagan
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Re: queagans of fivealley/birr
« Reply #15 on: Saturday 25 July 09 23:53 UTC (UK) »
I live in Massachusetts and my last name is Quagan.  Other relatives spell it Quegan.  Family hailed from Birr, County Offaly, arrived in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA around 1885.  I just stumbled upon this website, and I have my family back to Great-grandfather, James Quegan.  He came to Massachusetts with his brother, Patrick, and sister, Ellen.  The Quegan/Quagans are not all dead!  We had a big family reunion last Sunday!  I would love some help in further research, and would be happy to share mine.  Thank you!  Rosemary Quagan
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Re: queagans of fivealley/birr
« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 11 August 09 18:05 UTC (UK) »
Quegan headstone in Birr cemetery;

William, Derrinduff, 25/3/1930
Elizabeth (w) 11/3/1946
Henry (son) 14/12/1981
William (son) 12/3/1994
Sadie Dooley (dtr) 23/9/1986, Cloghamore, Kinnity (interred in Clareen)
Mae (dtr) 9/2/2003
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rquagan
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Re: queagans of fivealley/birr
« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 11 August 09 20:45 UTC (UK) »
Thank, you, that was very thoughtful of you to post this.  Can you tell which of those individuals listed has the last name Quegan?  The father of the brothers that came to America is William Quegan, wife Ellen Boland.  I believe William's dates 1812-1894 from a Wm Quegan of that name on a census record.  I'm not certain that it is the same.  The Wm Quegan I'm looking for has children born from 1848 to 1866.  I am at a standstill and any information at all is a help! 

I would like to communicate with the first gentleman on this string, MickeyD, as I have photos of the Quegan family reunion this summer in Massachusetts, but it looks like he has not been on line since March. 
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Leardawg
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Re: queagans of fivealley/birr
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 08 September 09 15:47 UTC (UK) »
My name is William Quegan, and I live in the midwest USA. My paternal grandfather was Richard Joseph Quegan, born March 1893 near Birr. I know his father's name was William, and I believe his mother's maiden name was Kerwin. He emigrated to the States in 1927 through Ellis Island and the ship Leviathan from Southampton England, and resided in Stamford Ct. for pretty much the rest of his life. He passed away in 1976. He married Hannah Lehane from Cork and they had 4 children (2 still alive), including my father Richard Joseph Quegan Jr. He had at least 2 brothers, Bill and Jack, and I think one named Mick (who all remained in Ireland) and 2 sisters who came to this country as well, and whom I knew as "Sis" Conway and Molly Corrigan; they both lived in the greater New York City area. He has seven grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren spread around the country.
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