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zx123
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Hi,
ive been researching my family history and ive found that some of my ancesters emigrated to america in 1900.
I found them on a shipping manifest and also on the american census for west virginia and I was wondering if anybody could give me any advice about what else i could do to get any further information?
Their names were,
maurice donovan,father
Johanna donovan,mother
nora donovan,daughter
maurice donovan jr,son
william donovan,son
edward donovan,son
joseph donovan,son
mary welsh,stepdaughter
They lived in the marshall and benwood area of west virginia,
and According to the censuses mary welsh emigrated in 1898,maurice donovan in1899,and the rest of the family in 1900.
any help would be great
thanks
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shellyesq
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If they remained there, there are many West Virginia birth, marriage, and death records available here: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx and here: http://familysearchlabs.org/ If Johanna's maiden name was Fah(e)y, the Family Search Labs site has Ohio death records for their children Maurice Patrick Donovan and Mary McBride and a West Virginia death record for son John Joseph Donovan.
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johnnyboy
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Hi zx123: Shelly and I were typing a the same time!
Go to the LDS Familysearch Pilot website (http://pilot.familysearch.org), and click on Canada and U.S. on the map, and then scroll down until you come to the West Virginia birth, marriage, and death records. You'll find deaths and marriages for some of your Donovans, including Joseph Sr., Johanna (in death records, her last name spelled Donovin), and some of the children.
Regards,
John 
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ENGLAND, YKS: SLATER of Ovenden and Halifax; DRURY of Darton, Mapplewell, Sheffield and Halifax; DOBSON of Thornton (near Bradford); NEVILL(E) of Wigan, Lancs and Darton; MEGSON of Dewsbury; GARSIDE of Woolley and West Bretton. SCOTLAND: HENDRY of Who-knows-where-shire and Massachusetts, USA; HOUSTON of Lesmahagow and Glasgow and Massachusetts, USA; DEMPSTER of Lesmahagow; MEIKLE of Ayrshire, Hamilton, and Glasgow; COCHRAN of Hamilton.
Paradise: EVE and ADAM, also in exile
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shellyesq
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WWI Draft Registration Card
William Donovan
1352 High (?) St., Benwood, W.Va.
Born 20 Nov. 1896 in Wales
White, alien, father b. England
Employer - Wheeling Steel & Iron, Benwood, W.Va.
Nearest relative - Maurice Donovan, same home address
WWII Draft Registration Card
William Donovan
1306 Marshall St., Benwood, W.Va.
Age 46, Born 20 Nov. 1895 (with a 6 written over the 5) in Wales
Nearest relative - Edward Donovan, same home address
Employer - Wheeling Steel Corp., Benwood, W.Va.
Social Security Death Index (available at rootsweb.com or familysearch.org) has William with the same birth date who died Sep. 1987 with last residence of Wheeling, WV.
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shellyesq
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In the 1930 Census, it looks like Maurice, William, & Edward are living in Benwood at the address that William is at in his WWII draft card. It looks like Maurice is divorced, and Edward is married with 2 children. You can see the 1930 Census for free at footnote.com for the month of August.
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zx123
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Thanks,
thats really great that gives me lots of avenues to look in,
ive been doing my family history,and ive only just found out that some of them emigrated.
Shellyesq thats very interesting about the draft registration cards,as ive been told that one of my ancesters was in ww1.
Where did you find that information?was it on ancestry?
Anyway thanks again thats really a great help.
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shellyesq
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The draft registration cards were on Ancestry. All men of a certain age were required to register, so the existence of the card doesn't necessarily mean that they served in the military.
The death certificate that I found for Maurice Patrick Donovan says that he served in WWI and was being buried in Arlington National Cemetery. However, I can't find him on the military grave website here: http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1
On the 1930 Census on the far right, there is a column for military service. It says that William Donovan was in WWI, but Edward was not.
Found this also, but not sure if it's your Joseph, as there's a WWII Draft card for a guy with the same birth date and the WV death records shows that John Joseph, son of Maurice & Johanna, died 27 Apr. 1924:
WWI Draft Registration Card
John Joseph Donavan
McMichen (?), Marshall Co., W.Va.
Born 25 Apr. 1890 in Benwood, W.Va.
Machine shop foreman - B & O Railroad Co. in Benwood
Dependents - wife and one child, 2 yrs.
Married, caucasian, no prior military service, no exemptions from the draft
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shellyesq
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WWII Draft Registration Card
Maurice Donovan
Under residence, State Soldiers Home, Erie Co., Ohio is typed in, but crossed out. Underneath it, 389 East Cheny (?) St. is written in.
Telephone - OSSH 1050
Age 47, born 18 Jan. 1895 in Wales
White, 5'8" tall, 148 lbs.
Gray eyes, brown hair, light complexion
In the 1920 Census, Maurice appears to be in Camp Pike in Pulaski, Arkansas. He is listed as born Ireland, but he seems like the most likely match. He was a private in the US Army. It says he immigrated in 1900 and was naturalized by his father (I believe that minor children would get naturalized if their parent was while they were underage.)
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