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Tipperary / Stormon/Powers in Nodstown/Thurles
« on: Wednesday 19 July 17 17:57 BST (UK)  »
Hello! I am trying to find the parents of Thomas Kelly b. c1813 and Margaret Stokes b. c1820.

My latest slight breakthrough is a DNA connection (that includes me and other known descendants of Thomas and Margaret) to 2 people who are 3rd cousins. Their common ancestors are Michael Stormon b. c1800 in Nodstown, Tipperary and Margaret Powers b. c1809 in Thurles, Tipperary. It would be a breakthrough to find that either Thomas Kelly's or Margaret Stokes' mother was a Stormon or Powers.

(FYI, Thomas and Margaret (Stokes) Kelly had emigrated to Boston, MA by 1838 when their oldest daughter was born. Also, their surviving children were named, in order, Mary, John Joseph, Johanna, Ellen, and Thomas. I have been speculating that Margaret's mother was named Mary and that Thomas' father was named John.)

I'm hoping someone has access to better information than I can find online. Thank you!

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Derry (Londonderry) / Dunne name
« on: Sunday 15 May 16 18:39 BST (UK)  »
My great-great-great grandfather Samuel Dunne Kennedy was born in Co. Londonderry, probably near Culnamen/Moneydig/Garvagh, in 1844 to John Kennedy and Margaret (Pegey) Jane Banford (Bamford?). His family was Presbyterian and were members of the First Presbyterian Church at Garvagh.

I am curious about his middle name. I cannot seem to find any likely Dunne families in the area, much less in the family history.

Was it unusual for Presbyterians at the time to use random middle names for their children? Or use the middle name to honor some sort of non-family member?  If I am correct in my research, then John Kennedy had a brother named Samuel, and that is why he likely named his son Samuel. But the Dunne part is strange, and family lore cannot explain the provenance of the name.

Any ideas/thoughts?

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Ireland / First name Bridget
« on: Wednesday 05 August 15 15:10 BST (UK)  »
Has anyone found that women from Ireland with the given name Bridget changed their given names to something less Irish sounding when they emigrated to the US?

I have twice found records for ancestors that are perfect matches except they list Bridget or Biddy for a first name, but in the US they have a different name.

Just curious.

Wendy

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Donegal / McCool/Gatins
« on: Monday 22 June 15 00:04 BST (UK)  »
Hello! I am not sure that the Donegal board is where I should be, but I have reasons for starting here.

I am trying to find the records/birthplaces of my ancestors Michael McCool (born approximately 1835 according to his DC; immigrated to NYC around 1864 with his sons John age 5? and Michael age 2?) and Catherine Gatins/Gettins/Giddens. Her name is spelled differently on lots of different records. She was born approx. 1837 and immigrated with her husband and sons around 1864. They are on the 1865 census in NYC. They also had 3 more sons in the US.

Michael's DC has no useful info other than his age. Catherine's lists her father's name as Michael Gittens and her mother's name as Mary Gillespie. Of course, they both list Ireland as place of birth.

I have chosen to focus on Donegal for this reason: searches of a surname map from Irish Times show that the names McCool and Gillespie are far more common in Donegal than in other counties in Ireland. There is no Gatins, but there were two hits for Gettins in Donegal.

I have a birth record for a Michael McCool on 15 Jun 1834 (from rootsireland.ie) in Clonmany/Tullnabratilly. I think Michael and Catherine were Catholic; Michael's grandson was married in a RC church in Manhattan, though he did marry a Presbyterian woman, and his son (my grandfather, by the way :) was an active Presbyterian.

I'd like to do further searching. Furthermore, I will be in Ireland - yes, Donegal, too - next month, but I won't have much time because I'm on a family trip. Any thoughts on my next steps?

Thanks!
Wendy

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Derry (Londonderry) / Hegarty/Mullan in "Boye"
« on: Sunday 13 October 13 22:09 BST (UK)  »
Hello! First post here. I have a bunch of dead ends in Ireland, so I'll be posting a little bit on a few different boards.

I have the marriage record for my great-great grandparents, Daniel Haggerty and Ellen Henvey (well, that's how the names are spelled in US records). The marriage record lists Daniel Hegarty and Ellen Hanvey as being married in Belfast on 20 Aug 1873. Daniel's parents are listed as Thomas Hegarty and Ellen Mullan. At the bottom of the record is this notation:

"Church: ST MARY'S Roman Catholic REV P POWER 1 0 0 MGR HUSBAND'S PARENT'S FROM BOYE CO DERRY."

I get that they were married in St. Mary's RC church by Rev. P. Power. I don't know what 1 0 0 MGR means. I also don't know what is meant by "Boye Co Derry." There is no "Boye" in County Derry as far as I can Google. Any ideas?

As an aside, Daniel was a clockmaker/watchmaker who left Belfast in 1880 to work in Brooklyn, NY, then Ellen and two of her children came to the US a few years later. (My great-grandmother was born in the US.) I don't know a lot about the clockmaking trade and whether that was an unusual profession that might have brought Daniel from Derry to Belfast then to Brooklyn. Insights would be appreciated.

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