Unknown Lettermacaward native was U S army casualty in WW1

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Thanks rathmore. It is a very useful site. I found the 1868 marriage record of my Great grandfather and Great grandmother on it.

Thanks again.

Paul.

[rathmore]

came across a James Duffy but he fought in the civil war US but he was from Lettermacaward maybe this sight could help you?


http://www.69thpa.co.uk

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Thanks again rathmore. I have relatives called Duffy from Meenacarn,Lettermacaward. Wonder if he was related to them.
Regards.
Paul.

[docrt]

One possible candidate, - no townland given.

Sergeant Charles McFadden, 23 years old who was a member of the 306th
Machine Gun Battalion, was killed in action in France Sept. 11 according to
a telegram received from the War Department by his sister, Mrs. James
Nichols, of Sherwood avenue, Queens Village with whom he had lived.
McFadden was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and was one of twelve
children.  His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McFadden, Sr. still live in
Ireland.  The deceased has three brothers in the service, two now in France
and one at Camp Devons, Mass.  Charles was drafted in September 1917, and
went overseas Feb. 10.
Brooklyn Standard Union-20 October 1918

[annclare]

Tree on Ancestry gives Charles McFadden d. 11 Sep 1918 in France Parents Charles McFadden and Julia Gallagher Roshin Dunfanaghy Donegal.
Charles McFadden   Date of Birth:   26-Apr-1891
        Registration Date:   25-May-1891
Address:   Roshin   Parish/District:   DUNFANAGHY
Gender:   Male   County   Co. Donegal
Denomination:   Civil Record
Father:   Charles McFadden   Mother:   Julia Gallagher
Occupation:   Farmer      
Informant 1:   Julia McFadden
Family in Census 1901
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Dunfanaghy/Roshin/1173299/
annclare

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Thanks docrt and annclare for your replies. Docrt, as Annclare says , Charles was from Dunfanaghy. Annclare,thanks for the additional information.
Sadly, Charles's  brother Joseph was also killed in WW1 while serving in the US army.

Paul.

[docrt]

Of course it is indeed a bit of a wild goose chase or should that be Wild Geese?  The US WW1 records are a bit of a shambles.  There is always the slight possibility that the mother of McFadden was a Gallagher from Leitir.  The letter writer may have known the mother.

[Sinann]

Couple of McFadden families in Roshin so I believe the link above is incorrect.
This is the family in 1901 wife Julia
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Dunfanaghy/Roshin/1173285/
And 1911 12 Children born.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Donegal/Dunfanaghy/Roshin/483846/

Charles and Julia's marriage 1878 is Registered in Dunfanaghy so assuming Julia got married in her home parish she would be a fair distance from Lettermacaward.

[docrt]

That family child count looks to be spot on with regard to the original newspaper clipping. In my own research I have been bitten by my own assumptions in the past. Now I take all things as possible until ruled out mainly by the paperwork. The original letter which caused this thread had a Mrs Cannon refer to another woman from Lettermacaward. In my Irish experience people were always described by their place of origin (if known by the describer) not where they lived subsequently. I have also seen marriages where the woman wasn't married in her native parish. Times were a bit harder then for some families and servant girls especially spent long periods away from home.