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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Clare => Topic started by: triathlon on Tuesday 24 April 12 17:28 BST (UK)
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Patrick Devitt born 30 Nov 1814 (usa records) in Co. Clare emigrated to Burlington USA in 1847. He married Bridget Gorman (born Ireland) - 1820 - 1894. Not sure whether they married USA or Ireland. Patrick had a brother Martin who emmigrated with him, born abt. 1820. Can anyone help me with this family , eventually ended up in Wisconsin , USA. Thank you.
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Not sure if you ever heard from anyone about this family, but they are my great-great grandparents. They ended up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Patrick and his brother Martin were naturalized in 1855. I have not been able to verify my suspicion that Patrick and Martin were the children of Patrick Devitt and Honora Curry from Ennistymon, but the information seems to fit.
Sources: Griffiths Valuations, and parish census records.
Devitt, Patrick
Formoyle Eighteragh (West) [Townland, Town, Street]
Inagh [Parish]
Ennistimon [Union]
Address from 1841-51 Census
Carhoontedane, Lahinch, Co.Clare
Gorman, Bridget
Drumduff
Inagh
Ennistimon
Corry, Honoria
Fermoyle Eighteragh (West)
Inagh
Ennistimon
I have posted a lot of what I've learned about the family after they emigrated on Ancestry.com in a Devitt family tree, but would love to learn more about their roots in Ireland. (We just returned from a trip to Ireland, where I broke my ankle in Kells Bay, and so I'm sitting -- a lot -- and poking into family roots.)
Please let me know what you've come up with.
By the way, I also do triathlons, when I'm not nursing injuries.