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Cork / Re: more DONOVANs from Clonakilty
« on: Wednesday 23 August 23 01:53 BST (UK) »
It is possible as the marriage certificates of both occurred after 1860 however all family histories I've read say that 3 siblings arrived on the Tasmania. Whether this is from personal memory or just hearsay I don't know. I thought you might be interested in the following notes I made some years ago.
"An entry in his Bible by Daniel Donovan tells us what little we know about his Irish forebears. Eleven Donovan children were born in Ireland to John Donovan and Bridget Kuhane in the first half of the nineteenth century. Some of the family migrated to the United States; four came to Australia: Timothy, Daniel and Mary arrived together in Melbourne at the end of 1858; Michael Arrived later.
About Michael little was known till recently, until (April 1994) Mr Les O’Callaghan of Warrnambool, active in several Historical Societies, has turned up for me some information from among State Records of Births Deaths and Marriages. Michael is listed as having been born in Cork in 1845. He died in Warrnambool 1926 at the age of 76, {Cert. no 7926} and married Catherine Looney (1856-1945) some time between June and December 1876, {Cert no 4329}. Catherine was the daughter of Daniel Looney and Catherine Kelleher.
This is from a website that John O'Leary told me about - and is not necessarily true! It was thought that John Donovan's wife's name was Mary Keohane"
"An entry in his Bible by Daniel Donovan tells us what little we know about his Irish forebears. Eleven Donovan children were born in Ireland to John Donovan and Bridget Kuhane in the first half of the nineteenth century. Some of the family migrated to the United States; four came to Australia: Timothy, Daniel and Mary arrived together in Melbourne at the end of 1858; Michael Arrived later.
About Michael little was known till recently, until (April 1994) Mr Les O’Callaghan of Warrnambool, active in several Historical Societies, has turned up for me some information from among State Records of Births Deaths and Marriages. Michael is listed as having been born in Cork in 1845. He died in Warrnambool 1926 at the age of 76, {Cert. no 7926} and married Catherine Looney (1856-1945) some time between June and December 1876, {Cert no 4329}. Catherine was the daughter of Daniel Looney and Catherine Kelleher.
This is from a website that John O'Leary told me about - and is not necessarily true! It was thought that John Donovan's wife's name was Mary Keohane"