Hello Kerrill,
Hi Robinbird,
I live in Milltown so if you want any photos(graves or the like) just ask.
It's interesting that you live in Milltown. I looked at the view on maps.google.ie and it seems to be a small place. I expect that is was the post office address for these people when the probate for Thomas Donlan [1820-1886] was done in 1889 in Watertown, NY so they could have lived some distance away from Milltown in any direction - north, south, east or west. I have read items of Irish people walking many, many miles to get from one place to another.
Just to mention - besides his many next-of-kin in Milltown, Co Galway & the USA there was
nephew William KELLY, son of Honora [nee Donlan] lived in Holdon, Lincolnshire, England
nephew Mathew LOFTUS, son of Margaret [nee Donlan] lived in Brig, Lincolnshire, England
And Thomas was in debt so there were no assets to send to the next-of-kin, merely notify them that the estate was in probate.
I have not yet had the time to go through the RC parish register.
I am enthralled with the lives of ordinary, everyday people that show up in old documents. I have posted snippets from many documents at
https://sites.google.com/site/irishgleanings/Regards,
Sheila
