Ellen Dowd 1849 : Short Biography

Ellen Dowd 1849

Tralee (Kerry)

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Ellen Dowd (sometimes O'Dowd) was born on July 18, 1849, in County Kerry, Ireland. She married Martin Crean on February 22, 1870. They had eleven children in 25 years. One of the children was Mary Crean. Including Mary, eight of the children emigrated to the USA and then migrated to Waterbury, Connecticut. As of 2020, there were many more Dowds and Creans than in Ireland. Ellen reported to census takers that she was a Farmer's Wife. Ellen Dowd Crean died in 1911 in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland at the age of 62. As of 2021, her burial site was unknown. Her gravesite was suspected to be located in Tralee.

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Date of Birth	18th Jul 1849
Date of Death	1st Sep 1931

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I looked up your record on IrishGenealogy.ie. It shows Martin as a Crane. Probably not unusual to have multiple spellings. He's from Knockglass Beg, and she's from Cappaclogh East/West or Capparlogh. Both are in Kerry, and located West of Tralee. List of County Kerry Townlands are here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_townlands_of_County_Kerry. You can search for individual townlands, like Knockglass Beg, here: https://www.townlands.ie/kerry/corkaguiny/kilgobban/knockglass/knockgla…. Here's the civil marriage record: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_re…

higginscrowley

Thursday 1st April 2021 01:55PM

For unknown reasons, Ellen Dowd's parents immigrated to the USA after the birth of their last child in 1860. James Dowd Jr (1812-1879) and Honora Dowd (1824-1869) settled in Holyoke, Massachusetts with three of their children. We know the name of the cemetery, in Massachusetts, of the gravesites of Ellen Dowd's parents. As of today, 4/1/2021, we do not know the date of the emigration from Ireland of James and Honora Dowd. We do not know the burial site of Ellen Dowd!

SLPinMONTANA

Thursday 1st April 2021 10:06PM

Ellen resided in Camp with her husband. They may have been married in the chapel in or near Camp. There is no cemetery there, to our knowledge.

SLPinMONTANA

Thursday 1st April 2021 11:22PM

SLPinMONTANA - You might find this website helpful: http://kerryburials.com. It's run by Joe Maher. He has a Facebook group as well. The website links to 2 cemeteries, which are near Camp, one of which is this one that has some older Crean stones: http://93.107.35.189:280/Kilgobbin/Kilgobbin%20Camp%20Cemetery,%20Kerry… It has a Martin Crean who was the Governor of the Tralee Gaol. Maybe your relative? The other cemetery has newer Crean stones - one a Martin Crean from Knockglossbeg: http://93.107.35.189:280/Camp/Camp%20Cemetery,Kerry.html.  So, you might have relatives still living in that area that could know about your Ellen Dowd. BTW, I went to Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts, with an Ann Dowd (she became an actress) - she was from Holyoke. I remember her saying her family was from out near Dingle, which Camp isn't to far from.