I am seeking my Ahearn family.  ( The spelling I know changes so I can't rule out  relatives who may be  use a different form.  My family was listed variously as Ahearn or O'Hearn.And I have a friend whose name in the US is just Hearn. )   I have found a marriage registry for what appears to be my g-g-granparents' marriage- Timothy Ahearn and Mary Ann Madden in Cork. But that is my only clue.  I haven't  yet found their residence or family.   They emigrated from Ireland to Boston as a family unit, residing in Brookline, Mass ( a Boston suburb) and I am continuing to document their descendants.  Their children were  Daniel, David, Anna/Annie and Mary and possibly Michael. Annie is my g-grandmother.  

Their  marriage record can be found at: Catholic Parish Registers, The National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 04801 / 03

also at  Ancestry.com. Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Marriage  place:  Clountead, Ballingarry and Ballymartle, Cork, Ireland

Parish variants: Ballingarry, Ballymartle, Belgooly, Clontead, Clonthead, Clountead, Clounted

I don't know which to enter as the appropriate parish.

I have not found any of your ancestor's names in our family tree. If I do find information in the future, I will gladly let you know.  Sincerely, Mary O'Hern

Thanks for troubli ng to reply.  I knew it was a long shot but  had to reach out just in case.  I forgot to note that on the Cork marriage registry they spelled his name Ahern. Oh well-we are all cousins one way or another.  Thanks again.  Joanne Close

You're welcome. Dennis Ahern from Acton, Mass. used to have a website full of Ahern/Aherne information. Several of us Ahern/Aherne/O'Hern members met in Ireland back in 2001 for a clan reunion.  He has a lot of knowledge.  Here's one of his: http://world.std.com/~ahern/cv.htm which has several referral sites. This one is also one of his: http://world.std.com/~ahern/  Give it a look and see if your people are mentioned.  Good luck!

A BIG thank you. I will follow up for sure!!

My great grandfather was Michael O'Hern who lived in Linton Indiana and possible traveled from Massachutes to Indiana...

I haven't come across a Michael O'Hern from Linton, Indiana, as yet but if I do I will contact you. I'm including a couple of wetbsites from Dennis Ahern in Massachusetts. Dennis has gathered a lot of info on Ahern, Aherne, O'Hern, and various other spellings. Check out his sites and maybe your Michael will turn up. Best wishes! Mary O

http://world.std.com/~ahern/cv.htm   

my great grandfather MIchael, his father was John Ohern and his father was Patrick OHern....from Kerry County...thanks I will check out Dennis's web page

My Graqnmother  Hannah Shea has listed on her marriage certificate her mother Hanoria O'Hean ... I always though perhaps it waqs Ahearn but all I know is that she was from County Kerry  Hannah Shea married my Grandfather James Morrissey 1903 in NYC    Know its mot much to work on but any ideas

Dianna

Diana, I think you are correct that the name in Ireland was Ahearn. County Kerry records are kept at the local church where they were from and there is a repository at Tralee. When we went to Ireland last, 2001, we saw our records at the church and tried to see them at Tralee but the office was not open and we had a schedule to keep so couldn't go back. There are still quite a few Ahern's in County Kerry. Our spelling had an 'e' at the end which is more rare. It didn't make it any easier to find record, however. Please check out Dennis Ahern's website where he has a lot of information on Ahern's in America. He includes all the variant spellings of the name. http://world.std.com/~ahern/cv.htm    If I find any information on the people you have listed, I will let you kow.

Sincerely, Mary

My Great grandfather was Patrick O'Hern from Linton Indiana, my Grandfather was Timothy O'Hern so lsg I think we are related.

We don't have any record that my husband's great grandfather ever lived in Linton, Indiana and he didn't have a son named Timothy. Their name in Ireland (County Kerry) was Aherne and the first census had them in Iowa by 1860, with the spelling O'Harron but that was most likely how it was pronounced. Subsequent spelling was always O'Hern. I've also found land records prior to 1860 for them and the spelling on those was O'Hern. What I've found in my Ireland searches and trips to Ireland is that the names were consistent in their spelling while they lived in Ireland. If the name was spelled as Ahern or Aherne or Hearn, that is always how it was spelled in records. Once they came to America, spelling was at the mercy of the person doing the recording. That is why there are so many variations. Good luck with your research!

Mary

Gerald O I believe we have the same grandfather.  MaryO my great great great grandfather was Patrick ohern from Kerry ireland that is all I know

LSG cool, My grandfather Timothy lived in Detroit which is where I was born. I guess we visited our family in Linton In when I was very small but I have very little info on Linton other than most of my family is from there and my great grandfather died in a coal mine at 70 years old.

Looking for origins of Anastasia O'Hearn/Ahearn/O'Hearain. Born 1786 in County Kerry. Married Sept 7 1810 in St.John's Newfoundland. She married Patrick Downey right off the ship. He was from Ballyragget Kilkenny.

Hoping her kids names would maybe direct who her parents and siblings could be. Mary, Bridget, Anastasia, James, Catherine, Elizabeth, Patrick, Anne, Thomas and Michael are their kids.
 

I am her 4th gen great granddaughter.