Cavanagh/Foley/Malone

Do you have the family names ( first names) and who was married to who, east Galway covers a wide area with towns such as Athenry, Ballinasloe, Loughrea, Tuam etc so any help to identify area or connections will help. Do you have the immigration records/name of ship etc. Any information will assist.

Hi Eileen,

Ellen Cavanagh was married to John Foley.  That information is from the St. Patrick’s church register in LaSalle, IL when Edward Foley married the widow, Elizabeth Malone Farrell. Elizabeth’s parents were listed at her first marriage, also at St. Pat’s, as Michael Malone and Anna McNamara. Michael Farrell’s parents were listed as Francis Farrell and Joanna Lynch.

I believe Elizabeth immigrated in 1847 on the ship Brooksby, with two relatives (sisters or cousins?), Margaret Malone aged 19 and Susan Malone aged 18. Elizabeth was listed as 17.  All census records from LaSalle has her born in 1830 and two censuses have her immigrating in 1847 and 1846. A Margaret Malone was a witness to her marriage to Edward Foley, so I believe this is probably a correct record.

I don’t have a record of Edward’s immigration but he was in the 1850 census in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, applied for citizenship in that same city and was granted citizenship in 1860 in LaSalle and Schuylkill Haven was listed as where he applied in 1854.  I believe it said he had been in the country for at least five years to apply, so immigration in 1949 or prior.

That’s about all I know. Edward was a miner and died in 1863. Elizabeth, twice widowed in less than ten years, had three children with Farrell and four with Edward Foley.  She died in 1919 and her obituary said she was in her 90th year.

Thank you for replying and thanks, in advance, for any research you do.

Pat

Sorry, forgot to add, the three pins placed by AncestryDNA were just to the SW of Eyrecourt.  Looking at a map, somewhere in the area of Stoney Road, Feaghmore, Maughernearla.  Obviously, it could be anywhere in Eastern Galway.

Thanks again.

Pat