MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS JOHN GREHAN WAS MARRIED TO MARY GRIFFIN ABOUT 1848 IN AUGHRIM IRELAND. THEIR 5 SONS WERE BORN IN AUGHRIM. JAMES WAS BORN 1849, WILLIAM WAS BORN 1852, JOHN WAS BORN 1855, MICHAEL THE ONLY SON TO STAY IN IRELAND WAS BORN 1857 AND DIED IN FAIRFIELD, GALWAY IN 1933. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER PATRICK WAS BORN 1860. IS THERE ANYONE THAT RECOGNIZES THIS FAMILY. MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER, PATRICK GRAHAM/GREHAN MARRIED MARY JANE MURRAY WHO I PRESUME LIVED NEAR AUGHRIM. THEY MARRIED ABOUT 1878/1879. PATRICK'S NAME WAS CHANGED TO GRAHAM UPON ENTERING ELLIS ISLAND NYC USA IN 1882. PATRICK DIED IN AN ACCIDENT IN 1902 AT THE AGE OF 42.
hilltophome
Friday 27th Apr 2012, 11:17AMMessage Board Replies
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Have you learned any more about the above?
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Clare Doyle
Genealogy Support
Wednesday 30th Sep 2015, 10:14AM -
Sorry I can't help you. My Grehan family is all from Kiltullagh in Galway. John Grehan was 1820 - 1901. Like your family, all my Grehans became Graham when they immigrated to Britain or the U.S.
Clete Graham
Friday 23rd Feb 2024, 06:34PM