Recently, the following article was posted on the website: Nurse Katie McConologue and the Great Flu of 1918. Aside from the current Covid crises, the reason this article caught my eye is the name McConologue. This is the ancestor in our tree which I relate this name back to:
John McConologue Toorish
1894–1970
BIRTH 6 NOV 1894 • Strabane, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
DEATH FEB 15 1970 • Toronto City, York South, Ontario, Canada
great-grandfather
We suspect that this may be a maiden name of a maternal family line of his mother's, who was an O'Donnell. We've tried to research this name which is less common than our family name of "McConnell" , LOL but to no avail. Much of our research was investigating McConologues in Letterkenny, Donegal (as we had other family members that seemed to go back and forth from there and Strabane, Tyrone).
Is there anyway that Irelandxo can forward this message to a "McConologue" descendent of Kate McConologue feature in the article above? And/or would anyone with information on this family be able to provide me with any info? I do have an account on Ancestry under my name below if anyone would like to message me there.
Any info that can be provided would be greatly appreciated.
Karen Mallen
Karen Mc16
Wednesday 1st Jul 2020, 05:43PMMessage Board Replies
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Karen, my grandfather’s family were McConologues from Letterkenny who settled in northern Maine. After a generation, the name became shortened to Conlogue. I will try to send you an invite on Ancestry to view my tree. DB Foster
DB Foster