O'Hallorans that emigrated to Cuba

Ola Juan,

The original name would be O'Halloran, and yes there should be an Irish root somewhere but this could date back to the first part of the 1600's

Is this information correct ?

Jesus O'Halloran was born in Cuba around 1899. He lived in Florida and then moved to New York. He was a cigar maker, and work in a cigar factory. He marriied Julia Marrero, who was puertorrican, and had 3 sons and a daughter. They lived at 234 East 98th Street in Manhattan, NY. Both, Jesus and Julia died around 1940-1945.

 found one Jesus O'Halloran in the Florida Passenger List 1898-1951, who traveled from Cuba to Florida on 1914,and stayed in the house of his cousin Rafael O'Halloran.

As far as I can see the Hallorans have been present in Cuba since 1820 or maybe even before then

Relations ?

And one of the earlier Hallorans born in Cuba

Rafael born 1826 Cuba and family

I see can I find out when and why the O'hallorans ended up in Cuba :)

Regards,

Annemarie

You might have read this already but just in case you have not

http://www.tampapix.com/revolution.htm

Some records indicate that the Hallorans were already in Cuba in 1745.

It was Rosario who passed  the Halloran surname on to the descendants

Rosario was born in Cuba around 1800.

Nicolas Fernandez married  Rosario Halloran around 1820

Their son Rafael was born 26 July 1823 and died 25 November 1916 in West Tampa FL.

Many thanks Anne Marie. 

The information on Jesus O'Halloran is correct. 

Questions:

1. What is the name of the common ancestor that Jesus and Rafael share?

2. Who were Rosario's parents?

3. Did Rosario's father arrive in Cuba from Ireland or was he a descendant from someone who emigrated?

4. How many O'Hallorans emigrated to Cuba from Ireland? To what parish did they belong? 

Thanks again for your help. This is very encouraging!

regards,

Juan

Hi Juan,

It is not very likely that Rosario arrived or lived byherself in Cuba, more then likely here parents were there too so I would not rule out that she was maybe already the second or first generation born in Cuba.

Some texts mention that the O'Hallorans were already in Cuba since 1754, the fact that the name lived on trough the mother could mean that they were a quite important family in Cuba and maybe the Halloran name used for inheritance reason as often happened.

Rosario married in 1820 so she could have been born anytime between 1790 and 1800 , no parents yet.

We might have to dig in to the local history in Cuba first as I am convinced that a family like the Hallorans has been recorded there at some stage. Merchants , military  or missionaries ?

I will have to create a small family tree to  find out who the common ancestors were, the parents of Rosario are not found yet, possible that her father was the first person to emigrate to Cuba when looking at the dates.

We will never find out how many Hallorans emigrated to Cuba as the atlantic crossings were not or poorly recorded in the early days.

I see what I can do, email me and I will give you the end results when  I am done searching

kalishoek@eircom.net

Annemarie

Just a bit about the name :

O'Halloran

O'Halloran, in Irish O hAllmhurain, is the name of two distinct septs. These were located in adjoining counties, Clare and Galway, where their present day descendants are numerous, though seldom found in Leinster or Ulster. The propinquity of these two counties makes it a matter of doubt to which sept dwellers on their border belong, except in cases where a pedigree or family tradition exists. The Co Galway sept, whose slogan was "Clann Fearghaile abu", were Chiefs of Clann Fearghaile, an extensive territory near Lough Corrib: they were the original proprietors of the lands on the western boundary of Galway City. The retained their leading position in Iar-Connacht to the end of the sixteenth century for they appear as such in the "Composition Book of Connacht" (1585). The Clare sept is of the same stock as the MacNamaras of Thomond; they were located in Ogonnelloe on the shore of Lough Derg and spread southwards into Co. Limerick. Though originally of less importance than their Galway namesakes, they have, however, produced all the notable men of the name. Sylvester O'Halloran (1728-1807), surgeon and eye-specialist, historian, antiquary and Irish language enthusiast, and his brother Rev. Joseph Ignatius O'Halloran, S.J. (1718-1800), Professor of Philosophy at Bordeaux were born and bred in Limerick: as was Sir Joseph O'Halloran (1763-1843), who, though he served for fifty years with distinction in the British army, retained his association with Limerick till his death. He had eight sons in the same service, tow of whom Thomas and William, subsequently became prominent in Australia. According to family tradition Sylvester O'Halloran and the rest of that distinguished Limerick family were of the Co. Galway not of the Thomond sept. Another of that name, Laurence Hynes O'Halloran (1766-1831), after an adventurous life as poet, sailor, teacher and wanderer, was transported to Australia and ended as the headmaster of a school in Sydney.

IRISH MIGRATION STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICA

Health, Physicians and Nurses in Latin America: An Introduction

In 1780 the Dublin Society of Surgeons was
formed, having finally broken away from the
barber-surgeons guild to which Catholic Irish
had been refused membership (Widdess 1989:
2). On 11 February 1784, it received its royal
charter, and the Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland was founded under its first president,
Sylvester O?Halloran.
 

There were recurrent epidemics in Barbados,
Cuba, Haiti, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador,
and Argentina

( seen the Halloran name in Peru too)

Sylvester O?Halloran (1728-1807), was a distinguished Limerick surgeon and a Catholic, who
studied at the Universities of Leiden and Paris. He was one of the few Irish Catholics to reach the top
of the medical profession in eighteenth-century Ireland. But Sylvester stayed in Limerick so not him but maybe a relation went to Cuba

Hi Mallow Cork,

Did you get my reply that I checked irishgeneology about McGraths at Ballylongford and got no reults..hope someone can help with that..

We had found a baptismal record there for a Juliana McGrath 30 July 1829 last year from their records,with this id: page 12...KY-RC-BA-67784..

There must be more records there for the family. If child was baptised there, hope we can find info on parents, Phillip and Ellen(Eleanor)

Thanks

Angela

I have emailed you and it looks like the Hallorans went from Ireland to Cuba during the Flight of the Wild Geese from Ireland so quite a while back , have followed the family from Havana to Key West in Florida

I was told that every O'halloran that lived in cuba were related. I've been trying to find my Dad's family for a long time. I had the shield of the family but my brother manage to lost it. I know they were from Kilkenny. They emigrated to Cuba. My mom will give me a bible with a genelaogic tree. Hopefuly it will help. 

Hi, all

This is exactly what was explained to me by a colleague of mine who was doing research on the subject: the O'Hallerons arrived in Cuba in the Flight of the Wild Geese. He gave me a male name of someone who I guess served in the regiment that was in Havana, but I don't have the email any longer, unfortunately. That Jesus fellow was my great grandfather, and I'm sure it's the same guy because my grandmother's name shows up. But I think the year of death is incorrect: I believe he died in the 1980s because my family had some contact with him throughout the 60s and 70s. I don't think he properly divorced my great grandmother, and then married an Italian woman, and then Julia. (Quite a busy guy.)

hello MallowCork: Im a direct descendant from the O'halloran in Cuba My greatgrandfather Who by the way was Juan's Grandfather's brother was an Ohalloran, and he in the 1950's was able to trace his irish lineage to end of 1730s, i will like to know where did find the info where it mentions the Ohallorans in cuba about that time, please it would help me alot. Thank you

Hello! My great-grand father's name was Simón Herrera O'Halloran (born ca 1875-1880), born in El Cano, (in the Western part of Havana) and her mother was Mercedes O'Halloran (born around 1850), his father (I don't have the name) Mr. O'Halloran should be born around 1810-1820 in the Western part of Havana, and I think he might be from the same family as Rosario O'Halloran. I see that Rafael F. O'Halloran, Rosario's son was born in 1823 in Artemisa, and it's not that far from El Cano

Hello, Alfred, Simon Herrera O'Halloran is also my great-grandfather, I could find some document about him in Cuba. You can contact me roger.herrerag@gmail.com

Hello,

My great grandmother was Mercedes O'hallorans from Cuba. She was married to Miguel Vildosola.  They had a daughter, Ana Celia Vildosola O'Halloran.

I am trying to establish a connection between the O'Hallorans in my family and the cigar makers that went to Tampa.

Rosario O'Halloran may be a key link.

Any info you might have will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Luis Gonzalez