Searching for Hugh O'Hare, born about 1800, and his wife Hannah Burns, born about 1805.
I believe Hugh was born in Co. Sligo, although his family must originally have been from Ulster, possibly Co. Armagh. Family was Roman Catholic. I think they may have relocated to Connacht around the time of the Rebellion of 1798 and subsequent violence against Catholics. Hannah Burns was supposed to be from Co. Down.
Hugh and Hannah emigrated to Ontario, Canada, prior to 1830, based on birth of their children. Of eight children, first was a female born in Ireland who died on voyage to Canada. Second was a female who died in infancy and was probably buried in Hastings County, Ontario. Third child was Ann O'Hare, born 1831, who married Michael Malone (listed on the 1861 Census of Canada as Patrick but all subsequent census records list him as Michael) between 1851 and 1861.
The remaining children were: James B. O'Hare, born 1837, Francis O'Hare born 1839 and listed on the 1851 census as a female, Hugh Augustine O'Hare born 1841, Mary born 1843, and the last child, a female, burned to death playing around a fire.
Hannah and her middle four children are found on the 1851 Census of Canada in Richmond Twp, Ontario. She is listed on the 1861 form with James and Mary, and on the 1871 form with James. There is no mention of the father Hugh and I suspect he died prior to the 1851 Census of Canada.
I am descended from Hugh, born 1841. My brother is the 4th Hugh Augustine O'Hare and the 7th Hugh O'Hare. He graciously agreed to DNA testing at Family Tree DNA. I've joined the Ulster Project and the Down Project at that site and will now join the Connacht Project.
The administrator of the Down Project contacted me to say that the family may have relocated from Ulster to Sligo because of the 1798 Rebellion. The administrator also said that there was a Joseph O'Hare in the 1901 Co. Sligo census and that at 83 years old Joseph might possibly have been a brother of my gg-grandfather Hugh who married Hannah Burns. The Down administrator also said there was an O'Hare family in Co. Mayo in 1911 but they disappeared after that, indicating possible emigration.
I want to learn our Irish origins and hopefully find some living relatives in Ireland. I am hoping that the Ireland Reaching Out site can provide the clue that lets me reach my goal.
Sarah M. (Sally) O'Hare Amy
Sarah O'Hare Amy
Tuesday 12th Feb 2013, 02:48AMMessage Board Replies
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Do you know much about their emigration? The dates, the reasonwhy they left, who they may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given atthe port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g.Liverpool, New York, etc.), this could be a good place to find more information. -And perhaps evenfind out an exact place of origin. Ellis Island:http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp Castlegarden:http://www.castlegarden.org/ US National Archives/Immigration info:http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/ The Boston Pilot; From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a?Missing Friends? column with advertisements from people looking for ?lost? friends and relativeswho had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of 40,743 recordsis available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad thatappeared in the Pilot. http://infowanted.bc.edu/ ROMAN CATHOLIC:Most Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is -http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ?browse? an overview of availablerecords per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possibleassistance. The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml Also try these links Sir; The National Archives of Irelandhttp://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/ The National Library of Irelandhttp://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx The National Archives UK ? genealogy search:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/ The Public Records Office of Northern Irelandhttp://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm The US National Archives:http://www.archives.gov/ The National Archives Scotland- family history:http://www.nas.gov.uk/familyHistory/ The Library & Archives of Canada -http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html Irish Newspaper Archives:http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
Connaught Ireland
Thursday 21st Feb 2013, 11:31AM