John J REGAN went to Rochester, NY, became a contractor of home building and sidewalks. He left sisters and brothers in the Dunmanway area of Cork. His cousins, John and Hannah, also lived in Rochester. John was a motorman on streetcars but around 1927 he purchased a farm outside the city where he worked everyday with his sister. They had sheep, horses, a dog and a cat. He still owned the farm through 1940 according to a city directory. Some time in the 1940a or 1950s John and Hannah pined for the Ireland home. He gave up his US dual citizenship and returned to Co Cork.
John J REGAN is my great-grandfather. His wife Elizabeth died ten years before him. John J died in 1931. One of his children is my mother, Elizabeth (Betty). I am interested in connecting with relatives. I was in Dunmanway once. I took a bus by myself to get there from an hour away,and walked all over town, all day. It was great. I had to catch a taxi at the end of the day as I missed the last bus.
Patricia TROY Demers
Tuesday 15th Nov 2016, 01:22PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Patricia . . . Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out . . .
Without dates .. of Birth, Marriage, Female surname . . etc . . it is diffacult to assist you in your search . . BUT . .
the following MAY be of some help . . .
In the national Census of 1901 . . . this is a picture of the REGAN surname . . for Dunmanway
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=19…
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1911 Census shows . . .
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=19…
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By Chance . . I came across . . a John J. Regan (age 29) . . arriving in Ellis Island . . Aug.29th.1895 aboard he Teutonic
just above his name is listed a Hannah Cashman (age 20) . . . BOTH from Cork
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TRY searching this site . . .
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/
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Checking a Land Registry . . i.e. . . .Griffiths Valuation . . for that period . . I find a REGAN in the townsland of
Inchigeelagh . . . which is in proximity to Dunmanway . . .
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNam…
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MAP . . . site . . . Logainm.ie
http://www.logainm.ie/en/9852?s=Dunmanway
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To-Date . . PHONE book . . .
https://www.eirphonebook.ie/q/name/where/Dunmanway,%20Co.%20Cork/who/Re…
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I personally am not in the CORK region . . but maybe . . a Volunteer in that area . . may join in . . in the search . . with more local knowledge . . hopefully . . .
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I do hope that this may be of some help to you . . . IF you can help with more info. re. dates etc . .
feel free to come back again
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Cheers . . . Eamonn
Eamonn M. Horan, Volunteer Ireland Reaching Out ☘️
Tuesday 15th Nov 2016, 07:44PM -
Patricia . . .
You may want to consider autosomal DNA testing.
Eamonn M. Horan, Volunteer Ireland Reaching Out ☘️
Tuesday 15th Nov 2016, 08:05PM