Connelly Family Relationship to DeValera

Jake:

Do you have Catherine Connelly Johnson' death record and does it show her parents names? Do you have the marriage record for Patrick Connelly and Anna Coll? I was unable to find a marriage record in Ireland. de Valera's Coll family came from Bruree in Co. Limerick.

Roger McDonnell

I do not have Anna Connelly Johnson's death record. All I have is what is reported through my family and also infromation on the message at www.irelandxo.com/node/11343. Should I try posting within the Limerick page?

Jake:

No need to post in Limerick at this time. Let me check with Clare Doyle, our Heritage Resource Manager, to see if she can contact the person ( Ruth Williams) who posted the message back in 2012. Maybe she would have info. 

Roger

Thank you very much. I know that her full name is Anna Catherine Connelly (Later Johnson after she married Irwin Johnson). I believe her mothers full name was Johanna Hannie Coll, married to Patrick John Connelly. Thank you very much

Hi
Have contacted Ruth and provided the link for her to see. I hope she will be in touch

Happy Holidays!
Clare
Genealogy Support

Hi I have a small part of Eamon de Valera's family tree on www,geni.com you can have a look there http://www.geni.com/people/Catherine-Coll/6000000015717365581?through=6…  Geni is free to use you will need a email address to view but that is all. So far I have found no relation to the Connoly's but Eamon de Valera's mother Catherine Coll had a sister Johanna Coll born in 1859 Bruree Co Limerick

Anne Marie

I am a Coll From dromin bruree area and still live here any info you want I'd be happy to help

Jackerjohnson who is looking for the great grandmother Connelly connected to deValera I am your cousin in USA. Please contact me Elaine Bissell at diamondmermaid @gmail.com

Hello Jake and LLOCBLR

I am Donie O Sullivan ,living near Mallow and I have connections with the DeValera/Coll names.My great grandmother was a Catherine Coll from Fedamore parish and near Bruree..DeValeras mother was also a Catherine Coll and my ancestors maintained they nwere cousins and this was bourne out by the fact that my family were regularly in touch with Eamon DeValera when he was leader of the country and muy crowd had a number of lorries on the road during the second world war ,I have tried to pin down the exact relationship but failed.I know my catherines parents were Thomas and mary ryan who married in Fedamore parish in 1852. and lived out their lives there.Any info I can get on any relationship with the Colls would be gratefully welcome.Edward Coll who brought E.deValera back to Ireland seems to have emigrated to the USA and I hazard a guess that it  Jakes connection to deValera originates from him or from Catherine herself.Not much guidance here.

i attach a photo of my catherine and added one of DeValera and his Mother catherine  when both were about 80 and the similarity is noticeable

Donie

Hi my Mums name was Cull and she came from Midleton Co Cork not sure how related but head family talking many a time x

Hi Coll relatives  My great grandmother was Hannah or Anna Coll aunt to DeValera. She married Patrick Connelly and had five children. My grandmother was Mary Connelly and she married Howard Johnson. Her sister Anne Catherine Connelly married Irwin Johnson. They had one son Gene Johnson. I have records and pictures. Elaine Bissell. diamondmermaid @ Gmail.com

No Coll-Connelly marriage found here: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/marriagerecords/

I'm in Rochester, if I can be of any help...

Meg

Hi Meg that is my great grandparents and you can contact me for pictures and documents. Anna Coll married Patrick Connelly Lennox Massachusetts moved to Rochester had five children and lived by Catherine Wheelright her sister. I am from Rochester. They are all buried in cemetery on Lake Ave

We have found jackerjohnson. He has pictures of his great grandmother and family connected. Thanks to all. We are still connecting to all family. If anyone can identify the family photos located hanging in the DeValera cottage in Bruree we would be so grateful. Could be my great great grandparents 

Hi Donie O Sullivan I loved your photos and agree how much they look alike. My family was over in Bruree visiting in March looking for family. I would very much like to compare family information. 

Saw no name on last post. Do contact me at donieosul@gmail.com and you are welcome to any info i have which is not a lot.Perhaps you may be able to fill insome for me also.I have hit a brick wall in pinning my Catherine Coll down as I failed to find her baptism even though I know her parents and when and where they married and lived after marriag. Looking forward to hearing from you

Regards Donie

Have sent you email. My name is Elaine Bissell from Florida USA and I am reaching out to family with Coll connection in Ireland. My roots trace back to Bruree Limerick and our family homestead is from the DeValera cottage there in Bruree. Still looking for Patrick Coll descendents   ☘️☘️☘️

Hi Meg from Rochester. I made a mistake my great grandparents Patrick Connelly and Anna Coll Connelly were married in Manhattan NY then moved to Lennox Massachusetts and then to Rochester New York.

Hello Everyone!

If any of you have not already done so with the ancestors that you have listed in the above thread, please consider adding them to the XOChronicles (tab at the top of this page).  I think that with the number of shared families between yourselves, the Ancestor profiles would have a big impact on your research.  The link for the profile is here:  https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy

Any questions, please let me know.  The best of luck to all of you with your new connections and your further research.  If any of you who are abroad are planning on travelling to Ireland next year, please let us know. We can arrange for a local volunteer to meet with you during your stay.  

Kind regards,

Jane

Hi there,

I too have hit a brick wall while tracing my family line. My great great grandmother was Catherine Coll, who was from Belview, which I believe is located between Banogue and Bruree. She was born in 1838.

Catherine's father was either James Coll or Edmund James Coll, and her mother was either Anna or Bridget. (On her wedding day, one of the witnesses was Bridget Coll.)

Some of Catherine's family is laid to rest at the old Anhid cemetery in Croom. There are two headstones. One is in memory of Edmund James Coll (1816-1895), Edmund O'Shaughnessy (RIP 1951) and Catherine O'Shaughnessy (RIP 1942). The neighbouring headstone, which was erected by Patrick Coll, is in memory of 'his affectionate brother', James Coll (RIP 1869) and their mother, Anne Coll (RIP 1881). 

I only learned about the Coll family connection recently. There was as rift in my mother's family (which had to do with politics -no surprise there!), and it is only lately that I have been able to join the dots. If anyone can throw any light on the connections, I would really appreciate it! I know that Patrick and James were, like Catherine, born in the 1830s. 

All suggestions really appreciated!!

Thank you.