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My ancestor from Ireland is Michael Dunn. He was born 1 April 1833 in Kilkenny to Oryan Dunn and Coleen Mcginnes.  He came to America via Canada.  The story told is he came with a tinker as a child. No date, no name of who brought him, no port of arrival or where he enter the US or when.  He is listed on the 1860 census in Potter county Pennsylvania living with a family as a farm hand.  He was a soldier in the Civil War and was wounded in Twennessee  He lost both legs.  He married in Tennessee Sarah Elizabeth Ellison. The military shiped him by train in a barrell of cotton home to Pennsyhlvania where his wife and her mother and siblings joined him.  They had 2 sons and 4 daughters before his death in 1877. 

Tuesday 22nd Dec 2015, 03:01PM

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  • Gail:

    Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

    I searched on Roots Ireland in Co. Kilkenny for Michael Dunn baptismal records from 1828-1838. There were 28 Michael Dunn baptismal records in this period but none had a mother Coleen or McGinnis or a father Oryan. The only record in 1833 is below and this Michael was baptized on April 15th.

    Roger McDonnell

    Name:Michael DunneDate of Birth:
    Date of Baptism:15-Apr-1833Address:EnisnagParish/District:DANESFORTGender:MaleCountyCo. Kilkenny
    Denomination:Roman Catholic
    Father:Denis DunneMother:Anne WarmerOccupation:

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    Tuesday 22nd Dec 2015, 04:06PM

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