Donnelly Search

Hi Miriam, the first link to marriage of Ellen Connors is a new one for me and all the names fit, including her Father and place where they lived in Doon, Ellen Connors is my Grandmother's Aunt. The death record doesnt fit for Mary Donnelly; MY Grandmother did have an Aunt called Mary Anne, but born 1866, so the death record doesnt match for age. I had seen the Census for the Donnelly family, so that was my error not mentioning James, sorry. I know he did stay on the family farm and died some years later in a Care Home in Fintona. Maybe now the new records have been put online I will discover more, once again thank you for your kind work, Martin

....me again, can you determine surname of Elen Connors husband?

Good Morning Miriam, found the McMulkin name by going to Irish Genealogy directly and retrieved name from search result list. I do have an Ancestry account, but not access to USA records.

Wondering about where all my ancestors ended up, having pretty much exhausting web sites, I wondered if some like Bernard Donnelly had emigrated; (I am certain that some of the Treanors and Connors did as I have good DNA matches to people in USA) I believe its harder to find records of people leaving Ireland than arriving in other parts of the world because Authorities were more concerned about people arriving rather than leaving? So maybe I need to upgrade my Ancestry account and look elsewhere. My mother told me that Bernard Donnelly had emigrated to USA, but I have a feeling he first went to Quebec City, she also added that he died in a railway accident shortly after arriving. My surname should be Treanor too, as the father's name was left blank on his birth certificate, but that is another story!

my email address is mdonnelly4@sky.com 

Martin

Good Morning Miriam, done some more searching without finding anything that ticks the boxes. However I did find one record for John Donnelly, my Father's Great Uncle. He was born in 1864 and the record I found was for marriage to Margaret McNulty in 1892, in Magheralough Chapel, in the District of Irvinestown which isn't far from where the family lived in Tempo, but I am still not certain it is the JD I am looking for. I have attached the file; The name of his father is correct, Hugh Donnelly, Irvinestown is close to where the family lived, but he is listed as a servant, most of my ancestors were farmers, labourers, shoemakers, whitesmiths etc, so servant seems unusual. States his residence is Stralongford which is in Leitrim? However on some records I have viewed Stralongford could mean Stralongford Road and there is one close by near Omagh. I know that the Donnelly family had 'links' in this area, indeed the Donnelly and Treanors did know each other and JD was a witness at my Grandfather's wedding in Tempo. So forgive this long meandering mail, will you have a look at the attached register and let me know what you think?

Once again thank you

ok :-)

Miriam, quick update on my searches.

I traced one of my Donnelly ancestors noted in original post. Mary Ann Donnelly born in Tempo 1866. I have a DNA match with a lady in New Jersey, USA she had 'some Donnellys' in her family tree; I also matched a relative of hers but my initial email enquiry to him was quickly rebutted so I left it. However this lady was quite eager to help. Her G/Grandmother was Mary Ann, she left Ireland in 1882 aged just 16 sailed across the Atlantic alone, she went to live with relatives and settled in Orange Essex NJ. She sent me a photograph of her shortly after arrival which is amazing. She married in 1893 and had a number of children. Yesterday she found and sent me her marriage and death documents confirming her identity. Perseverence and a little bit of fortune works

Kind regards, Martin