O'Brien - Power
O’Brien-Power
John and Catherine POWER O’BRIEN were married in GLANWORTH, Co. Cork
on February 23, 1841. Their children John (September 16, 1842), Mary (1844), Margaret
(1846), Patrick (1848) and Hanorah ( 1849) were born in Duntahane, FERMOY. The family emigrated to the United States, probably through Canada, in 1851. They settled in
Colonie, now Menands, Albany County, NY.
The 1855 New York census does not mention Patrick or Hanorah. It is not known
when or where they died. Children born in New York were Hannah, Catherine, Edward,
William and Alice. Son John, my great grandfather married Maria BRENNAN of
Watervliet, daughter of James and Margaret Lahey Brennan, Kilkenny and possibly Tipperary natives.
Names listed as witnesses for John and Catherine’s marriage and children’s baptisms in Ireland are Patrick POWER, John BRIEN, Patrick BRIEN, Ned BRIEN, Michael BRIEN, Daniel HICKEY, Margaret HICKEY, Ellen SWEENEY and Margaret SHEEHAN.
Any additional information or suggestions concerning these families would be most
appreciated.