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Subject: [ILROOTS-L] DONOVAN, Jeremiah & KELLY, Mary m. bef. 1845 IRE>IL
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:39:55 EDT
I don't know a lot about my gr-gr-gr-grandparents and their family, but here
is what I know. If anyone knows anything more about this family, please
e-mail me! Or if they have advice on how to find information on the O'DONOVAN
family in Co. Cork, it would be REALLY appreciated!
Jeremiah DONOVAN (maybe O'DONOVAN-ROSSE -- was his mother a ROSSE?) married
Mary KELLY before 1845. We know it was in County Cork, but not sure which
village. My gr-gr-grandmother's obit says she was born near Queenstown, which
I know to be Cobh. Another cousin says that Jeremiah and Mary were married in
Skull (Schull?). I don't know which is correct, though.
They had 9 children, all but the youngest one or two were born in Ireland.
These are the children, as nearly as I can figure their order: Mary (m. Peter
Hagerty WALLACE), Jerry (never married?), Joe (never married?), John (m. Mary
FOLEY, Anna "Nancy" (m. Joseph FEENEY), Ellen (never married?), Michael
(never married?), Timothy (m. Ella KORTHIUS), Katherine (m. Patrick
SULLIVAN). Katherine may have been the one born in Illinois.
Around 1860, the oldest daughter, Mary was sent to the U.S. to earn enough
money to bring the rest of the family here. She settled in Joliet, Illinois.
When the family had enough money, they came -- all but the son Timothy who
was 2 years old and had some sort of rash or something, so he stayed in
County Cork with friends or relatives. Finally he came to the U.S., too, but
his older brothers made fun of him because he "talked funny", so he went to
Iroquois County to live with his sister Mary.
Mary had met and married Peter Hagerty WALLACE (s/o Thomas WALLACE & Esther
HAGERTY) and settled with him in Danforth or Ashkum. They had children of
their own, but they took Timothy in, and sent him to the MERKLE school (on
property donated by another of my ancestors).
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