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Subject: from HOLLAND-D Digest V04 #45
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:14:17 EDT

any of this sound familiar

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> Dear List,
>
> My cousin Cathy and I have been researching our Irish roots and our family
> starts with the marriage of Bridget Holland and James Concannon. Here is
> what
> we know so far.
> Bridget Holland (Holleran) was born about 1856 in County Galway and died 7
> Nov 1918 in Knockouran, Gort, Co Galway. She married James Concannon (b.
> about
> 1840-1844, Co Galway) who died 30 Aug 1930 in Gorteenboy, Gort, Co Galway.
> We do not know the year of their marriage.
> Their children were: Mary (1877-1956), Patrick Martin (1878-1932), Thomas
> (aka Steel Concannon) (1880-1932) [known for hurling - when he stopped
> playing
> the game, he made hurling sticks], Bridget Agnes (sometimes known as Agnes
> Bridget) (1884-1974), Catherine (1885-1949), John Joseph (1887-1958),
> Michael
> Joseph (1889-1982), Patrick (Patt) (1892-?), James (1894-1969), Elizabeth
> (Lizzie)
> (1896-?) and Nora (Honoria) (1899-1969). The children were all born in the
> Kilbeacanty parish (Knockouran/Gorteenboy), and we have baptism records from
> the
> church on them.
> We know that Mary, Bridget Agnes, Catherine, John Joseph, Michael Joseph,
> and
> James Concannon came to the US. We do not know what became of Patrick
> (Patt)
> or Elizabeth (Lizzie) after the 1911 census.
> The 1901 census shows Patrick Holland Sr & Jr in Gorteenboy. We believe our
> Bridget was a sister to Patrick Jr, and daughter to Patrick Sr, but have yet
> to prove it conclusively. The children we can come up with for Patrick Jr
> are:
> John, Mary, Michael, Patrick Joseph, Bartty. There may have been others
> that
> we are not aware of at this time. Michael and Bartty remained in Ireland.
> Patrick Joseph and John came to US, more specifically, MA. Mary is also said
> to
> have come to the US.
> We have been told that the last name was changed to Holland, but we are not
> sure what it was changed from. There is a baptism record which shows
> Bridget
> Holleran, but we do not know if this was an error or reverted back to what
> the
> name was prior to being changed. We do know that the change took place in
> Ireland and not the USA.
> We are looking for information/relatives in both Ireland and the USA. Any
> help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Linda Jackson
> Danbury, CT
>
>
>


Jim Denning
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