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From: "Maureen Shelly" <>
Subject: Re: HIGGINS
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 11:14:29 -0600
References: <595266456.984142777@bldg81-0019.unm.edu>


MARY HIGGINS of Claremorris, County Mayo, widow of Matthew Higgins, left my
great grandfather, EDWARD COSTELLO b. Ireland May, 1838, a very generous
inheritance in 1889 ..... and I do not know why!

Was she his mother, remarried? Was she his married sister? Was she "paying
off" because she was so grateful that he had fought in the Civil War 25
years earlier in the place of her son, EDWARD HIGGINS, a farmer of
Tarrytown, New York?

Perhaps you will want to look for MARY & MATTHEW HIGGINS in Claremorris,
whom we know had relatives in the US, and help clear up my mystery as
well!?!

Have a wonderful trip, Margaret!

Maureen Costello Shelly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret M. Shinn" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: HIGGINS


> Hello.
>
> My Patrick Higgins emigrated to Leeds, England then to Philadelphia in
> 1881. His father was Patrick Higgins
> and Mary MacDonald or McDonnell was his mother. I have a Mary, Ellen, and
> Bridget in my family, but I haven't
> heard of Catherine Ansboro. Your Patrick would have been about 26 when my
> g-grandfather was born. Patrick
> had a younger sister Margaret who also emigrated to Philadelphia and
became
> a nun. I also think they had a
> brother, Andrew.
>
> All of the documents I've seen list their birthplace as County Mayo, but
> without an actual town or parish. That is
> what I have been researching.
>
> I'm planning a trip to Ireland the end of May and will spend time in
County
> Mayo trying to locate my Higgins'.
> When I was there two years ago, I had a feeling when I was in Castelbar
> that that could have been their birthplace -
> but it was just a feeling.
>
> Let me know if you think there could be any connection, or if you know of
a
> "Higgins" area in County Mayo.
>
> Margaret Shinn
>
>
>
>
>
> --On Thursday, March 08, 2001, 8:59 PM +0000 TERRY C
<>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Saw the note regarding HIGGINS (email address left off). Just thought
I'd
> > mention that I am researching Patrick Higgins b. 1830 Mayo (probably
> > Foxfort) he was married to Catherine ANSBORO b. 1840 (probably Foxofrt).
> > Children were: Mary abt. 1865, Ellen abt. 1867, Bridget abt. 1870,
> > Catherine 1876, John abt. 1874.
> >
> > Mary came to the US first. Then Bridget wanted to come, so the whole
> > family came in 1883. They eventually settled in Dents Run PA. Ellen
died
> > early on and is buried in Lock Haven PA. Related names: Daly, Fagan,
> > Mulroy. Eventually, the family moved to Buffalo, NY.
> >
> > Where did your HIGGINS family settle when they came over?
> >
> > Terry Carroll
> >
> >
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>
> Margaret M. Shinn
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