In early America so many different name spellings – do you recognise any of these folk?
My late Uncle, Joseph ‘Cyril’ Donoghue, once investigated the Donoghue name using a Washington D.C. genealogy company. Now I have a lot of DNA matches to early Americans who have been here earlier than my ancestors 1850 est date. So that tells me someone from the Glens line was here earlier. From the report my […]
Do you have any impressive ancestors like Greg’s uncle, Joseph Cyril Donoghue
Apologies for posting this late Today is June 6th, 80th Anniversary of the D Day landings at Normandy, France. My late Uncle, Joseph ‘Cyril’ Donoghue, Col. USA was a veteran of WW l, serving as a 1st Lt and Commanding a Machine Gun Nest in that conflict. After the war he graduated from Fordham Law […]
What do you think of Greg’s speculation?
Great edition Rod. I am still focused on trying to learn of my ancestor, John Donoghue’s townland prior to 1850. DNA has matches for me in both Kerry and Cork which is no surprise due to the movement of the clan over the centuries. Currently, Paula Kennedy believes that due to Ancestry DNA match with […]
Daniel, James (Jacob) and Mathew (O’) Donohue Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland late 1700s
I am researching the lineage of these three brothers. I simply cannot find anything about their line in Ireland. Zero. James (born Jacob) dropped the O’ and became James Donohue (1795-1879), and emigrated to Michigan, US. Married Ellen O’se (1814-1905). They had 4 children: Mary, Thomas, John, and William. Daniel O’Donoghue (1771-1814), married Sarah Kisby (1771-1814), they had 7 children: […]
Does anyone recognise Thomas Donoghue and Margaret Costello in Ripon, North Yorkshire in 1851 – possibly from West Clare or Galway?
I am aware that my family arrived in Ripon (now North Yorkshire, England) in the middle of the 19th century during the period known as the potato famine. I also know that Thomas Donoghue married Margaret Costello and her sister married his brother Martin (they moved away from Ripon). They are shown in a census […]
Do you know the birth family of Jeremiah O’Donoghue b.c.1833 of Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry and his siblings Daniel, Patrick and a sister – respond to Rod or Comment below
I’m just looking for help with connecting my 2nd great grandfather who immigrated to the USA with his birth family. I’ve tried to explain what I know in various forums, but have now shown it in a graphic as it might be easier to visualize. (although people are amazing at understanding other people’s trees & […]
Calling all Dumphys – would anyone with this spelling please make contact
My wife who is a retired adult education head told me that in Spanish you can not write a N before a P it has to be an M. So logically Dunphy if written by a Spaniard would automatically become Dumphy. Would be interesting to ask any Dumphys out there about their family histories. Maybe […]
Tell me about the surname variations in your family – a wonderful case from Monaghan
Tell me about the surname variations in your family – a wonderful case from Monaghan There are many different spellings of the name in historic records and in current use. Since I started my research programme over 875 variants have been found see Name variants – Odonoghue . In most cases one expects that today’s variant […]
1903 and 1929 UK postcards
Over 20 years ago this bloke used to peddle postcards to those of the name they had on them. He went to live in Spain and I didn’t hear from him again until he offered the members of the Guild of One Name Studies his stock. There were two that are relevant to us One […]
The story of Chief Donnahoo Donnahoo
Every so often I wander the net looking for stories about our name I came across this one on Donnahoo Donnahoo (abt.1690-abt.1752) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree ‘Chief Donahoo was claimed as a Cherokee ancestor by a group of about 800 people when they filed Eastern Cherokee applications for a share of $4 million owed […]