Presenting The Ten Children of
Francis T. & Mary G.(Mahan) Donohue
MaryLou - Frank - Jack - Lorraine - Bill - Tom - Joe - Grace - Jeannine - Ed

Descendants of Thomas Donahue, born Ireland circa 1817, Emigrated to Philadelphia before 1845.

This Group has been set up to facilitate the collection and sharing of information on the DONOHOE lineage in Australia, started by the immigration of Thomas DONOHOE (1844-1925) during the early 1870's.

Apart from the recording and publishing of statistical information such as Birth, Deaths and Marriages, the major goal of the facility is to record information on the individual lives of the people that make up this lineage.

Photographs, anecdotal stories and facts about the lives of individuals will help to bring this Group to life, and in some way pay homage to the men and women that helped pioneer this great country.

I would urge all that are interested in preserving the triumphs and tribulations of ourselves and our ancestor's lives, for future generations to ponder, is to immediately sit down with either yourself or with the oldest members of your family and document life-stories. It doesn't have to be a manuscript - just a simply précis of the highs and lows; of special interest should be those anecdotal stories that that one tends to retell, over and over again. The ones that make you laugh - the ones that make you cry.

Upload these stories and/or titbits of information together with any photographic images you would like to share with the Group. They will be like gold nuggets to future generations.

The intention is to collate the information uploaded by members, and publish it via this web site for all interested parties to browse and ponder.

It is probable but unknown if Timothy Donohue had any Brothers.
So our trace of the Legacy of the Donohue Family name begins at his birth in what is believed to be Kilmeany, County Kerry, Ireland, in 1834'ish.
( Probably was O'Donoghue; and town sounds like Kil ‘main' ey )

Charted through to Timothy Michael Donahue (1896-1973) of Norfolk, Virginia

The Irish connection: John Donoghue b. circa 1810 (we are not sure where yet, but NZ folklore says they came from County Cork) married Margaret ...................born 1816 in Ireland. (We know this from the 1881 Census in England) When Margaret was 39/40yrs old she had Michael Donoghue born 1855/56 in England. John was still living at the time of Margaret's death in 1885, at the age of 69yrs. So far we haven't been able to find a death cert for John, and we don't know when or where they were married.
The Irish
Connection


The UK Connection: Michael Donoghue born in 1855/56 in Rotherhithe, Surrey, London. His parents being John and Margaret Donoghue.
Michael Donoghue married Alice Victory. His occupation being that of a Labourer. . At the time of the 1881 Census, they are listed as having only 2 children: John (Duck) Donoghue b. 1879 in West Ham Essex. and Michael Donoghue b. 1881in West Ham, Essex, London.. Michael's mother, Margaret was also with them the night of the 1881 Census. We have as yet to locate other siblings.

John (Duck) and Michael Donoghue left England and arrived in
New Zealand


The UK
Connection


The Kiwi Connections: John (Duck) Donoghue as New Zealand folklore has it, came out to NZ as a fire stoker on a ship, and jumped ashore to stay in NZ. We don't know how factual that is, nor do we know when it happened. At the age of 25yrs he married Martha Ann Tasker in 1904 in NZ, and they had one child John (Jack) Donoghue. The marriage didn't last, John had two further sons Desmond O'Donoghue and Dennis O'Donoghue (By now John had added an 'O') Martha re-married Fred Chapman and had about 7 more children.

Michael Donoghue At this stage we don't know when or how Michael arrived in New Zealand from England, we don't even know if he came out at the same time as his brother John (Duck) Donoghue.
Michael plied the ships up and down the West Coast of the North Island. The Manukau Harbour being his home Port. He meet his future wife Martha St Paul at the Manukau Hotel which is located on the water front at the Port of Manukau where Martha worked as a Barmaid/Housemaid. They married in 1908 in Auckland, New Zealand and so began this branch of the Donoghue Family in New Zealand. It wasn't till the 3rd April 02 that the Grandchildren of John and Michael found each other, the knowledge of these 2 brothers and their decendants being lost to the younger generation.

Michael died on the 16th April 1940 aged only 59yrs old at 1 Vine Street, St Marys Bay, Ponsonby, Auckland. The Funeral was held at the Sacred Heart Church on the 18th April 1940 and he was buried at his request over looking the sea. He is in a double plot in the Hillsborough Cemertary overlooking the Manukau Harbour that he used to sail in and out of.

Martha (now known to everyone as Nana Don), died some 38yrs later, on the 20th November 1978 aged 92yrs. She was cremated after a service at the Purewa Chapel, Meadow Bank, Auckland. At the time of her death she had 39 Grandchildren and 58 Great Grandchildren.
The Kiwi
Connections

The Donoho Cousins are a great community for anyone of that spelling or closer variants. They carry many family trees on their web site at http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=site&htx=main&siteid=1tDC&_ref=SiteUpgrade%5CSponsorEmail&_lin=264.

Contact Berni Donoho-Cravens at berni cravens [bcrave99@yahoo.com]

THE O’DONOGHUES OF LIMERICK AND SOUTH AFRICA

The majority of the O’Donoghue families in South Africa are the descendents of two lines of 19th century immigrants.

They are James Michael O’Donoghue (1838-1894) from Limerick, County Limerick and Henry O’Donoghue (1836-1904) from Nenagh, County Tipperary. The latter can be read about in “O’DONOGHUE, People and Places” by Rod O’Donoghue.

Origins

My line of O’Donoghues originated from Limerick.
The parents of James Michael O’Donoghue (1838-1894), the first immigrant to South Africa, were Michael Donohugh and Bridget Landrigan. This is as it appears on the baptism certificate with James and Ellen Donohugh being the sponsors.
The name of Landrigan seems to be an uncommon name and difficult to trace at the moment.

If one looks at the family tree of my direct links one can see the names of James, Michael, Bridget and Ellen appearing through the generations. This is even more evident when one looks at a comprehensive family tree that I am busy compiling.

First Generation

James Michael O’Donoghue arrived in Table Bay (Cape Town) aboard the Maria Somes which left Southampton on 22nd November 1859 as part of the British Government emigration scheme from 1857 to 1861. He arrived here on 18th February 1860 and is recorded as being a Blacksmith and aged 21. It indicates that he went to a Mr Clerk of Cape Town.

Very little is known about him during the gap of fourteen years from the time he arrived and the time he got married in 1874. He settled in the Langkloof area of the Cape Province, South Africa. The coincidence is that Limerick and the Langkloof are known for their apple orchards. A certain Mr Baldi however established the apple orchards after he arrived in the Langkloof. His Death Notice shows him as being that of a shopkeeper.

He married Dirkje Margaretha Aletta Strijdom in 1874. She was born on the 9th September 1848 at Baviaanspoort in the Langkloof area of the Cape Province and was a descendant of a Dutch family that landed in the Cape in 1674.







Second Generation

They had ten children during the twenty-year period, 1875-1894.

Michael John Heyns O’D 8 children
Mathew Johannes O’D 8 children
John James Michael O’D 6 children
Martha Maria Magdalena O’D (married Oosthuizen) 3 children
Bridget Elllen O’D (married Van Rooyen) -
James Patrick O’D 3 children
Mary Leonie O’D (married Tait/Pearce/Lesley) 3 children
Margaret Ellen O’D (married Greenaway) 4 children
Johanna Petronella O’D (married Hale) 3 children
George Edward O’D 2 children

James Michael O’Donoghue died in April 1894 and the death certificate only reflects nine children as being dependents. The tenth child was born in December, 1894.
When the five older children were old enough to start work they left home and the five youngest children were raised by the mother and of course with the Dutch influence.

This was very evident in that today it will be found that those that stayed in the Langkloof area with their mother, reared their children under the Dutch influence and those that trekked to Natal, reared their children under the English influence. This has continued until today.

The story goes that one brother fought for the British and the other for the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War. This I still have to confirm.

James Michael O’Donoghue’s one son was my grandfather, John James Michael O’Donoghue (1880 – 1936). He also married a girl of Dutch descendency.
Margaretha Sophia Castelyn (1897 – 1965 )

Third Generation

Here I document only my direct line to the ancestry. The more comprehensive tree will be found as an addendum later.

John James Michael O’Donoghue had six children as follows:

Gladys Ellen (married Allchin)(1913 –1996) 2 children
James Thomas (my father) (1915-1984) 3 children
John Patrick (1917-1983) 3 children
George Douglas Haig (1918-2004) 2 children
Donald Charles (1920-2000) 4 children
Michael Basil (1928-) 5 children

My father was James Thomas O’Donoghue
James Thomas O’Donoghue also married a girl from Dutch descendents. Her name was Wilhelmina Hendrina Boshoff (1919-1972) and in her family line there was a J.N.Boshoff who was the President of the Orange Free State Republic in 1855-1859.
Because of the depression years, three brothers joined the railways in different capacities and eventually landed up being train drivers until their retirement.

April 2006
South Africa
e-mail:o_donoghue@mweb.co.za

My great Grandmother Mary O'Donoughue immigrated from Ireland via Dublin to England. She settled in Lacanshire. Married Richard Tootell in 1854 in Chorley, Lancashire. She had two children Mary (my grandmother) and Richard. Husband died young and she remarried a Robert Marsden in 1872, also in Chorley. Do not know where she was born in Ireland, but marriage certificate shows her father's name as Charles Donoghoe from Ballina, Co Kildare. Her name was spelled Donahue on the marriage certificate.

I am the 6th generation descendant of Patrick Donohoe(Changed in 1868 when naturalized to a US Citizen to Donahue) who came to the USA from Ireland, County Galway June of 1857. Patrick arrived in the Port of NY. (New York, Ellis Island). Patrick settled in Malborough Ma. in (?) year to work in a shoe factory.

It was one of Patrick's sons, Edward “William” Donahue, that came to reside in Lynn, MA. from Marlborough, MA. (Date unknown)
Patrick and Betsy had many children and I am still researching those names at this time.
Edward “William” Donahue married Annie Madden and they had John (my G-grandfather) in 1904 who lived his whole life in Lynn, MA just outside of Boston, MA. USA. Again I don't have all the information on all of William and Annie's Children. Just my G-Grandfather for now.

John went on to marry Florence Samuelson in 1920 or so, and they had John "Jack" Donahue, my grandfather in 1923. My Grandfather was the eldest of 4, his siblings names Richard Donahue, Kenneth Donahue, and Phyllis Donahue Samuelson. My G-Grandmother Florence, died at the young age of 31 or 32 from pneumonia. My Grandfather Jack was left as the head of the house at the age of 13 after my G-Grandfather John had a nervous breakdown and left the family to fend for themselves.

My Ancestors, Patrick Donahue/Donohoe and Betsy Donahue are buried in an Irish cemetary in Malborough, MA.

Please contact me if anyone has any further information about this Patrick, thanks.

Tim Donahue
Tkd4673@comcast.net

My family line as far back as I can get on the Donoghue side. I am at present looking at my mother's side more closely

Decendents of Edward and Rose Doyle Donahue from Drumard Longford.

Donohoe and related families (1) contains a description of these families and a searchable GEDCOM data set. This reference is to a pedigree chart showing Vince Donohoe's direct male line.

THE DONAHOOS OF MARYLAND

My family has its roots in 17th century Maryland but we do not know where we originated in Ireland. In 1985, ten years after my father died, I sat down with my mother to learn as much of our family’s history as she could give me. Her memories were very sketchy and of a recent nature. I set out to find more and what I show below is the result of an extensive research program. Unlike many other families the spelling of our name has remained consistent for over three hundred years.

Origins

Henry Donahoo’s birth details are not known, but his wife, Honor(a), was reportedly born in Maryland in 1683. They were married in Baltimore County in 1704 and their known children were Henry, John, Eleanor and Roger. Henry Donahoo, the father, died before May 9, 1722 in Balto.

Second generation

Their first known child, Henry, was born in 1705 in Balto, Maryland. He married Rachel Smithson (born Joppa, Maryland in 1706) at St John’s Parish in Baltimore County on August 11, 1731. They moved to Surry, NC and Henry died there after September 21, 1775.

John was born in Maryland in 1707 and Eleanor in 1709.

Roger was born in Baltimore in 1711. He married Elizabeth Gilbert (born Maryland in 1708) in 1734 in Balto and died in 1748 in Baltimore.

Third generation

Roger’s children were in age order Hannah, Elizabeth, Gilbert, Daniel and Sarah.

Daniel was born in Maryland in about 1742. His wife’s name is unknown. He had several children but one son, John, was born in about 1786. Another child William Henry was born in 1790

Fourth generation

He fought in the War of 1812 and rose to the rank of captain. John went on to become a lighthouse builder and filled many roles of town leadership. He built twelve lighthouses around the Chesapeake Bay. John spent his entire life in and around Havre de Grace, Maryland and died in March 1858.

John married Elizabeth Wood in Harford County, Maryland in February 1812 and one child, John, is known.

Fifth generation

John (John Henry or Henry) fathered at least two children, Henry K and Henry (Harry) Alexander.

Henry K was born in 1834 in Maryland and fought in the Civil War in Alexander’s Battery of Light Artillery, 1st US Infantry for the Union (North), Maryland Brigade, part of the 8th Army Corps.

He raised his younger brother, Henry Alexander who was born in 1868 in Maryland.

Sixth generation

Henry Alexander’s son, Laurence Edward Donahoo, was my father. He was born in December 1899 in Baltimore and died there in April 1975.

Lauren Donahoo
August 2004

DONOHOE AND RELATED FAMILIES

The research, and the records that I have obtained on my family and related families, has taken over fourteen years and fourteen trips to Ireland. The information was obtained by visiting churches, local historians, and court records offices.

A lot of the information was obtained before research information was popular on the internet, but I have to admit that personal meetings with various people was fun.

In the process, I discovered eight major families related to my family, all starting in Ireland.

My main pursuit was for the parents on my great-grandfather, and his wife Margaret O’Donnell. Local memories tell me that Thomas was originally from near Killarney; his wife Margaret, Cloncannon, County Offaly. Thomas and Margaret were married in Edenderry, Co. Offaly. Margaret was born in 1831; Thomas between 1838 and 1840. They were married in St. Mary’s Church, Edenderry in 1862. Two sons, James E. and Patrick Michael (“Mic”) and one daughter, Catherine.

James E. came to America at the age of 13, with a family named Mulligan, but before the opening of Ellis Island. James headed for West Virginia, where work was abundant, due to the railroads building tunnels through the mountains. He first married Julie O’Donnell (cousin of Margaret) who died from tuberculosis after having two sons, Eugene and William. His second marriage was to Mary Ellen Giblin, County Mayo.

On the marriage of my great-grand father Thomas, Margaret and he moved on the O’Donnell farm in Cloncannon. There were two brothers in residence on the farm, Michael and Thomas. The last survivor on the farm was Margaret who died in 1898. This information was from county records.

Other families who are related are, Burke, Boyle(three separate unrelated families) Nash, Giblin, Kearns.

The computer listing enclosed with my records are for the O’Donaghues. I experienced difficulty in getting information on this group and it wasn’t until my last trip that i learned that the name O’Donaghue, was originally donohoe. It was changed in 1940 so “to make the name more irish”. I chased the wrong name for all that time but there is no doubt that we are related; they farmed formerly the farm of Margaret and one other piece of land. Many recalled my grandfather James E. And a few of the O’Donnells. We had a re-union in Milwaukee in 1998, and some came from Ireland for that affair. I have asked for some of the information of dates etc. But even though they say it will be forthcoming, i’ll still waiting. The information i have on this group was provided by their families, so there doesn’t appear to be any problem with the information.

An interesting point is that with my grandfather, James E.
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Working on the railroad, he eventually became a foreman. In Ireland, all of the families lived within about a sixty mile radius of each other. As these families came to America, about the same radius exists her in America, again for the same families. He was apparently hiring relatives for the railroad work.

Some families (Nash) settled in Western Pennslyvania; Boyles, Mt. Savage, Maryland; Boyle, Parkersburg , West Virginia; Giblin, Terra Alta, West Virginia; the Giblins got to America via Roscommon, Stokestown, Co. Mayo, Rowlesburg, West Virginia; and finally Terra Alta, West Virginia. The Kearns settled in Ashland, Kentucky.

While there are donohoes in Cavan, north of Offaly, I have not been able to connect these two groups, and the O’Donaghues maintain that there isn’t any connection.


Vincent j. Donohoe
Wauwatosa, wisconsin
May 13, 2003












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Since posting the original history in August, I have located this family in Lowell Massachusetts after they immigrated about 1869. Attached is a 3 generation descendant report of this line.

The Donohughs of Mallow, County Cork, Ireland Contributed by Ginny Chung (member 174) and William A Donahoe III (member 73)

I started out researching the DONAHOES of 26 Everett St, Dorchester, Massachusetts. That was the home of my Grandfather William A DONAHOE Ist. I am William A DONAHOE III. We were brought up fiercely defending the spelling of our name DONAHOE. It was a great surprise to learn from the heritage center in Mallow that my great great grandfather was John DONOHUGH. When his son, Patrick DONAHOE, arrived in Boston, Mass. in the 1850s, he somehow took on the spelling of the then publisher of the Boston Pilot (originally Donahoe's Messenger), Patrick DONAHOE.

It is also very interesting that, within this family, the name was spelled differently. I went to school with DONAHUES, DONOHUES, O'DONOGHUES etc, and never even gave it a thought that they could be my cousins.

We have posted a family history and tree on this site Nearly all the data that has been collected in this DONOHUGHS OF MALLOW file is through the efforts of my cousin Ginny CHUNG. She is an avid genealogist and without her zeal this history would not be as complete as it is.

If anyone researching the "DONNCHADHA" family feels they may be connected.

Please contact Ginny at gchung@mindspring.com or Bill Donahoe at edisonj@optonline.net.

DUNPHYS OF COUNTY LAOIS AND AUSTRALIA
Contributed by Mike Dunphy (Member 17) of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia


Origins

John Dunphy married Catherine Wallis at Mountrath, Queens County, in 1825. John's parents were William and Catherine and it appears that Catherine's maiden name was also Dunphy. The parents of Catherine Wallis were John and Catherine and her mother's maiden name was Bennett. There is some evidence to support the view that the Dunphys lived and worked on the property called Erkindale which is just 5km east of Rathdowney in an area known as Coolkerry. Although it is likely that both John and Catherine had siblings it has not been possible to this stage to locate them in either Ireland or America.

First generation

John and Catherine had twelve children - Catherine, William, John, Joseph, James, Margaret, Fenton, Mary Anne, Patrick , Sarah, Anne and Edward. The last mentioned child died in Ireland before the family moved to Australia. It was Catherine, William and Margaret who migrated to Australia in 1850 and the rest of the family followed in 1853, arriving in 1854. The whole family initially settled in Parramatta and the parents died in 1856 and 1859. Both are buried in St. Patrick's cemetery, Parramatta. The headstone is well preserved, although it has developed a slight tilt.

Subsequent generations

All the children moved to what was called the gold diggings in north east Victoria in the Buckland, Porepunkah, Bright and Wandiligong area. Here they established themselves as storekeepers, butchers, postmasters, bakers, hoteliers and farmers. Several became active in community affairs, councils and the Catholic church. The Dunphys are usually referred to as pioneers in this part of Victoria and their influence is well recognised.

All of the eleven originals married and their children and those of subsequent generations have been contacted as far as possible. Unfortunately, little is known in regard to the descendents of Catherine and William, but extensive details are known for the others. These details include names, and dates for births, deaths and marriages for up to five generations beyond the original eleven children. There are now descendents of John and Catherine in every Australian state and territory.

My DONAHOO surname originated from DONOHOE in Parish of Kilmore, County Tipperary.


Origins



The Donahoos of Victoria, Australia are descendants of an Irishman from CurryQuin, Parish of Kilmore, County Tipperary, Ireland. Darby Donohoe married Ann Mangan and they had at least one child; Patrick. Patrick married Bridget Walsh in 1859. In about 1860, they immigrated to Cape Town, South Africa, where they lived for about three years. They had two sons: John and Michael. They immigrated to Australia in February 1864 on the King of the Seas. On the 23 January 1865 Daniel, my great grandfather was born. His father, Patrick, died of tetanus on the 8th July 1865. Their mother, Bridget, raised the family. When Michael was about 14 years old he went missing. It is thought that he may have gone down to the wharves, which he visited often, and become a ship mate on one of the ships. The story goes that he may have ended up in the Caribbean, where he settled and died. At that time the name was still Donohoe. However, Daniel could not spell. He was quite illiterate as was his wife. At some stage, possibly when he was around 18 years old, he had to have his name written on some documents. He was asked his name. Since he could not spell, he sounded it out as DON-A-HOO, in an Australian accent. So, the person wrote it that way. Daniel must have seen how it was spelt and could recognize it. From then on we were no longer Donohoe, but Donahoo. Later in life when Daniel was asked about it, he said it had always been that way.



Other generations



John Donohoe had only one daughter: Eileen. She married a Frank Hamilton, so the name of Donohoe / Donahoo never continued on that line. Michael Donohoe was never known to have children.



Daniel married Elizabeth Ann Reason Worn in November 1887 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. They had four sons and three Daughters. Their eldest, John, had four daughters. The second in line was Daniel, who had two sons and two daughters. It is this line that still carried the Donahoo name today, with his great great grandson Felix Donahoo. Their third son, Michael Francis, was killed in World War I. The fourth son was Thomas. He had one son, Tommy Donahoo, who then had three daughters.



It was from Daniel Donahoo, the son of the person who changed our name, that the Donahoo offspring are descended. There are now over twenty-one great grand children and two great great grandchildren at this time.

The DONOHUES who came to Wisconsin and then to Minnesota in the USA

Contributed by Mike Donohue (member 8) of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA ORIGIN

Florence O'Donoghue left Ireland around 1850, following the death of his wife, Ellen O'Connor. According to family lore they were residents of Cork, probably West Cork, of the Clan Glen Flesk. He came with his three sons, Peter, Timothy and Florence. Another son, John, stayed in Ireland, was purportedly a South Seas island trader. He did well, came back to Ireland, married a cousin, settled in Cork, and lived out his days there. Florence and Ellen's daughter, Hannah went to Australia.

IN THE USA
The O'Donoghues were in Illinois, led from there to Wisconsin by John Roche, an Oregon Trail guide, in the company of families Coughlin, McCarty, Stephens, and Keefe, all settling in St Croix County, mostly in the New Richmond area, around 1850. Peter Donoghue (1831 - 1907) and his wife Johannah Coughlin (1840 - 1905), settled first in Hudson, in St Croix County, as noted in the 1860 census, by 1870 had moved on to the New Richmond area, where they farmed for many years in Stanton township, died and were buried in New Richmond's Immaculate Conception Cemetery. Father Florence is first noted in Stanton Township in the 1880 census, then 90 years old, living with Peter. In that year he deeded real estate to his grandson William Florence Donohue. Timothy (1825 - 1904) lived with his wife Katharine Mackin (1829 - 1903) in New Richmond. They were childless. When he died he was in the home of his son Edward Donoghue in Decatur MI, after having spent the winter with his daughter Mrs. George Sperry, also of Decatur. The brother Florence died in the Civil War.

THEY FOUND THE LAW
William F. Donohue (1860 - 1932), who married Mary Anne Graham, (1875 - 1953), became a lawyer, moved to Stearns County, Minnesota, where he established a successful legal and political career, he ran for President in 1932, followed in the law by his son, Howard I. Donohue (1902 - 1987), who married Madelon Hills, (1909 - 2001), and grandsons, Michael H. (1936 - ) and Peter A. Donohue (1948 - ), in St Cloud, Minnesota.

FIRST USA GENERATION
Peter and Johannah left ten children: Mary, born 1859, married John Fitsimmons, died in Rockford IL; William Florence, Annie, born 1861, single, died 1941, in Hollywood, was a Minneapolis career school teacher, who was active and instrumental in obtaining state teachers retirement; Hannah, born 1865, who married Dennis James Burke, died in Amery WI; Katherine, born 1867, married a Grinella (?); Sarah, born 1872, died in Portland OR; George, born 1875, circulation editor of Seattle newspaper, died in WA. Margaret, born 1876, married Edward Cunnigham, lived and taught school near New Richmond; Frederick, born 1877, lore has it shanghaied from the west coast and never heard of again, and Arthur, born 1880, was an employee of the US Dept of Interior, in WA.

SECOND USA GENERATION
William F. and Mary Anne left seven children, Madeline, who married Paul Madigan, (Warden of Alcatraz in the 1950s) Ethel, who married Andrew Lerohl, Howard, Mary, single, Alice, who married Edward Dirkswager, Flora, who married Loey Hopper, Evelyn, who married Ray Wyant and died in a car accident shortly after marriage.

THIRD USA GENERATION
Howard and Madelon left five sons, all now living, William, Madison WI, Howard Jr. Stewartville, MN, Michael Minneapolis, MN, Patrick, St Cloud, MN, Peter, St Cloud, MN.

This pedigree starts in Glenflesk, the homeland of the O’Donoghues of the Glen. Today they are to be found throughout the USA, Ireland and the UK. The main spellings are Donahue, Donahoe and O’Donoghue.

Origins

This tree encompasses descendants of Cornelius Donahue and Mary Kealiher who lived in the townland of Coomacullen, parish of Glenflesk, County Kerry during the first half of the 19th century. Thus, the family is one of those constituting the O’Donoghues of the Glen. Coomacullen is situated at the eastern extremity of the glen of the River Flesk, right up against the Kerry-Cork border. The Tithe Applotment Survey of 1833 and Griffith’s 1853 Survey list Cornelius as living in Coomacullen. Residents in the neighborhood remember the family and have identified the particular farm where they lived. Family history has transmitted the names of the five immediate ancestors of Cornelius who are listed.



Methodology


In this tree family members are identified by a code consisting of a sequence of alternating numerals and letters, such as 5b1c - the third child, John, of the first child, Joe, of the second child, Mike, of the fifth child, Dan, of Cornelius and Mary.



Cornelius and Mary’s children


We know, from parish records, that Cornelius of Coomacullen and Mary Kealiher were married in 1822 and six of their eight known children were baptised in Glenflesk or Killarney. For some reason, records are not extant for Con (2) or Pat (3), even though they were accounted brothers by their siblings.



Cornelius and five children migrated to Missouri


Cornelius, four sons and one daughter emigrated in or about 1856, possibly in two groups, disembarked in New Orleans, and proceeded at once to St. Louis. The four boys all helped construct the Missouri-Pacific railway and settled in places in Missouri ranging from St. Louis to Lamar in the south-west. There is confusion about the fate of Cornelius, who may have stayed with daughter, Peg, as she married a blacksmith in Shenandoah, IL, and dropped off the family radar screen.



The boys and their families have remained in close touch all these succeeding years, especially the

families of Dan (5) and Mike (7), who settled on farms near each other in the neighborhood of Sedalia, MO. Because Mike buried two wives before starting his third family in 1880, many of his grandchildren still flourish and the generation of his great-great grandchildren is still being produced. Thus, Innes (7l1c2), 20/11/00. Some of the families will be seen to be quite large, with many hundred members spanning four generations. Although there is still a concentration in Missouri, the usual American dispersal to all parts has occurred.



Mary Kealiher and three children stayed in Glenflesk


Mary Kealiher, her daughters Mary (4) and Hannah (6), and the oldest son Jeremiah (1) did not emigrate. Mary, because of fear of water, and the others, because they were married with young children. With help from the Glenflesk genealogical expert, Denis Spillane, the US Donahues have re-established contact with the descendants of Jeremiah. His family eventually moved from the glen to Coologues, a townland in the hills above Kilgarvan, down toward Kenmare. They have become known as the Weaver O’Donoghues. In the 1920s and 30s they left Coologues and now can be found in Michigan, Massachusetts, Killarney, Cork and London.



We have failed to trace the descendants of Mary and Hannah, although we know whom they married and the names of some of their children. Nor do we have any information about what kind of Kealiher was Mary, spouse of Cornelius. This is work-in-progress.



In the April issue of the O’Donoghue Society Newsletter we shall recount how we managed to establish this tree. Very recently, we have identified members of the family of Daniel Donoghue and Mary Carey who lived on a farm adjacent to that of Cornelius in the mid 19th Century and, according to present day neighbors, were close relatives. This family is now spread from Australia to the West Coast of the US.

This pedigree is of a family who have stayed close to their Indiana County,
Pennsylvania roots, having originally come from County Tyrone.
They have links with German, Hungarian and Austrian families.

Contributed by Bob Donehoo (Member 45) of Clearwater, Florida, USA. This pedigree has known connections in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Texas and California.
The spellings Donahoo and Donoho also occur.

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Origins

Our pedigree starts with John Donehoo, whom I am designating "the elder" for clarity of identification. He is said to have been born in Cashel, County Tipperary in 1720. I have, however, been unable to find verification of this in church or civil records and also, therefore, do not know how his surname was spelt in Ireland. The name of his wife is unknown, but he is credited with siring twelve children. According to correspondence between J.W.Donehoo (a 6th generation son) and my mother, at least three sons were sent to America as indentured servants between 1745 and 1760; they later escaped and took up life in Virginia.

The second generation

These three sons were Cornelius, William and John.

Cornelius, thought to have been the eldest, married and sired four sons and three daughters. He died in 1791 in Loudaun County, Virginia. Other than the names of the children, I have no further information on this branch.
Nothing is known of William.

John was born in 1736. He is reputed to have sired at least ten children, but Cornelius, Charles and Timothy are the only names I have. He died in 1802 in Laurens County, South Carolina.

The third generation

Cornelius was born 1766 in North Carolina and died 1859 in Cobb County, Georgia. He lived in South Carolina in 1790, Elbert County, Georgia 1799 until 1842 and then Cobb County until his death in 1859. Records indicate eight children, four boys and four girls.

This tree grows heavy as it spreads throughout Georgia, Alabama, Texas and California. Roughly 500 individuals were farmers, politicians, dentists, clergymen, businessmen or engineers.

I am of the eighth generation from John, the elder, in this branch.

Charles sired ten children, five boys and five girls. I have only their names. He is referred to as Donahoo in one undocumented reference.

Of Timothy nothing is known.

Editor's note: The spelling Donehoo has only been found in America so far, where it is the 16th most popular variant.