Tag: Kilkeel

James and Thomas Cunningham, Ballygowan Townland

Some records for James and Thomas Cunningham of Ballygowan Townland, Kilkeel, County Down, Ireland

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John and Henry O'Rourke—Kilkeel to Cleveland

While looking for the John O'Rourke who came with my grandfather from Killowen to Cleveland, I found another John O'Rourke in Cleveland instead. This man and his brother Henry were from Kilkeel. The evidence is a bit circumstantial, but I think it is solid enough to put the family together.

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Edward and Anna Rodgers: the Outbound Journey

As mentioned earlier, the Rodgers descendants believed that Ned fled Ireland for England and then went back to get his wife ...

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Edward "Ned" Rodgers of Kilkeel and Cleveland

When I started working on the Rodgers' family history I was immediately impressed by two things: 1) the accuracy of the earlier research done by my mother's cousin Nan (Gallagher) Fleming, and 2) the reliability of the oral family tradition in the Rodgers clan. Here is just one example.

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Ann Ellen (Sloan) O'Leary of Cleveland, Ohio

Ann Ellen Sloan was born about 1861, the daughter of James Sloan and Bridget Cunningham. She and Dennis Francis O'Leary were wed in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, on September 5, 1882. They were living at 1310 Broadway when their first child was born on June 16, 1883, or at about 4600 Broadway according to the current numbering system.

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Bridget McCartan—Kilkeel to Cleveland

As mentioned in her husband's article, I was pretty sure that Bridget McCartan was from the Rostrevor - Kilkeel area of County Down, but I couldn't prove it using only her records. What made the difference in her case was her death notice. It called her the aunt of Michael White and the late Thomas Fearon.

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Hugh Quinn, Kilkeel to Cleveland

Hugh Quinn was born between 1846 and 1852 in Ballynahatten Townland, Kilkeel, County Down, Ireland.1, 2 He died on Dec 12, 1928 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and was buried on Dec 15, 1928 in Calvary Cemetery.3 He was the son of William Quinn and Ellen Clark. He married Maria Cunningham.

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John and Mary (McGee) McVeigh of Dunnaval Townland, Kilkeel

John McVeigh was born in County Down, Ireland, about 1813. As we have seen in the article, Christina O'Rourke, Killowen to Chicago, John was a widower living in Dunnaval Townland in 1901 with granddaughters Christina and Joanna O'Rourke and a grandson James Doyle. John had been on parcel 38A and 38B in Dunnaval from 1866 onward according to the Valuation Revision Books.

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John McGee, Kilkeel to Cleveland

John McGee was born October 7, 1875, most likely in Tullyframe Townland, Kilkeel District, County Down, Ireland, the son of James McGee and Mary O'Hare. He was baptized that same day; the record is on the Kilkeel Parish Register.

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Richard Cunningham, probably Kilkeel to Cleveland

While working on the article, I noticed that Mary's cousin Bertha Raimer married a Cunningham. That got my attention, since my great grandmother's maiden name was Cunningham, and they lived in the same part of Cleveland as the Raimers. As it turned out, Bertha's daughter married one of my second cousins. But let's begin at the beginning.

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Selina (McVeigh) Kelly, of Kilkeel and Chicago

We arrive at Selina (McVeigh) Kelly by way of her niece Christina (O'Rourke) Flood ... Christina O'Rourke, Killowen to Chicago.

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Will of John McVeigh, of Dunnaval Townland, Kilkeel

Will of John McVeigh, transcription, from Will Calendars. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.

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