Tag: Sloan

Rose Sloan and Richard Farrell, Killowen to Cleveland

Rose Sloan and Richard Farrell were marrried in Rostrevor in 1896 and soon left for Cleveland. Can we learn any more about them?

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A Few Sloans from Killowen and Rostrevor

A discussion of James Patrick Sloan and Mary Ann Sloan, born in Liverpool to James and Margaret Sloan, both likely from Killowen, County Down, Ireland.

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Ellen Sloan, Killowen to Brooklyn

Ellen Maria Sloan was born August 22, 1873, in Ballincurry Townland, Killowen, County Down, and was baptized the same day in Kilbroney Catholic Parish. She is the third known child of James Sloan and Mary Brennan.

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An Earlier Matt Sloan, Kilfeaghan to Cleveland

In a letter, the date of which is transcribed as December 28, 1888, from Ballintur, County Down, Ireland, William Doran told his brother Peter in the United States, that 'Tom Murphy and Mathew Sloan is home from cleveland a few days agow.' For a long time I've wondered who this Matthew Sloan could be. My mother's aunt married a Matthew Sloan in Cleveland in 1907, but he was born in 1879, so he would be too young. Now, I think I might have found this earlier Matt Sloan in the Newburgh section of Cleveland.

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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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John Mcavoy—Rostrevor to Cleveland

While I was working on Bernice Hurley, 1922, Newburgh, Cleveland, I came across John and Bridget (McCartan) Mcavoy living on Elmo Street, Cleveland, in 1900. Both of their mother's maiden names were Sloan. With surnames like those going for them, they almost had to be from the Rostrevor - Kilkeel area of County Down.

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Matthew Sloan, Killowen to Cleveland

Matthew Sloan was born 27 Apr 1879, in Ballincurry Townland, Kilbroney Parish, County Down, Ireland, the son of James and Mary (Brennan) Sloan. He was baptized the same day with John Fearon and Kate Brennan as godparents.

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Rose (Sloan) Farrell, Killowen to Cleveland

So far in this series, we have discussed some young men who left Killowen for Cleveland, but this time we will consider a young woman, Rose Sloan, from the same area.

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