A big thank you to those of you who are helping members find their County Tyrone ancestors. I have been researching some on my mother's lines and one line comes from County Tyrone. I do not have a town or parish name (the family was Catholic) for researching further. Here is what I know from records in Ohio. Barbara Shakey (this would be her married name; in none of the records is a husband mentioned, so I'm thinking she might be a widow). According to various census records, she would have been born in Ireland ca. 1770. However, her tombstone at Holy Trinity Cemetery, Somerset, Perry County, OH lists her dates as 1762-1861. She was interred 24 March 1861, aged 99 years. She was the mother of at least three children, born in Ireland. --Hugh Sharkey, b. 4 May 1799 (was 39 years, 10 months and 11 days at the time of his death on 15 March, 1839). His mother Barbara was listed as the executor to his will and his tombstone includes, "A Native of County Tyrone." --Elizabeth Sharkey. When her only daughter Barbara died 26 August 1844 in Ohio, Barbara (the elder) was listed as her mother and Teresa Dean as her sister. --Teresa (Tessa) Sharkey Dean--this is my direct line. Born around 1815-1817 depending on various records; census records state that she was born in Ireland. On 13 February 1838, she married Hugh Dean in Perry County, Ohio. Perry County was formed in 1818, at which there was also established St. Joseph's Church. Hence, many Catholics settled in the area as they could practice their faith. In this church's records, Hugh Sharkey is listed as a sponsor in 1831 and 1832, so presumably the family emigrated from Ireland before then. There are other Sharkeys listed in the record, but I could not establish a link with them to Barbara Sharkey: Catharine Sharkey, Margaret Sharkey, Sara Sharkey, and William Sharkey. I would be very appreciative of any leads to tracing this family line. Thank you. Mary Redline Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, USA
-----Original Message----- From: Roberta McNulty via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> To: cotyronelist@cotyroneireland com <[email protected]> Cc: Roberta McNulty <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jul 16, 2018 2:19 pm Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Fwd: Help! I checked irish roots website. The family were living in Tremoge which is a town land just outside Carrickmore. Roberta On 16 July 2018, at 19:03, Carrie Mahan via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> wrote: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Carrie Mahan <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 10:53 AM Subject: Help! To: <[email protected]> My husband and I are traveling to county Tyrone in September. We are looking for the Meenans, some of whom emigrated to Philadelphia in the 1880's. Specifically, we are looking for Michael meenan and Margaret Morris meenan, of carrickmore. As far as we can tell, Michael and Margaret had 6 sons. Owen, born in 1861, emigrated to Philadelphia and died there in 1916. Michael meenan jr., born 1865, was 30 and never married according to the 1901 census (which we hope is the right one! ) frank (most likely Francis, was born in 1872, emigrated to Philadelphia in 1880 and became a naturalized citizen in 1895. He died in Philadelphia in 1930. Frank was my husband's great grandfather. There was also John, born 1873, and Joseph, born 1875. There is no record of either of them emigrating. We think that michael was the head of the clan. We don't want to go to the wrong area. Please let me know what you know! Thanks, Carrie Mahan (husband's name was changed from meenan by his f ather ). _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList mailing list [email protected] http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com
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