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Ellen Louise Gavican

Born
15 May 1838
Died
10 Apr 1877
Gender
Female

Ellen Louise Gavican was born on May 15, 1838, in Elfin, Roscommon, Ireland, her father, John Gavican/Gavigan, was 38, and her mother, Elizabeth Burke, was 31. She married James Feehely in 1864 in Roscommon, Ireland. They had nine children during their marriage. She died on April 10, 1877, in her hometown at the age of 38 of an ovarian problem. Her eldest daughter, Catherine Feeley (1865 Roscommon-1938, Minnesota) married John Connell. They knew each other in Roscommon, but appear to have wed in the USA.  No record found in Roscommon or the USA for their marriage. The lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and had 10 children together.

 

Birth Source: Ireland Births & Baptisms, 1620-1881, Index #C70183-1, Ireland-VR, GS Film #989748   Ref. ID:- 2:V7TPKR shown above

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Roscommon

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Timeline events in this community

  • 1830s

    Kilcoleman Costello in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described by Samuel Lewis in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" 1837.</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1740s

    Elphin Census of Tibohine Parish

    1749-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1760s

    Religious Census of Killukin, Creeve & Tumna

    <p>In March 1766, the Irish House of Lords instructed Church of Ireland parish clergy to compile ‘a list of the several families in their parishes’ – to record the religion of the householders and to identify any Roman Catholic priests and friars living in their area. Although most of the original 1766 religious census returns were destroyed Dublin's Public Records Office fire of 1922, a few fragments survived.</p>

    1766-04-15 12:00:00

  • 1760s

    Religious Census of Killummod

    <p>In March 1766, the Irish House of Lords instructed Church of Ireland parish clergy to compile ‘a list of the several families in their parishes’ – to record the religion of the householders and to identify any Roman Catholic priests and friars living in their area. Although most of the original 1766 religious census returns were destroyed Dublin's Public Records Office fire of 1922, a few fragments survived.</p>

    1766-03-01 12:00:00

Ellen Louise Gavican