Ellen or Eleanor Donoghue
- Born
- 1800-01-01 12:00:00
- Died
- 1857-01-01 12:00:00
- Gender
- Female
- Place of migration
- Migrated to/Born in USA
Ellen or Eleanor Donoghue, no maiden name known, born likely around 1800, emigrated from Barnsley, probably the one in Yorkshire, England, to New York City in 1833. She had been married to a Dennis Donoghue, "a sailor lost at sea" ("Dennis #1") after he had fathered by her a son also Dennis ("Dennis #2"), born Feb. 19, 1820, who died in 1889 in Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he had been a tinsmith, a trade he apprenticed to in Philadelphia. Ellen or Eleanor joined the St. Michael's Roman Catholic church in the Northern Liberties, the Irish immigrant section of Philadelphia, where she bought a cemetery plot in 1852 and died in Feb. 1857 and was buried there (her cemetery deed signed by the then bishop in Philadelphia, John N. Neuman, born in German lands, who was later consecrated a saint, the first American saint, by the Pope in 1977). Nearby lived a priest whose name was The Very Reverend Terence J. Donaghoe (b. 1795) from Auchnacloy, County Tyrone, who had arrived there in 1828. Whether she followed him there or not is not known and his presence may be irrelevant. Where might Ellen or Eleanor be from and what might be her maiden name and parents? Any help wouild be appreciated.
