Flanagan ( Butcher) search
Hi, I am researching my Flannagan ancestors. My 3x Grandmother Mary Ann Finneran nee Flanagan was born in Ireland . Her DC ( attached) revealed that her father was named as John Flanagan Butcher. She was born around 1831. I am not sure when she married into the Finneran family but it may have been about a year before her first child, somewhere around 1851. The DC of one of the sons says he was born in Dublin in 1853 but they may have moved there from a rural area.
I have done my DNA and there are Finneran based results of distant cousins around the Strokestown, Athlone,Ballisasloe areas. I only mention it because Mary Ann may have married a local boy( William Finneran) who was a builder by trade.
Later during 1854,the Finnerans migrated to Australia settled in Goulburn NSW. I do not know if the Flanagans came to NSW before or after their immigration or they stayed in Ireland. I've checked convict records and there are quite a lot of John Flanagans listed.
My Gedmatch is PP7906302. Hope someone can point me in the direction of John Flanagan , Butcher.
Regards Viv in NSW
