FLYNN and TEVNAN - Garanlahan - 1870/1880s to 1940/1950s

Mr. Roger McDonnell,

Thank you so much for taking the time to share these records with us. Anne Tevnan Flynn and Timothy Flynn are my wife's grandparents, who, unfortunately, she never met as my wife's mother emmigrated to the US in 1939 and had her children here between 1947 and 1954. We finally did visit the Flynn family homestead in Grange in the fall of 2007 and met six of her first cousins. Ww saw her grandparents grave but never could find the grave of her great grandparents, Michael and Margaret Flynn. 

Two questions for you if you do not mind, both from the birth record of Anne Tevnan:

1] I can not read the maiden name or her mother Mary. Under "Formerly" it looks like Rofers or possibly Rogers but unsure. Do you recognize the name from your local experience?

2] We have been unsure if Anne Tevnan's last name was spelled "Tevnan'  or  possibly "Tevenan". We have seen records both ways. THe birth record seems to have the Tevenan spelling [I think]. Do you have any insights or experience which would confirm either way.

Again, thank you for your kindness in sending these records. It is appreciated so much .

carl b dunn

naperville, illinois

Mr Roger McDonnell,

While I was researching Anne Tevenan using the website links that you sent me [Thank you, again and again], I noticed that there was another Annie Tevenan born on 12 April 1904 and that her mother's maiden name was McDonnell, the same as yours. I also noted that her father's name was Pat [the same as "our" Anne Tevenan born in 1881] and that her mother's name was Ellen. 

Generates lots of questions: Were this Pat Tevenean [father of 1904 Annie Tevenan] and 1881 Anne Tevenan's father Patrick R Tevenan  related or perhaps even the same person? 

Were these two Anne / Annie Tevenans related in some other way?

The 1901 Tevenan census record lists them in Corraslustia, Ballinlough, Roscommon. Current maps show two similar village names, Corraslustia well to the south far from Ballinlough, and Corralustia well to the northeast far from Ballinlough. And 1904 Annie Tevenan's birth record seems to show Coraslousta [similar but different spelling from the above two], Castlerea, Roscommon. I understand that Castlerea is very close to Ballinlough [my wife has cousins living in both places]. And 1881 Anne Tevenan's birth record seems to show Corruslustia [another different spelling], Castlerea, Roscommon.   So i guess the question is were the two Anne Tevenan [1881] and Annie Tevenan [1904] born in the same place and where was that place relative to Garranlahan or Grange or Ballinlough? 

Can you share how [if at all] you are related to 1904 Annie Tevenan? 

Thank you again for any insights.

Best wishes and deep appreciation for your sharing of this information.

carl dunn

Mr Roger McDonnell,

Thank you so much for the insight. Knowing that my wife's great grandmother Mary Tevenan was a Rogers by birth may be very helpful in tracking down her line. When i saw the Castlemore Roscommon after your name, I assumed you lived there. Sorry. I lived at the Naval Station in Port Deposit, MD 1969 to 1970 so i am familiar with northeast MD a little.

I did look into the 1911 census for Corraslustia and found that there were two separate Patrick Tevenan's living in the same townland with ages of 75 and 63. THe 63 YO Patrick did have wife Ellen and daughter Anne [age 7] so it appears that they were the 1904 Anne Tevenan birth family. That Ellen McDonnell was from County Mayo.

I only discovered the "show all information" block on the census today which shows the literacy situation. Again, thank you for that education.

My own Irish ties are both on my dad's side. The Dunn which eventually came to America left County Cork in the late 1500s and went to the Shetland Islands. Some of them came to the now New Hampshire area of America in about 1640, so that tie is way back. However, my dad's mother [Margaret Cooke] was born in Armagh in 1882 and emmigrated to the US in 1885, so that was a little more recent. Of course she is long gone now but I do not think that she ever knew that she was born in Ireland. She always said she was born in Boston, where her family settled. It is only in the past 10 years [after retirement] that i started looking at genealogy. Would have loved to discuss it with her. 

Thank you again.  Carl dunn