James Hoban Descendants
Hello Kilkenny Ireland XO, My name is Kate Bell and I'm an American living in Sligo. This message might not be appropriate, but I'm contacting to suggest a project to seek out descendants of James Hoban of Callan, who went on to design the White House, inspired by Leinster House, in Washington, D.C. I have a friend, who's the book editor with the White House Historical Association (whitehousehistory.org) who is launching a book on St. Patrick's Day about the work of James Hoban. As you probably already know, James apparently was the son of Edward Hoban and Martha Bayne and they had three other children. As a youngster James worked on the estate of the Earl of Desart before he went to study architecture in Dublin and emigrate to the US. Anyway, because I'm involved in genealogy myself, I thought it would be an interesting project for your group to trace to possible descendants here in Ireland and beyond in celebration of this new book!