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Patrick Donahue

Hello...I recently found my 2nd great grandfather Patrick. He may have been born around 1828 and most certainly passed away in a railway accident, 1880 in Iowa. He married Johanna Cuddy (Chicago). My great grandfather James Edward Donahue was their son.
I've hit a wall trying to find documentation of when he came to the U.S. and from where in Ireland. You can imagine how many Patrick Donahues Ive found (and all of the spellings of our last name).....but no resolute outcome of his origins.
Any help from the crowd would be appreciated.

Thank-you,
Michelle

digrrl@gmail.com

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Michelle:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

As you indicated Patrick Donahue is a very common name. We would need his parents names including his mother's maiden name in order to search for a possible baptismal reocrd. In addition, many RC parishes in Ireland do not have records back to 1828.

I would recommend that you add his emigration story to our XO Chronicles page and maybe someone might notice a possible connection  https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-database

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Hello Roger,

Unfortunately or fortunately, I'm using this forum as an extra resource to attempt to locate the origins of my great-great grandfather Patrick Donahue.  I wish I had his parents names and as an archaeologist, I probably would have been able to track his County and/or Parish with those resources in hand already.

With hope, I will find someone on this forum who is connected to him and will know based upon the small amount of information I already have for him.  I'm still searching ship logs to hopefully narrow down his point of embarkation and where he entered North America.  Tough since as noted his name was Patrick Donahue (sometimes and I'm sure because of how it was pronounced, "Donoher", "Donohoe", etc. on documentation).

Thank-you for your response and I look forward to returning to Ireland at some point as well.

Be well!

Michelle Donahue

digrrl@gmail.com

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