Looking for information on William Gannon born 5th January 1845, parents Michael Gannon, Anne Farrell in Curry, Newtownforbes,
Co. Longford. Looking for any marriage and immigration info.. William's sibling were Thomas, Catherine, Elizabeth, Anne. I
believe he may have immigrated to Jersey City, NJ. USA
Patsy:
I think the official name of the townland is Currygranny in Clongesh civil parish. I also located another brother named John Gannon baptized March 8 1857.
I located an 1884 civil death record for a Michael Gannon who could possibly the father of William Gannon. See fourth record at link. Informant was son Michael.
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1884/06314/4810510.pdf
You may want to search Ancestry.com It appears William died in May 1898 Wife was Mary Mulligan.
Roger McDonnell
Thank you Roger. Mary appears to be his second wife, can you provide any info on immigration to USA to verify this is the right William Gannon.
Thank you,
Patsy
William had an additional sibling, as per RootsIreland.
Name: John Gannon
Date of Baptism: 08-Mar-1857
Address: Curry
Parish/District: NEWTOWNFORBES
Gender: Male
County Co. Longford
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Michael Gannon
Mother: Ann Farrell
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: William Flanagan
Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Mary Rawl
A search on rootsireland.ie for Gannon yielded the following marriage.
| Date of Marriage: | 21-Feb-1841 | ||||
| Parish / District: | RATHCLINE | County: | Co. Longford | ||
| Husband | Wife | ||||
| Name: | Michael | Gahann | Ann | Ferrall | |
| Address: | Not Recorded | Not Recorded | |||
| Denomination: | Roman Catholic | Roman Catholic | |||
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| Age: | Not Recorded | Not Recorded | |||
| Status: | Bachelor (Previously unmarried) | Spinster (Previously unmarried) | |||
| Husband's Father | Wife's Father | ||||
| Name: | Not Recorded | Gahann | Not Recorded | Ferrall | |
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| Husband's Mother | Wife's Mother | ||||
| Name: | Not Recorded | Not Recorded | Not Recorded | Not Recorded | |
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| Witness 1 | Witness 2 | ||||
| Name: | Not Recorded | Not Recorded | Not Recorded | Not Recorded | |
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Thank you all,
Patsy
I have verified all siblings of William and have copies of birth certificates. William also had a brother Michael who stayed in Co. Longford. Two sister, Elizabeth and Catherine immigrated to Boston, Mass.
but I find no mention of William or brother John. William seems to have disappeared from Co. Longford along with John. I descend from son Thomas. Even his children immigrated to Boston. I have a picture of headstone of William Gannon, will try to enclose it. Why would he have gone to NJ ?? Would have thought he would be near his sisters. Sisters immigrated about 1880.
Patsy:
Very little information was kept in Ireland in the 1800s regarding who emigrated. Emigrants purchased tickets and got on ships with no officials involved.
Roger
Thank you Roger