Howe/Hough, Gardiner, Kelley

Hi Everyone.

I am researching my family history. My great grandfatherwas born inBallynakill parish in County Galway in June 1868. His name was William Howe/Hough. His father, Coleman Howe, married Catherine Gardiner in Ballynakill Parish. That is as far as I have been able to locate my Howe ancestors.

I've looked through the births, deaths and marriages from the Civil and Catholic marriages and find thatWilliam had at least 9 brothers and sisters. He came to America in 1887 or somewhere therabout. Patrick, Denis, Annie, Coleman and Catherine also immigrated to the states around that time. I can find no information on his sister Margaret Howe, born in 1865 or his brother Thomas born 1876.

William married my great grandmother,Annie Catherine Kelley,in theUS. The Kelley family was also from around the Loughrea, Galway area. I have records from her parents, Michael Kelley and Bridget Moran who married in 1865. Bridget Moran died in December 1887 at Union Hospital in Loughrea.

I wonder if anyone of the family is still living in the area and if there is any more information I may be able to obtain.