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Bernard Lennon, Birth 1816, from county Louth, Parish of Dundalk

Dundalk (Louth)

I’m reposting this from 2018 in hopes that the same person that responded back then will do so again. I tried contacting them in 2022, no luck. 👇

My maternal 3x great grandfather is Bernard F. Lennon from County Louth, Parish of Dundalk, born c.1816 . He is married to Ellen Rice. She was born circa 1820. He has two brothers named Patrick and James. While I have learned much about him and his family in the United States, I have yet to find out when he emigrated to the U.S. or the names of his parents. My search on Ancestry, his obituary and burial information have provided no answers.If anybody can help me learn more about him before he came to the United States, that would be great. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I look forward to a reply.

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Hi, I think my Lennon ancestors might be a fit! My mother's grandmother was KATHERINE LORETTA LENNON born Sept 1870 in Albany, New York USA Some of the info I've gotten from other's ancestry work but if this is a fit I can share more. I have:​

Bernard Lennon born abt. 1816 in Ireland married to "Ellen" which I later saw as Ellen Rice in County Louth. Their children were Matthew born 1842, James born 1845, Bernard born 1847, John born 1848, Ellen born 1851, William born: 1853 and Thomas born 1855. 

Matthew Lennon moved to New York and married Margaret Conway (born 1845 in Ireland and died 1912 in New York). Their daughter was Katherine Lorretta Lennon who married Floyd Stanley Wilbur (early Dutch immigrants with original name of "Wilbore" and had one daugher: Katherine who married William Raleigh Miller. I've only just started on this line but I noted there's a lot of info so let me know if we're researching the same people!

brendan.peabod…

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Lennon1816:

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Roger McDonnell

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Thanks. I’ve hit a brick wall with my 3x great grandfather. I’m guessing his name is fairly common in County Louth, Parish of Dundalk, and probably in the rest of Ireland as well.

brendan.peabod…

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