John Geoghegan is son of John & Rose (Pidgeon) Geoghegan Frevanagh Westmeath.
COPIED FROM NOTES ON SON JAMES' PAGE - 27 August 2010 by e todd mckenna POSSIBLE DAD TO JAMES: JOHN GEOGHEGAN born 1785 Married in 1808 to Rose McGuire born 1787 Children are: Gerald 1809 Dermot 1812 James 1816 Thomas 1819 Richard 1821 Davey 1824 John 1827 Elizabeth 1829-1831 Mary 1832 This information came from Dale Smith who's wife is a descendant. He received it from Carlie Lewis: James and Mary got married and left for the US during the Great Potato Famine in 1847/48. Following from a personal interview with a man named Fred in Westmeath, Ireland. In search to find Geoghegan Ancestors: The man began to tell the story of our James and Mary. He said that the house that his family was living in there (pointing) was the original ancestral home of our Geoghegan family and that James Geoghegan was born in it. The house was over 200 years old, with walls two feet thick. He then pointed to a piece of land adjacent to his and said that was where Mary Highland's family had lived until 1854. The Highland's property was called "Clunedewalla". The man Fred went on to say that although the Geoghegan's and Highland's were neighbors, they were separated by the county line - the Geoghegan's living on the Westmeath side and the Highland's living on the Offaly side in Durrow. Offaly County used to be Kings County. During the discussion, the big question was asked: Do you know the names of James' parents? Fred replied, "Yes, they were John Geoghegan and Rose McGuire. The Geoghegan Ancestral Home inhabited since 1735. At the back of it, where the daffodils are growing, was an old Catholic graveyard. It was closed sometime about 1835 or 36. Over there (pointing) is Highland's field. It is Ballycalaghan, the townland of Ballycalaghan, in the parish of Durrow, in the County of Offaly. It borders the County of Westmeath. The Highland's lived there until about the 1840's and Mary Highland lived there, married James Geoghegan of Frevanaugh (3 miles south of Kilbeggan). Mary Highland: also have surname spelled Hyland, have birthplace listed as Kilbeggan and Durrow tombstone says native of Castletown-Geoghegan died of Rheumatic Fever have death date of 1868 and 1869
