Johnsons and Staffords of Taghmon/Wexford
I am researching two families from this area. Bridget Evoy (1795-1884), the wife of Jasper Stafford, emigrated with some or most of her children in 1854 to the United States (Chicago, Illinois). She may have been a widow at that time. Her children were William (b. 1824), Catherine (b. 1830), Bridget (b. 1831 but no death information available), Martin (b. 1832), Martha (b. 1837) and Johanna (b. 1839). All of them are buried in Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Ilinois. Johanna married John Johnson (b. 1827, apparently also from Wexford). They were my maternal great-grandparents. Jasper seems to be a name that is passed down through the generations in this family, since it was given to some of their descendants in Chicago as a first or second name. I have no information on John's family in Ireland and would appreciate receiving any information on them. The information I have is mostly available on a public tree on the Ancestry.com website if anyone is interested in this family.