THE O
MAHONY SOCIETY
Genealogy Queries &
Postings
A good place to keep in touch with O Mahony genealogy topics are the two
mailing lists at 'Rootsweb' which you can join by sending an email with
the word ‘Subscribe’ in the message to:
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As a service to O’Mahony Society members, we publish their genealogy
queries and postings with email addresses and websites in hopes they will be
contacted by others seeking or providing similar information. They are listed
in order of the member name with all member names and any Mahony/Mahoney names
in bold. Members wishing to add, edit or delete a posting should email
webmaster James Castellan.
James Castellan (james.castellan@gmail.com, website:
www.castellan.us) welcomes contact with
family and researchers of the extended John
O’MAHONY family of Ballydague near Ballyhooly, Co. Cork, circa 1800. In 1860s grandson Patrick went to Australia and later married and settled in New Zealand.
Grandson Edmond/Edward married Kate
(nee McAuliffe) Mulcahy in 1880 and farmed in Ballinaglough West near
Whitecross, Co. Cork.
Edmond’s son Bartholomew, my
grandfather, went to the US in 1912 and settled in Highwood near Chicago, IL,
and Edmond’s daughter Catherine/Kate
went to the US in 1909 and settled in Yonkers, NY, marrying Patrick J. Byrnes.
See family tree posted at:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=jameswcastellan&recno=119
Jean
Mahoney Eustis’ (je301@aol.com) Mahoney line is from Prescott, Ontario.
Kathleen Jones (KJJones1@aol.com) of Southfield,
Michigan, is looking for any information
regarding Mort Mahoney, wife Sarah
McInnis (sp.) of Farrelton,
Quebec. Arrived in Quebec approximately
1850.
Bernie Mahoney, Jr. (bernkm3@aol.com) of Fredericksburg,
VA is looking for information about his GGF Daniel
Mahoney who was born about 1826 in County Cork
to Timothy and Mary Gantry Mahoney. GGF
Daniel and his future wife Ellen
Dugan, born in County Cork in 1827, emigrated to the USA around 1850
and settled in Manchester, MA. They married shortly thereafter. They
had eight children: Mary (about 1854), Katy
(about 1857), Margaret (about 1858), Daniel (about
1859), Timothy (about 1862), Ellen C. (about
1864), Hannah (about 1867), and GF John B.
(about 1868). Most of these births were in Manchester
and Beverly, MA. Many of them and their
children were buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Salem, MA. GF John
B. Mahoney died on January 21, 1938, in Belmont,
MA and was buried in Cambridge City
Cemetery. His only son Bernard
L. Mahoney, Sr., is also buried with him there.
Bill Mahoney (bill@ladytek.com)
believes he is the great-grandson of John O'Mahony (1855-1936) of
Ballyloughran, County
Kerry. John was
married to Johanna (Kennedy) (d. 1924). John and
Johanna had nine children, Edmund (Edward?) (1874), Ann (1876), Mary (1878),
Catherine (1881), Ellen (1883), Margaret (1885), John (1887), Delia (1890) and
Bridget “Bridie” (1894). Edward (Edmund?) Mahoney came
through Ellis Island on April 24, 1900 and settled in Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1903, Edward
married Mary Lynch who also immigrated in 1900 from County
Kerry.
Mary’s parents were Daniel Lynch and Margaret (Murray)of County
Kerry. Edward and
Mary had seven children: Helen, Johnny, Danny, Mae, Margaret (Peggy),
Eddie and Frank.
Francis and Kathy Mahoney (mahoney@mahoney-estate.com)
Francis is a first generation American whose parents came over from Cork in the early
1920’s. Francis’ parents met and married in San Francisco. (Website Carneros Creek Winery)
Fr. James M Mahoney (jmm92@comcast.net)
is a Priest of the Archdiocese of Boston and
Pastor of Saint Bridget Parish and School in Abington,
MA, as well as Saint
Patrick Cemetery
in Rockland, MA. His family comes from Lowell, MA,
for three generations. Before then, from Co. Cork,
Dublin and Waterford,
Ireland.
Karen Mahony (little.glory@bigpond.com) in
Australia is seeking connections to the O’Mahony family who left Cork
June 1st 1844 on the Abberton and arrived
in Australia 22nd Sept. William
O’Mahony b.1820 and Johanna
Sweeny b.1821 were married in Carrigaline, Co. Cork, in 1842. They had a son Timothy baptised in Carrigaline on the
28th Oct 1842. He likely died in infancy as he is not on the ship’s list
to Australia.
Timothy’s God parents were Michael Keefe and Mary Sweeney. William and
Johanna O’Mahony farmed at Glenlyon near Daylesford in Victoria, where they had 4 sons and 4
daughters: Margaret, Ellen, Johanna, William, Mary Cecilia, Maurice, Terrence and John. William’s parents are
unknown. It is possible he was born near Tracton. Johanna’s parents were
Miles Sweeny and Ellen Sullivan. I have an ancestry.com tree to share with
interested parties.
Katherine Mahoney (rainbow28@earthlink.net) is looking
for information on her Father, Harry
James Mahoney, born June 1 1897, died Sept 3, 1953. Had one brother Daniel and two sisters Mary & Catherine. Mary was a government worker in Wash.,
D.C. and Catherine lived in Va.
and had a son named Tom. They may have had more children.
Stephen
Mahoney (stephen.mahoney@verizon.net) is
interested in the following Mahoney families from Maryland: The father’s name of his
ancestor John Smith Mahoney b~1760 who married Elizabeth Moore ~1785. The names
of the sons of John Smith Mahoney b~1730 who lived in St. Mary's County, MD.
The sons of Dennis Mahoney b~1685 who also lived in St. Mary's County, MD, and Dennis’
parents Timothy Mahoney and Elizabeth Smith who married ~1685.
Virginia Mahoney (vmahon@juno.com) is seeking family of Joanna Mahony Hogan, daughter of James Mahony and Catherine McNamara born 1830-32 in Ireland. Possible sister or cousin
of Edward Mahony born 1835 in Ireland.
Emigrated in 1837 according to 1900 US Census. A possible area location
for Edward was Lockport NY in 1850. Listed in 1871 Census in
Goderich, Huron Co. Ontario,
Canada. Both in
Minnesota in
1875. Some connection to Brooklin, Ontario, just east of Toronto. Have land information in Canada and Ireland
from Boston
newspaper column "Search for Missing Friends.” Edward’s
brother Daniel wanted to contact
them. The last time he knew of them 1850-51. Daniel gave their arrival location as Toronto. Origin in Cork:
Fanlobbus Civil Parish, Moreagh Townland, Dunmanway Poor Law Union,
Carbery East W.D. Barony. Family lore: Daniel
was coming to join them in Minnesota, in Chicago area he sold into
the Civil War for someone, lost a leg. He never arrived as far as we know. Also interested in finding information on
descendents of James Mahony born
1792, wife Nancy (Ann) born 1794.
Children: Denis born 1810, James born 1812, Julia born 1815, Nancy
born 1819, Daniel born 1820 and Jeremiah born 1824. Their Ireland site is
listed as Knockacapell, Kerry. Emigrants to Canada in 1825 with Peter Robinson
Emigration with over 400 others. Have information on two other Mahony families
headed by Henry and William with land information in Ireland and Ontario.
Finbar
O Mahony (fin.omahony@gmail.com) of Dublin, Ireland, is looking for
other descendants of the family of Timothy MAHONY (1773-1869).
He married Margaret CRONIN in 1818 and died at Incheens,
Killarney, on 22 May 1869. They had children Michael (Glenns,
1820), John (Glenns, 1821-1880), Timothy (Poulagour, 1824-1864),
Patrick, Paul (1829-1904), Hanorah (1832), Mary (1834), Elizabeth (18135-1880)
and Cain (1837). Their son John MAHONY (Glenns, 1821-1880)
married Honora SULLIVAN in Killarney and had children Elizabeth (1863),
Hanora (1864, died young), Mary (1865), Catherine (1867),
Michael (1869), Cain (1872) and Hanora (1875).
The family was associated with Incheens, Poulagour, Derrycunnihy and Glenns,
which sometimes is referred to as Glynns.
Séamus Shortall (rapidresults2006@shortall.info)
is co-author with Maria Spasova of the Bulgarian/Irish Association of the book
'Pierce O Mahony' an Irishman in Bulgaria.
He is interested in learning new details of the life of Pierce Charles de Lacy O Mahony (1850-1930) and also of the lives
and decendants of the orphans of the St. Patrick orphanage in Sofia, Bulgaria,
which closed in 1915.
Mary McCarthy Simpson
(mary@msimpson.demon.co.uk) of Dorset, England,
is the gggranddaughter of Charles
MAHONEY and Bridget Rahilly/Reilly, who farmed in Knockagallane, parish of
Kilmoe, Co. Cork,
and the ggranddaughter of their son Denis
Mahoney. Denis was born 1846-50
and had siblings Charles, Mary, and Johanna. Denis went to London just before 1870
and had a daughter Johanna, my
grandmother. Denis’ sister Johanna appears in the 1901 Knockagallane,
Crookhaven, census as wife of a farmer (not listed) with son Charley, age 21,
and daughter Kate, age 22.
Margaret Oudsema Tanner (oudsemam@aol.com) is the great granddaughter of John
& Julia Harris Mahoney. They arrived in NYC June 20, 1847 on the maiden
voyage of the Irish Bark “Free Trader” having departed Cobh about May 15, 1847.
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