I decided to put in some time on my Dolan’s this weekend since I’m all juiced up to solve their mystery. When I started, I knew that Catherine Dolan married Martin Kelly ca 1840. Little did I know that Dolan families would work their way into the tree over multiple generations. As I was going…
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Getting My Irish Ancestors Back to Ireland
I am completely stuck on my Irish lines. I’ve got them back to the late 1840s in New Hampshire, but can’t make the leap. I know they were from County Roscommon, but that’s it. There are a few problems holding up my research. First, Martin and Catherine (Dolan) Kelly moved the family out to San…
My Great Great Grandmother, Margaret (Kelly) Jones
Margaret Kelly was born in November of 1849 in Manchester, NH. Margaret was the oldest child of Martin Kelly and Catherine Dolan, natives of Co. Roscommon, Ireland. Her parents moved the family to Boston, MA around 1851. They only stayed there a couple of years. By 1854, the family had moved across the country and…