Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND
Patrick MCDONNELL
BIRTHabout 1825Goleen? Ballydehob? Ireland
DEATHbefore 1895 
MISC Catholic
MISC house they built when they married.
MISC wife died 1895-1900, in Ireland in the
MISC Patrick died of heart attack before his
MISC Had a cousin, John O'Neill in Canandagua.
MARRIAGEbefore 1843Goleen, Ireland
FATHER 
 
WIFE
Hanora MAHANEY
BIRTHabout 1825Probably near Goleen, Ireland
DEATHabout 1895Coleras, Goleen about 1895-1900
MISC kind and generous
MISC Died of heart attack aged about 70
MISC married, had a good roof, not thatched.
MISC same house they built when they were
MISC Name pronounced Ma-hay-nee, Died in the
MISC Led good Catholic life.
 
CHILDREN
1.John MCDONNELL  MALE
 MISC Second oldest child in his family
RESIDENCE Colleras, Goleen, Ireland
OCCUPATION Lobster fisherman;
DEATH Goleen, Ireland
MISC wife died, second had a son John?Patrick?
MISC The only one who stayed in Ireland. First
MARRIAGEabout 1888Margaret BARRNETT;
MARRIAGEabout 1902 

2.Josephine Johana MCDONNELL  FEMALE
 BIRTHbetween 1825 and 1858Ireland
DEATHabout 1883Buffalo, Erie, New York
MISC Third oldest child, older than Ann

3.Mary MCDONNELL  FEMALE
 BIRTH23 June 1843Goleen, Ireland2656
IMMIGRATIONbefore 1883No female McDonnells in the 1872 Buffalo Directory
DEATH5 February 1934Buffalo, Erie, New York2657
BURIAL8 February 1934Holy Cross
MISC Liked to read, had a book from Ireland
RESIDENCE Corner of South and Vandalia St.
OCCUPATION Studied bookkeeping in Ireland.;
MISC Looked like Whistler's mother by the fire.
MISC Liked to dance the jig with Kate
MISC Left her husband, cause never discussed.
MISC Oldest child, Came to US first with Jo(n33
MARRIAGE Buffalo, Erie, New York

4.Catherine MCDONNELL  FEMALE
 BIRTH9 July 1851Colleras, Goleen, Ireland2558,2559
MISC1883from Liverpool
DEATH3 March 1913Buffalo, Erie, New York2560
BURIAL6 March 1913Holy Cross Cemetery, Buffalo, NY2561,2562
RESIDENCE 54 and 47 Alabama St.
OCCUPATION Worked for a few years at Shervit House -;
MISC Had scarlet fever 1892-3.
MISC Arrived in USA around 1883-4 byway of Wales and Liverpool
MISC Met her husband 2 days before the arranged wedding
MISC Catholic
MISC liked to sing, liked animals, irish jig
MARRIAGE1 March 1870John C. SHEEHAN; Goleen, Ireland, an arranged marriage

5.Ann MCDONNELL  FEMALE
 BIRTHabout 1860Goleen, Ireland
MISC1900Not in Buffalo City Directory 1900, but siblings Mary and Tim are at 31 Vandalia St.
DEATH14 April 1943Buffalo, Erie, New York2658
MISC beautiful, good voice, prim, well liked
RESIDENCE 125 Sheffield Ave, Buffalo, NY.
OCCUPATION cook, baker, invested $, held mortgages;
MISC come to USA, held mortgages for their home
MISC to be 94 yrs old. Helped the others to
MISC church when sister Kate N28 married. Lived
MISC Youngest child in the family, ran to the
MISC Catholic

6.Timothy MCDONNELL  MALE
 BIRTH3 January 1865Goleen, Ireland2659
RESIDENCE1900There is a Mary and Timothy McDonnell , laborer at 31 Vandalia St.2660
DEATH16 September 1915Vandalia St. Buffalo2661,2662
MISC Nickname: Cooper
RESIDENCE 31 Vandalia St., Buffalo2663
MISC from her. Died age 50. Second oldest child
MISC shanty talking to men on break to get away
MISC a hard life, used to sit outside the RRoad
MISC His wife was a strong, hard woman, he had
RESIDENCE He built the house on Vandalia St. and he died there.2664