Hi, My GGGrandmother Ester (Hester) Collahan was born in Ireland around 1827 her mother and father were John Collahan married Ester (Hester) Hughes.
My GGGrandmother Ester married William Murphy somewhere in Ireland, they had a daughter in Ireland Ellen Murphy (born in Ireland 1849), son (my ggrandfather John C. Murphy born in Schuylkill County, New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1851). Other children were Mary Ann Murphy born in 1854,(Mary married Matthew Calleghan) Margaret Murphy born in 1856, Catherine Murphy born in 1859. Sound like this could be a matching family since your Collahan's moved to Schuylkill County, PA.
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