Hello.
My grandmother, Annie Connolly was born in Rosmuc in 1877. She ended up in Pittsburgh along with many cousins. Some surnames: Grealish Naughton Joyce Coyne Flaherty
Annies parents were THomas Connolly and Kate, also named Connolly. My son went to visit Rosmuc in 1999 and met with Barbara Greasish who was still living there at the time,,,and a Michael Connolly.
My grandmother Annie Connolly along with her sisters, Mary, Barbara, Bridgette were all domestic servants in Pittsburg,,,,,some in Sewickley,,,,,,some in the "East End" where some big homes were.
Alot of the cousins from Rosmuc came between 1900 and 1920 to Pittsburgh. However, before my Annie came to Pittsburgh she first went to Oakland California to be with Connolly relatives (NOTICE: the area of Pittsburgh where alot of them lived is also called Oakland).....go to the USGENWEB Allegheny co. site and see Norm Meinarts cemetary pages. Some of these people are buried in All Saints Braddock Cem. and also Calvary. My mom, who is now 91, has a cousin in Pittsburh.....Grealish who holds a family re-union tea every year . I have also seen Grealish spelled Greilish. Just to let ya know the Pittsburgh faction is quite large!! good luck
mary neff hurst
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Mary,
Your post was of interest to my research into the families of the Rosmuc area, where I am recording births, marriages and deaths. Would you know the parents' names of your grandmother Annie Connolly? I may have located her sister Barbara in the Boston passenger arrivals for 1895 - traveling from Rosmuc to Pittsburgh to join her sister Mary.
Also, how do the Grealishes fit into your family? I have quite a bit of information on the Rosmuc Grealish families.
Dave Riley Portsmouth, RI
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the connolly family you men.lived in glencoe,rosmuck,co.galway.micheal connolly still lives in the family house. he was married to matilda? they had no kids.paddy connollydied in the 70s,his wife died in the60s. he had one daughter. she lives in glencoe.
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Hello Dave,
I can't believe I just now saw this posting.....I was banned from the website for a couple years....anyway,,now I am back on....
My Annie Connollys parents were both Connollys: Thomas Connolly and Kate Connolly. I actually have alot more on the family. My Annie(immigrated spring 19020 went to Pittsburgh, after getting blasted out of San Francisco (Oakland) from the great earthquake. Her sisters Mary and Barbara and Bridget came later, as did brothers Martin and Bartley. The sisters mostly worked as domestics around the Oakland PIttsburgh area, and Braddock and Sewickley areas of Pittsburgh. Let me know if you get this,,,we can share more info.- I would like to know more about the ones that went to San Francisco.....they apparantly visited Pittsburh one time and they had a reunion thing....but I don't know the names of the ones there.
sincerley, Mary Neff Hurst
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Patrick, would your Connollys be related to Bridget Connolly, born about 1886 who travelled to Boston in 1906 aboard the 'Parisian' with John Joyce, aged 21 and his sister 11 year old Mary Joyce? Mary Joyce returned to Galway about 1912 and married my grandfather, Michael Coyne of Cornamona Co Galway. This is all the info I have on the Joyce family, except that they were really tall, and used to row out to the Aran islands. I have their birthplace as Rockmuc/Barna. Any info gratefully received, Egypta.
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I am shocked to find your post. Do you know if your grandmothers sister Bridget (Birdie) Connoly married a Michael Coyne? If so please contact me. They are my Great Great Grandparents. They had a total of 8 children, Bridget (married Anthony Welsh Walsh), Peter, John, Patrick,Michael(my great grandfather married Annie Grealish in Chicago. Anne's sister Mary Grealish married Michael Naughton),Mary, William and Margaret. I have the 1880 Census of them in Ironton Ohio, Lawrence county which states that son John was born in Pennsylvania ~1866. I have come to a brick wall in Pittsburg, but I do know they were in Pittsburg because one of the Walsh cousins told me they were there before Ohio. Your surnames are too familiar to be not connected. My Naughton cousins are also on ancestry as well. I would love to find out more of my Coyne-Connoly ancestry. I am not exactly sure when they came, I am guessing sometime between 1862-1865. Please let me know if any of this sounds similiar.
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I'm looking for information on the parents of Patrick Grealish who married Nora Flaherty in Pittsburgh in 1892-1893. He left Ros Muc in early 1890's and went to Pittsburgh. Family says his mother's maiden name was Manion.
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Dave, I saw this post from some time ago. Are you still working on families in Rosmuc? My family came from there to St. Paul, but we've had the hardest time trying to sort out their family connections. My names are McDonough, Joyce, Sullivan, Nee(Needham), Flaherty. Would you be able to help? I can send the details that I have. Thanks, Laura Sandy, OR
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Have you found any information about the parents of Patrick and Nora? My wife's grandfather, Patrick Gralish, was a son of Patrick and Nora.
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