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Family of Michael Monaghan abt 1808-1897

MONAGHAN, RILEY, SULLIVAN

Posted By: Kathleen Murphy (email)
Date: 1/22/2018 at 16:48:26

Michael Monaghan, my 2nd great grandfather, was born in Ireland (I think County Mayo) about 1808, and married there about 1838. Sons Patrick and John were born there per John’s tombstone in St. Michael’s cemetery, Holbrook, Iowa County, Iowa.

Seeking information with sources re:
--Maiden name, birth. death, marriage of Michael's wife, who was the mother of sons Patrick and John. Found Catherine Riley listed as mother of all five of Michael’s children on numerous Ancestry Trees but with no sources.
--Birth information with sources for Michael and the two sons would also be appreciated.

About 14 years after John’s birth, three more children were born—Charles (my great grandfather), and twins Michael Francis and Ellen.

The 14 year time lapse leads me to believe that Michael married twice. Catherine Riley probably died, either in Ireland or on the journey to America, and Michael married Catherine Sullivan. They may have married in Ohio where son Charles was born about 1854
.
The family settled in Iowa a year later, first in Fillmore Township, Iowa County (per Iowa Census 1856, US Census 1860) and by 1874 owned land in Liberty Township, Keokuk County (per plat map and census records).

Any birth/marriage information and sources for Catherine Sullivan would be greatly appreciated. Also birth information for Charles.

In researching this, I checked:
— Michael’s will, which leaves property to wife Catherine, but no maiden name is given.
— Iowa marriage records for both Patrick and John, but parents’ name were not required at that time.
--Iowa marriage records for Charles and Michael Francis, which list their mother's maiden name as Catherine Sullivan
—1925 Iowa Census, page 2, asks for mother’s maiden name. For Charles, Catherine Riley is listed; for Michael, a corrupted spelling of Catherine Sullivan is listed. Unfortunately, Patrick, John and Ellen were all deceased by 1925 so can't check for them in that census .

Can anyone help verify any of this? Sources would be greatly appreciated.

Contact kamurphy57@yahoo.com


 

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