Hello Murph,
I am still searching for the origin of my James Carlan b. 1846 in Ireland. Is there
anything that points to Carlan having come from County Donegal. I had orginally thought
that he came from County Clare until I received an email from a Carlan descentent that
hailed from Clare and had no knowledge of any James and I guess her tree went pretty far.
I found out that my James Carlan was a cousin to the Boyce (Denis b. 1805) of County
Donegal. I have said all of that to say that Iam wondering if even extended families
stayed pretty close to one another in those days.
Annemarie
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Subject: Re: [CARLON] Orgin of the Carlon name-
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Author: murph_10
Surnames: Murphy, Carlon
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Hello All,
After reading your posts about the origin of the O'Carolan/Carlon, and its various
spellings, this is usually because of spelling and most people are of the same ancestry
somewhere in their ancestors.
As for how it could have came to Mexico, I will have to do some research but I recall
during one of the US/Mexico wars some emigrants from Ireland immediately enlisted in the
US Army and their are a group of them that, due to religion from their home (Roman
Catholic) they switched sides and fought for Mexico, leaving the US military because of
the abuses they saw their fellow Cathoics be subjected to -- it is possible one of your
ancestors were one of these people.
I would research the Mexican/American war to find out more. As you may know, a famine hit
Ireland in 1845, the worst year being "Black (18)47" and it continued till mid
1850s, and many Irish were also involved in the US Civil War and that too had some battles
in Texas, and some could have stayed or went into mexico -- I would think this would be
the most plausable reason for the Surname to be there.
It is equally possible one of the Irish emgirants from this period simply found his way to
Mexico, saw or met a pretty local girl and got married and you decended from their union.
Perhaps ancestry has some information on both possibilities.
I can tell you for sure the Carlon name is based in Ireland, and many famous persons have
the surname, including a great Irish bard (poet/singer/songwriter in todays terms)BARD
O'CAROLAN'S HARP-- O'CAROLAN was famous in Ireland and it is a great surname.
My GrndMthr, from England, her parents (well Father) was a Carlon, and from Co. Mayo,
Ireland one of the kindest persons I ever met.
Additionally, the reference you keep hearing to Mayo may have been mis-construed when they
were actually discussing/refering to Co.Mayo, a part of Ireland!
Murph_10
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