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Surnames: Fitzpatrick, Carney, Doran, Lynch, Brosnan, Galvin, Hubbard, Heyworth, Park,
Irvin, Whalley, Shea, Wilson, Black
Classification: Query
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My great-grandmother was Hanora Carney who, according to a newspaper clipping about her
50th wedding anniversary, came to the US in 1880 from Athenry, County Galway, Ireland.
There is a Hanora Carney in the 1880 census of Salem, Massachusetts who would fit her age
(based on estimates from her death certificate). I have been unable to document that the
woman in the census is indeed my great-grand. Other than the information from the
newspaper clipping and her death certificate, she doesn't appear in records until
after her marriage to Patrick Fitzpatrick in Lawrence. I have yet to find any siblings or
info regarding her family in the US. Despite being married in Lawrence, there is no civil
marriage license recorded in Lawrence City Clerk's office. I am now in the process of
writing the Mass Archives to ascertain whether there is a connection with Salem. I have
searched a couple of other towns in the area surrounding Lawrence with no success.
cheryl doran girard
jenner, california
fyrmom(a)sonic.net