Galway/Rock Falls/Sterling/Omaha
My family is from Galway. My records show that they lived in the Parish of Glynsk, near a small villiage near Cloonfaughna. Located in this town were about a dozen families with names such as: Mee, Mithcell, Love, Campbell, Kane, Barlow, Hyen, Mulvehills, and Conboy.
Patrick Conboy was married to Margaret Mee. They had 5 children: Thomas 1842, Martin, Bridget 1847, Margaret 1848, and Mary 1852. This entire family left Ireland. I know that Margaret (and I believe the other children) came over prior to 1869. Patrick and Margaret did in 1870. Most of the family lived in Rock Falls or Sterling, IL.I believe that Patrick and Margaret are buried in New York.
Thomas was married to Mary Noonan. They had many children: Martin J 1866, Margaret 1868, Mary Frances 1870, Edward 1873, Thomas 1873, Anna 1875, John 1879, William 1877, Lourde 1890, Florence 1890. Thomas was a well-to-do farmer and retired to be the County Clerk for many years.
Martin came to the U.S. buy returned to Ireland and died of burns, presumably received in a house fire.
Margaret married Patrick Murphy. He was from the same area that they grew up in. He was a friend of Thomas. He was rumored to have been a friend of General O'Neill who founded O'Neill (the Irish capitol of Nebraska). Maragret and Patrick were married in Illinois. They lived in Rogers, NE.
Bridget married Edward Tyne in Illinois. He was a former Zouave in the papal army.
Mary married Michael McGuire.
My family descends from Thomas's son, Martin. He moved to Rogers, NE and ran the post office and general store called M.J. Conboy and Sons. He at some point moved to Omaha where he met and married Dorothy Mae Morearty. Both married later in life, Martin was near 60 when his children were born. They had 2 children, Regina and Martin Joseph. Martin, Sr died around 1928 of Colon cancer. Regina died of Polio or TB at the age of 16. She was on a train to visit the other Conboy's in Illinois. Martin Jr. died in 1988, of colon cancer.
If anyone has any information about the Conboy's prior to U.S., I would appreciate it.