Looking for birthplace of Tahaney and McGowan Gr-Gr-Gr-Grandparents
I'm trying to find the birthplace of my great, great, great-grandparents, LUKE TAHANEY and BRIDGET MCGOWAN.From Bridget's obituary, it stated she was born 7 February 1814 in County Sligo. It also stated she immigrated to Canada in 1832.She and Luke were married (marriage recorded) in Toronto, Canada, in 1838.She died 21 May 1894 in Saginaw, Michigan.
A possible brother was MICHAEL MCGOWAN, born ca. 1804 in Ireland and married to MARY TAHANY 1841 in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada.Also living in the vicinity in the 1840s-1850s were JAMES MCGOWAN, born ca. 1811 married to MARGARET JANE MCNAIR, PATRICK MCGOWAN, born ca. 1811 married to HONORA BRADY, and MARY MCGOWAN born ca. 1822, married to JOHN FLYNN.
LUKE TAHANEY (spelling varies from TAHANEY, TAHANY, THANY, TAHENY, TANNY, TENNY, etc.) was born ca. 1801 in Ireland.In the 1851 Canadian Census, he was shown living with his wife BRIDGET and 6 children at the log cabin home of HUGH TAHANY.I'm not sure who HUGH was or how he was related to LUKE.In the 1861 Whitby, Ontario, Canada, census, his two youngest children were recorded visiting at the home of JAMES TAHANY, born ca. 1791 in Ireland.So perhaps JAMES was a brother.
I would really like to discover the birthplaces of LUKE and BRIDGET, as we are planning on visiting Ireland this summer.If anyone knows anything about my family, I would enjoy hearing from you.
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