Hello everyone, this is a photo of my great grandmother, Rosanna Allen born ca 1842. Through DNA matches, it would seem that she was a daughter of John Allen (died 1866 in Tyrmegan, Ardstraw) and Elizabeth (died 1864 also at home in Tyrmegan, Ardstraw). She would have had one sister Matilda (Tillie per 1901 census) Allen (who married widower Robert Hood in December 1864) and they emigrated to the US after the 1901 census. She also had a brother George Allen (married to Catherine Meehan) who emigrated to the US long before the 1901 census. Other brothers would include two bachelors, Joseph and John James Allen. Joseph was living at Douglas Bridge when his father died, per the calendar of wills. I think also that there was another sister, Eliza Jane who married a William McNickle in 1868. Without DNA, we would never have even found the right Allens. But we would love to see some proof of Rosanna being from that family. She married Catholic, Charles O'Connor who we think was from Co Kerry, and he worked in the railway (and probably working on the railway line construction in the area). We found a baptism for their child, Mary Jane in 1862, Kileavy, Co Armagh. She lived in Fermoy, Co Cork, and then in Cork city where she died. Any information or ideas, would be gratefully received. Many thanks.
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1842 (circa) | VIEW SOURCE |
| Date of Death | 16th Dec 1899 | VIEW SOURCE |
