Searching for John L. Dougherty and Cathern Love? Dougherty - name may have originally been Daugherty and possibly changed in America to Dougherty. - John born 1817 and Catherine 1828.
Found an ship arrival document that indicates a John L. Daugherty arrived July 13, 1849 - Departure from Londonderry. Ship name Venilia. Port of Arrival: Philadelphia. Settled in central Pennsylvania, ultimately Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Death notice said he was from County Leitrim, Drumharkan (3 mi. from Ballamore says the notice), parish of Fenagh.
Children born in America: Joseph, Jennie, Johnnie, Anna (Annie), Mary Jane, Isabella, Katie, Maggie, David, William, Robert (who may have been named after Irish family).
ramosjudie2
Monday 4th Feb 2013, 10:52PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi,
Thank you for your message.
I have passed it on to one of our volunteers in the area who hopefully will be able to assist or advise you.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Tuesday 9th Apr 2013, 12:28PM -
Hello - my name is Teresa Lennon from Fenagh Visitor Centre, Co Leitrim. You can contact the Genealogy Centre in Ballinamore at www.leitrimroots.com and search their database for your relatives. They will have listed any information/records available in their database so that would be a good starting point in your search.
Best of luck and if we can help in any other way please don't hesitate to give us a call 071 9645590 or email us (fenaghvisitorcentre@gmail.com)
Thanks for getting in touch
Teresa
Wednesday 10th Apr 2013, 10:34AM