Leonards/Lovells

Leonard:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

You may want to provide more specifics about your family and where they lived in Ireland presumably within Bohola parish in Mayo. Were the Leonards from Carroward?

Roger McDonnell

Yes they were from Carroward, do you know of any/them?

Thanks

No. I just looked at the 1901 census for Bohola parish and the only Leonards listed were in Carroward.

Roger

Hi Roger

I have been through the parish records and found both paternal and maternal

GP Thomas Leonard/Catherine Lovelle and both

GGP John Leonard/ Bridget Clarke     -    Edward Lovelle/Anne McGuire

I would like to go back further and also find any relatives anywhere Ireland/GB/USA/Canada

After my posting I have found cousins in Canada which is fantastic

But any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Leonard:

Suggest you consider autosomal DNA testing.

Roger

What exactly is that?

Some background https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/test-types/autosomal-dna-snp-test-f…

Roger

Hello, my name is robert leonard according to what i am reading we are related. my father was michael joseph (05 18 11/ 12 14 89 ). he, john ,tom and peggy came to chicago illinois in the 1920s. idont know if you will get this,if you do i would like to hear from you.   Robert Leonard  7213 Delaware Rd. Wonder Lake Il.60097     rleonard9950@yahoo.com

Hi, I am Robert Leonard's sister, who just posted a message to you, then he called me to tell me.  Our father is Michael Joseph Leonard and his siblings are John Leonard, Edward Leonard, Thomas Leonard, Peggy(Margaret) Driscoll, Mary Ingles, and Patrick Joseph Leonard.  My name is Kathleen Leonard.  My father, Michael, did not talk much about Ireland.  I found out some information from Aunt Peggy and Uncle John.  My father was born in 1911, not sure if it was in Carroward or Castlebar, County Mayo.  I have gathered that my father and Uncle John, being the oldest kids, were sent ot England or Wales in the 1920's when they would have been young boys, to work the coal mines!  Had to be an awful existence for them.  I don't know when they returned to Ireland.  My father, Michael, immigrated to the USA at some point, don't know when!  John, Peggy, and Tom also immigrated to the USA.  The four of them went to Chicago, Illinois.  I believe their Aunt Margaret Steffans sponsored them...?  Their sister, Mary Ingles, went to Canada.  Their brother, Edward, went to England.  And PJ, the youngest, stayed in Ireland.   I wish I knew more about their life, etc., but my father was a quiet man.  If you are indeed related, please advise.  I would love to know more about the family.  I hope to someday take a trip to Ireland just to see where they were from.  I am in the Nashville, Tennessee area, USA.  Thanks...   Kathy Leonard