Shanley/Gilleran Athlone/Conn/Calif 1860s
Looking for information on the family of my great-great grandmother, (Mary) Catherine Shanley, b. 1844 in Athlone (not sure if Roscommon or Westmeath). Her mother was Mary McCormack. Catherine emigrated in 1860, supposedly landed in Boston, but there is evidence that she went directly to New Haven, Conn. Her sister Bridget (b. 1849) came over, married a Gilleran, and by the 1870s they were all in Northern California.
They supposedly had a brother William in the boston area, perhaps in the shoe industry.Further, there may have been another sister or some other relative already in Calif, to whom they came. I am searching their siblings, either in Ireland, Connecticut, or Northern California. Any help is appreciated.
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Re: Shanley/Gilleran Athlone/Conn/Calif 1860s
Ralph Connors 4/08/10