If you are related or have
information concerning our family, I would very much want to hear from
you
O’HARA FAMILY HISTORY....are you related? If
so, please contact me.
I’ve always wanted to
research the O’Hara Family and a couple of years ago, I seriously took
on the project. My computer and the Family Tree Maker Program have
helped organize all the information - I have approximately 600 names
now. The family of Thomas and Mary (Rouse) O’Hara along with sons,
*Patrick and Thomas emigrated from Ireland and this winter I found that
a son Edward stayed in Ireland. Now, I am searching to find where and
when they departed Ireland, what ship brought them to the USA and where
they embarked this country. The Irish after embarking in this country
were typically sent on the railroad to Altoona, Pennsylvania (an Irish
Emigration Center) where they picked a job and made arrangements to move
to that job location. O’Hara Family descendants married with the
following families (this is not a complete list): Rochford, Carr,
Glasser, Kramer (later changed to Cramer), Patrick, Cunningham, Crishal,
Lyden, Grady, Deihl, Shingledecker, Kaufman, Filbert, Schabel, Marrie,
Salvatore, Groza, Stefan, Brennan, etc.
MORE INFORMATION: We are family
of *Patrick
"Ginger" O’Hara (born 1858 in possibly County Cork or County
Antrum, Ireland), married Elizabeth "Liz" Rochford on April
23, 1883 in Youngstown, Ohio where they lived there lives and most of
their family remained and still live in the area. Patrick was nicknamed
"Ginger" by his fellow mill workers because of his red hair.
The Mahoning County Probate records state that Pat and Liz had the
following eight children: Thomas Peter, Annie, Mary, John, Peter,
Lillian, Agnes and Edna.
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Patrick & Elizabeth
Our grandfather, Thomas Peter
(born March 12, 1884), married Minnie Katherine Kaufman (also spelled
Kauffman) on June 11, 1908 in Youngstown, Ohio. Tom and Minnie had the
following seven children: Edward, Anna Sophia, John Charles, Mary
Louise, Thomas William, Robert Henry and James Patrick.
I NEED SOME HELP! Can you help me with the
answers to any of the following questions. Where in Ireland did our
family live? Name of the port from which they departed Ireland. Name of
the ship which transported them here. Name of the port where they
entered this country.
The 1900 US Census has Patrick O’Hara born
3/1857, 49yr, married 17yr, mother & father born in Ireland,
immigration - 1877 while the 1920 US Census has him 60yr old,
immigration 1874 (the handwriting is hard to read and the mind is the
first thing to go), but I do have a three year bracket of immigration
time period. (My guess is that it is 1877.) He petitioned for
citizenship in 1883. (The librarian commented today while I was working
on this research - 5 years after he come into the country...it sounded
like the typical length of time to petition for citizenship.) With this
information, I am not coming up with answers to my questions. Everything
simply says "Ireland" - birth certificates, death
certificates, obituaries, etc.
Please think on this and if there are any
old letters, paperwork, pictures, books, a family bible, etc. that you
may have of your parents or grandparents, look through them, read them
and if you can shed any light onto this research, e-mail us or call me
at 330-799-9879 - I work M-F till 5pm. If you do find any picture/s of
our grandparents or great-grandparents which you would share for this
Family History project, I would like to borrow it/them to make a copy.
(If you are interested in
helping with the research, maybe we could meet at the main library and
search through microfilm for death and birth records...kind of dull
work, but often times give names of other family members to help put
this big PUZZLE of a Family Tree together. Thank you for your time in
reading this and I hope you learned something about our family.)
I look forward to hearing from you -
barbo43@peoplepc.com
BARBARA (3/17/02)
This
link will take you to another OHara site with some interesting
information http://oharas.com