I’ve been researching my family history off and on for almost thirty years. I am doing my best to document and research, but I can’t guarantee perfect accuracy.
My mother’s ancestors came from Ireland and England to eastern Newfoundland as early as the 17th century and eventually migrated to Boston, Massachusetts. My father’s people lare all from Ireland, mostly County Cork and County Waterford; a few emigrated during the Famine but many more emigrated to Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts in the 1890s.
Rather than trying to build and maintain my own family tree website, I’m sharing my research on WikiTree, which is free and public. My ahnentafel is below, with links to the WikiTree profiles, not all of which are managed by me. I’m working on improving the profiles of my direct ancestors. I am happy to discuss ancestors; if you see a connection between us, get in touch!
What’s an Ahnentafel?
It’s an ancestor numbering system in genealogy. The starting person is number 1. A person’s father is always twice their number, and their mother is their father’s number plus one. So, starting with me, if I’m number 1, then my father is 2, and my mother is 3. My father’s father (my grandfather) is 4, and my father’s mother (my grandmother) is 5. My mother’s father is 6 (3×2) and her mother is 7. And so on all the way back to MRD. As you see, I’ve only got as far as 483 and that’s with big gaps.
- me
- my mother
- my father
- Michael John Hegarty 1898-1970
- Agnes Cecelia Murphy 1902-1985
- Bernard Costigan 1890-1989
- Mary Coombs1895-2001
- John James Hegarty 1867-1947
- Margaret Teresa Deasy 1872-1955
- Walter J. Murphy 1862-1932
- Anastasia J. Gaule 1862-1934
- John Costigan 1845-1902
- Elizabeth Cleary 1862-1956
- Eli Francis Coombs1873-1956
- Bridget Clare 1876-1950
- Michael Hegarty 1842-1889
- Ellen Cronin 1850?-1918
- James Deasy 1837-1902
- Honora McCarthy 1841-1913
- Thomas Murphy 1830?-?
- Catherine Ryan 1839-1909
- John Gaule 1841-1886
- Ellen McGrath 1848?-1893
- Thomas Costigan 1813-1882
- Mary Furey 1815-1903
- Edward Cleary 1829-1916
- Grace Gorman 1830-1892
- Richard Coombs 1830-1922
- Lavinia Bishop 1834-1920
- John Clare 1836-1892
- Julianne Southwell 1841-?
- John Hegarty 1796-1876
- Elizabeth Kelleher 1803-1874
- Cornelius Cronin
- Ellen Taylor 1813-?
- James Deasy
- Ellen Crowley 1816-?
- Michael McCarthy 1815-?
- Honora Callaghan 1820-?
42. John Ryan
43. Mary McGrath
46. John McGrath
47. Kate Clancy
48. Vincent Costigan 1790-1844
49. Johanna Kennedy 1792-1816
50. James Furey 1790-?
51. Elizabeth LaCour 1791-?
52. Edmond Cleary
53. Johanna Gibbs
54. Simon Gorman
56. Richard Coombs
57. Mary Menchions
58. Joseph Bishop
59. Mary Young
60. Robert Clare 1816-1855
61. Caroline Green 1816-1895
62. William Southwell
63. Mary King 1809-1893
64. Michael Hegarty
65. Mary Donnelly
66. Dennis Kelleher
67. Julia Gold (or Goold)
70. Thomas Taylor
71. Nell Long
72. James Deasy
73. _____ O’Neill
74. James Crowley
75. Honora _____
98. John Kennedy 1757-1816
99. Mary _____ 1765-1855
100. William Furey
102. Edward LaCour
103. Mary Hicks
108. Michael Gorman
109. Grace LaCour
112. John Coombs 1752-1825
113. Sarah Vokey 1757-1828
114. Thomas Menchions
115. Elizabeth Smith
116. Henry Bishop ?-1841
117. Frances Jones
118. John Young 1763-1817
119. Ann _____
120. John Clare 1779-?
121. Ann Lowman 1795-1857
122. John Green
123. Anna _____
124. William Southwell
125. Cecily _____ 1781-1878
144. James Deasy
145. ? O’Hagan
196. James Kennedy 1716-1776
197. Catherine Madden
206. John Hicks 1744-1812
216. Simon Gorman
218. Edward LaCour (same as #102: pedigree collapse)
219. Mary Hicks (same as #103: pedigree collapse)
226. William Vokey
227. Sarah _____
236. William Young
240. James Clare 1746-1823
241. Margaret Fryar 1750-1822
288. Bernard Deasy
392. Patrick Kennedy 1696-?
393. Catharina Power 1695-?
438. John Hicks (same as #206: pedigree collapse)
452. Philip Vokey 1704-?
480. John Clare 1703-?
481. Elenor Stevens
482. James Fryar 1720-?
483. Mary Stone
Emily Hegarty 