User talk:Acurley

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Place names [20 June 2008]

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Thanks for the help. I am going slowly in adding information so I get used to how it should be done.--Acurley 16:02, 20 June 2008 (EDT)

Place names [20 June 2008]

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Thanks for the help. I am going slowly in adding information so I get used to how it should be done.--Acurley 16:02, 20 June 2008 (EDT)

mcenery [20 June 2008]

my wife has McEnery's in her line, their location is Chicago 187x . You probably get my user name but if not it is jmp.--Jmp 17:07, 19 June 2008 (EDT)

At one time I corresponded with Dr. John McEnery of Chicago. Although he connected several of the McEnery branches, we were never able to connect them to the Belleville, New Jersey; Erie, Pennsylvania; or Bronx, New York, McEnerys, all of whom are related. I have a lot of information on the Chicago McEnerys. If I find I have some information you do not have, I will add it--Acurley 16:01, 20 June 2008 (EDT)

McEnery descendant [16 July 2008]

I have seen you tree on Ancestry. JMP suggested I try this site. Am curious about your Ireland sources.--mem 14:44, 16 July 2008 (EDT)

Which sources? I commissioned a search on my McEnery ancestors from the Limerick Heritage Office (or whatever the official name is.) It was a little bit expensive, but well worth it, since I could give them enough information so that they had the correct family right away. I also order microfilm of Irish records from the LDS library. Are you part of the Chicago/Louisiana McEnerys or the Bronx/New Jersey/Erie McEnerys?--Acurley 14:55, 16 July 2008 (EDT)

Sorry for the long response time...I have clearly done something wrong as I've responded more than once using a different page...maybe I have it right this time. I am a descendant of the Chicago McEnerys...Daniel F McEnery b 1887 was my grandfather...I did not know the Louisiana McEnerys were realted to the Chicago group. Have you discovered any relationship between the midwestern McE and the east coat McE? I also have the info gathered by Dr John McEnery. Now I would like to gather documentation for his info. In Sept 2008 I will be in Ireland and hope to find the docs for Dr John's info and also to search for ancestors beyond John McENery d 1841. Do you have any experience with this? Is the Limerick Heritage Office in Adair?

McEnery [22 July 2008]

I am definitely challenged by this WeRelate site. If this fails I will break down and press the help button.

I am from the Chicago McEnerys, Daniel F McEnery b 1887 was my grandfather.

My query about your sources is because I will be in Ireland this Sep and want to find docs for Dr John McEnery's info. Also I'd like to go beyond John McEnery d 1841.

If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them.

mem--mem 11:54, 20 July 2008 (EDT)

Some of the things Dr. McEnery did, such as go to the parish and look at the registers, can be done by ordering microfilm from the Family History Library. I would have to check my notes (I am away from home right now) but those records should be available on microfilm. You might want to contact the pastor before you go, and see if he can put you in touch with McEnerys who still live in the area.--Acurley 12:37, 22 July 2008 (EDT)

Hugh Donnelly [9 March 2009]

Thank you for directing me to We Relate (your post on Genealogy.com) . Hugh Donnelly was my Great Grandmother's (Ester Donnelly) father. She was married to Wright L. Gilbert. I started to research my ancestors several years ago but found I do not have the time required. Perhaps when I retire in a few years.

Russell Koch Bloomfield, NJ--Russ44 18:43, 8 March 2009 (EDT)

Good to hear from you again. I hope things are going well.--Acurley 20:07, 8 March 2009 (EDT)

Dutch Reformed Church at Second River Register [9 April 2009]

Hello,

I am a volunteer admin here at WeRelate. I noticed that you created a source: Source:Register of the Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Membership of the Dutch Reformed Church at Second River – New Jersey, 1794 – 1848; Gift to – The New Jersey Historical Society from Nova Caesarea Chapter, D.A.R. of Newark – New Jersey. This source already existed here - albeit in duplicate and with a non-conforming title! I've merged the two duplicates, and now would like to integrate your new source into it.

This type of source, Government/Church Records would follow the naming convention, Place.Title (where place is in the order: country, state, county, town). My question is about the town this register represents, Second River. Is this actually Belleville? My thought for a title for this source would be:

• United States, New Jersey, Essex, Belleville. Register of Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Memberships of the Dutch Reformed Church at Second River, New Jersey, 1794-1848

I will await your response before I proceed.

Thank you!--Jennifer (JBS66) 06:29, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

Thanks for your help. Yes, Second River is the original name of the section of Newark, NJ that became Belleville (after being part of Bloomfield for a while).--Acurley 10:21, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

Thank you for your explanation. Here's what I'm thinking... what if we were to leave the word Belleville out of the title? It seems from what you are describing, that a variety of names could represent this area over time, and the place Second River does still appear in the title. So, if you have no objections, I could title the page:

• United States, New Jersey, Essex. Register of Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Memberships of the Dutch Reformed Church at Second River, New Jersey, 1794-1848--Jennifer (JBS66) 10:39, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

Certainly. Especially since "Belleville" could be listed as a placed covered by the book.--Acurley 12:41, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

Great! Thanks for your input. Here is the new source page: Source:United States, New Jersey, Essex. Register of Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Memberships of the Dutch Reformed Church at Second River, New Jersey, 1794-1848. I also edited your Family:Peter Donnelly and Eliza Cole (1) to reflect the new source title. --Jennifer (JBS66) 08:31, 9 April 2009 (EDT)

Looks great. --Acurley 08:40, 9 April 2009 (EDT)

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Congratulations! [11 February 2012]

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GEDCOM Export Ready [18 November 2012]

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Donnelly, Hugh: dates? [28 February 2013]

My immigrant ancestor Patrick Donnelly had a brother Hugh who would have emigrated around 1820 from County Tyrone.

Do you have any dates for the Hugh Donnelly in your project?--MKLund 15:00, 27 February 2013 (EST)

Hugh Donnelly, son of Hugh and Margaret, was born about 1810 in Ireland. One record says he was born in County Antrim, but it could easily have been County Tyrone. He was probably in Essex County, NJ by 1830.

His brother Peter married Elizabeth Cole at the Dutch Reformed Church in Belleville, Essex County, NJ, in 1826.

Where did your Patrick settle?--Acurley 17:12, 28 February 2013 (EST)

The date works fairly well and the county may be a wash - but the religion is wrong. My Patrick was Catholic, so I am assuming that it is a different line.

Patrick was in New Brunswick and Maine, but he was looking for two brothers, Mark and Hugh, from whom he had been separated. Shipwrecks or safe harbor often brought passengers to NB instead of the American ports to which they were headed.

Thank you for the info. I am new to WeRelate. Still trying to figure it out.--MKLund 18:38, 28 February 2013 (EST)

My Donnellys are also Catholic. Peter happened to marry a Protestant. One problem is that Donnelly is the seventh most common name in Ireland. As you put your information on WeRelate, I'll see if anything looks promising for a connection.--Acurley 18:47, 28 February 2013 (EST)

using werelate.org [17 February 2014]

to Acurley,

Update, 17 Feb 2014

I'm making better progress navigating the website. So little by little, I'm adding information regarding McLaughlin and McGilvery family members.

Margaret DeAcetis

I see you are getting very much more adept. Congratulations!

I connected Frank McGilvrey to his parents. It was a matter of adding his father, and then choosing the page that was already in WeRelate.--Acurley 13:53, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. I'll go check it now.

John Shields/Catherine Huston [29 January 2015]

Hi,

I am new to the site but noticed you are watching the page that lists the details of this marriage in NJ in 1854. I am a descendant of John and Catherine and was wondering what your interest is or if you just entered information on people not related to you?

Thanks

Barbara--Blhoblit 13:45, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

== Shields/Huston

Good question! I am not sure why I have them on. Are they from Belleville, NJ? I am doing a study of the Irish in Belleville and perhaps put them on as part of that project.

--Acurley 13:55, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

I now realize why I had information on them. They were an Irish-born couple who settled in Essex County, NJ, and then went to California during the Gold Rush. I am currently doing research on the Irish community of Belleville, Essex Co., NJ.--Acurley 19:42, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

GEDCOM Export Ready [30 September 2014]

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Relative [29 January 2015]

--Bdalzell 19:20, 29 January 2015 (UTC)Hi

My name is Beth Dalzell. Pauline's son Hugh Fredrick McLaughlin married May Thompson (I have no information on her). They had two daughters - Margaret Grace McLaughlin b. 2/20/1986 and Marie Antoinette McLaughlin. My grandmother is Margaret Grace McLaughlin (known as Grace). She married George Howland Dalzell. They had two sons Clifford Blackwell Dalzell and Robert Hunter Dalzell. Clifford was the son of Grace's first marriage to Clyford Watson Blackwell, who was then adopted by George Howland Dalzell. My father is Robert Hunter Dalzell

Would welcome sharing information with you.

Regards Beth Dalzell

beth.dalzell@att.net

I have been putting pretty much all of the information I find on WeRelate. Are you comfortable putting the information you have on WeRelate (deceased people only, as per regulations). If not, I will add them and see what other information I can find.

Augustine--Acurley 19:46, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

GEDCOM Export Ready [9 February 2016]

The GEDCOM for tree Curley-McEnery is ready to download. Click here.

GEDCOM Export Ready [28 May 2017]

The GEDCOM for tree Ancestors of Michael Joseph Curley is ready to download. Click here.

GEDCOM Export Ready [3 June 2017]

The GEDCOM for tree JF Curley Ancestry is ready to download. Click here.

GEDCOM Export Ready [10 February 2018]

The GEDCOM for tree Ancestors of Rose Irene McEnery is ready to download. Click here.

Thanks [27 March 2021]

Thanks for cleaning up my entry for John McEnery, I have not been doing much on We Relate lately. jmp--Jmp 02:32, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Cleaning up orphan records [2 June 2021]

Hi

I have a list of several pages you created that have no dates and rarely any relationships. There appears to be very little value in keeping these pages around, unless more information can be added so that it is possible to identify the people and when/where they lived. Do you want to take a look at the pages below and either add info or delete them? If not, I'll just delete them all. Let me know. Thanks --DataAnalyst 22:17, 1 June 2021 (UTC) (Janet, volunteer administrator)

Person:Bridget McEnery (7)
Person:Bridget McLaughlin (3)
Person:Catherine Riordain (1)
Person:Elizabeth Byrnes (2)
Person:Elizabeth Scanlon (2)
Person:Elizabeth Unknown (4366)
Person:Henry McLaughlin (11)
Person:James Curley (8)
Person:John McLaughlin (49)
Person:Josephine Altwies (1)
Person:Margaret Cahill (8)
Person:Mary McLaughlin (35)
Person:Unknown Lonesome (1)
Person:Unkown Cole (1)

I'll take a look at them. I suspect they are pages that I was adding that I must have done twice.--Acurley 12:49, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

All are now deleted.--Acurley 13:02, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks so much!--DataAnalyst 19:54, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Mary Curley [4 October 2021]

Hello. I'm researching my great-grandfather's family. He was Michael Francis Tierney, born in Glenamaddy, Co. Galway in 1891 to John Tiernan and Mary Curley. He came to America through Boston, MA (where he changed his last name from Tiernan to Tierney) and settled in New York City. One story passed down was that his mother was either a sibling or cousin to Mayor James Michael Curley of Boston, but I haven't been able to find any link. Do you happen to know if this is true? I hit a brick wall researching Mary Curley, as far as siblings or parents. If you have any information you can share or if you can point me in a useful direction, I'd appreciate it. Thanks for any help you may offer. Meara L.--Meara 15:46, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Mayor Curley was from Athlone. I have not found any connection between my Curleys and Athlone, although I have found that the Curleys spread out, since many of them were gardeners or caretakers. I see I did establish a page for John Tiernan and Mary Curley. Let me see what I can do to help you with Mary Curley's ancestry.--Acurley 21:05, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly. I'm new to this site and I'm slowly learning to navigate it. I don't have nearly as much free time as I'd like, so it will continue to be slow going. I did manage to create pages for my great-grandparents so far.--Meara 21:33, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I must have tried to answer from memory. Mayor Curley's father was from Oughterard, County Galway. --Acurley 18:12, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Curleys in Ironpool Kilconly. [13 January 2023]

Hi A,

I see you were in and edited a typo from me on the date of death for Ellen Curley, Ironpool.

Are you related to this branch of the Curleys?

I have been in the last few days and filling up that tree. The furthest back we can go is to John who left Clonlusk in the 1860's and got married in Kilconly.

If you're on Gedmatch, some of my cousins have done DNA testing and you could compare the results.--Maroyu 08:07, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Not as far as I know right now. Several Curley families have been cooperating to try to tie our branches together. My Curleys have a connection to Ballinasloe. And since many of them were gardeners/caretakers, they seem to have spread out around the country.--Acurley 18:04, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

I am indeed on GedMatch. My number is FJ7092534.--Acurley 18:12, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

My cousin, from the ironpool Curley’s, has moved into the house in Dublin where your gardener ancestors lived. Coincidence!--Maroyu 23:32, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Curley loose fish [27 August 2021]

By the way, your Curley loose fish sent to Kilmainham jail in 1880 matches well with https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Patrick_Curley_(21)--Maroyu 08:39, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Yes, indeed. Thank you. Now that I have added so many Curley relatives, I need to go back over my "loose fish" and see if any have been caught!--Acurley 18:10, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Ann Hanney and Feeney [29 July 2022]

Hi We relate on the Feeney side in Sligo!

Apparently Ann Hanney was of Huguenot orgin. Did you hear this?

Kind regards Fi--Finne57 11:04, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply. It has been a busy few months. I only recently made contact with my Curley relatives through DNA. So I have no stories that were handed down. Anything I have found out I have put on WeRelate.--Acurley 18:06, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Curley family tree [31 July 2022]

My great grandmother Edna Yetman had a child with a Curley in 1920. He would have been the son of George and mary. I know through DNA it is not James and George seem unlikely he would have been married at the time that leavs Willard and Charles. I am wondering if you have any insight into this mystery--Lilbean 17:59, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

My relationship to Edna Yetman is through her husband Eugene Donnelly, who is related on my mother's side, not the Curley side. I have been in contact with Glenn Soden in the past, and have tried to do a bit of research on these Curleys, but I came up empty-handed.--Acurley 14:38, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

very interesting thank you--Lilbean 01:47, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Margaret Curley Ironpool [13 January 2023]

Hi there!

I’ve been throwing a lot of stuff about the ironpool Curley’s this week. Good to see someone is watching.

I saw that you added that Margaret was illiterate as she just put her mark on Thomas birth registration, But in the 1911 census she is down as Can read and write.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002465417/

So I think it might be just the way the register in Tuam did it, to stop people scribbling all over his book :-)

Funny also how she registered Thomas on the same day as her neighbors the Cunninghams registered their much older child. Must have been a fair day in Tuam so both mothers went in to town together.--Maroyu 23:30, 13 January 2023 (UTC)