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Margaret Donovan 1800–1870 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1800

Birth Location: Clear Island, Cork, Ireland

Death Date: 03 Apr 1870

Death Location: Slievemore, County Mayo, Ireland

Father: Simon Sr

Mother: Jane Galway

Spouse(s): John Sheehy

Children(s): Mary Curker, Jeremiah Sheehy, Timothy Sheehy, Ellen Sheehy, Cpt Sheehy, Elizabeth Sheehy, James Shea, Margaret Sheehy, Patrick Sheehy, Edward Sheehy

Margaret Donovan was born in 1800 in Clear Island, Cork, Ireland, the child of Simon Donovan Sr And Jane Galway. Margaret Donovan married John Sheehy, and had children including Cpt John F Sheehy, Edward Edmund Sheehy, Elizabeth Bessie Sheehy, Ellen Ella Sheehy, James J Sheehy Shea, Jeremiah Jerry Sheehy, Margaret Sheehy, Mary Curker, Patrick Sheehy, Timothy A Sheehy. Margaret Donovan passed away in 1870 in Slievemore, County Mayo, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Donovan was born in 1800 in Clear Island, Cork, Ireland, the child of Simon Donovan Sr And Jane Galway.
  • Margaret Donovan married John Sheehy, and had children including Cpt John F Sheehy, Edward Edmund Sheehy, Elizabeth Bessie Sheehy, Ellen Ella Sheehy, James J Sheehy Shea, Jeremiah Jerry Sheehy, Margaret Sheehy, Mary Curker, Patrick Sheehy, Timothy A Sheehy.
  • Margaret Donovan passed away in 1870 in Slievemore, County Mayo, Ireland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Donovan's Ancestors

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Margaret Donovan
1800–1870
Birth Place: Clear Island, Cork, Ireland
Parents
Simon Donovan Sr
1779–1870
Cork, Ireland
Jane Galway
1775–1919
Ireland
Grandparents
Daniel Donovan
1760–1797
Henry Galway
1740–1809
Fort Arthur, Cork, Ireland
Margaret Sheehy
1749–1782
Corbally House, Cork, Cork, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Donovan's Descendants

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Margaret Donovan (1800–03 Apr 1870) m. John Sheehy (Abt. Jan 1790–Aft. 1862)
  1. 1. Mary Curker 1821–1916
  2. 2. Jeremiah ((Jerry)) Sheehy 1821–1901
  3. 3. Timothy (A.) Sheehy 1818–1904
  4. 4. Ellen ((Ella)) Sheehy 1825–1896
  5. 5. Cpt (John F) Sheehy 1827–1909
  6. 6. Elizabeth ((Bessie)) Sheehy 1822–1892
  7. 7. James (J (Sheehy)) Shea 1835–1902 m. Anna ((Annie)) Shipsey 1839–1919
    1. 1. Leo (William) Shea 1868–1898 m. Catherine ((Kate)) Mitchell 1865–1951
      1. 1. John ("Jack" Leo) Shea 1895–1931 m. Mary (Lucille) Clark 1893–1985
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Jane) Shea 1924–2021 m. William (Richard) Cavin 1922–2016
        2. 2. Robert (Clark) Shea 1930–2020
        3. 3. Gen. (William Leo) Shea 1929–1994 m. Heidilore Jackel 1939–2019
        4. 4. John ("Jack" Leo) Shea 1922–2013
      2. 2. Anita (Maria Shea) MacDonald 1892–1953
    2. 2. Margaret ("Maggie" Shea) Nolan 1864–1938
    3. 3. Ella (Theresa Shea) Chalmers 1866–1940
    4. 4. John ((Johnnie) W) Shea 1870–1892
    5. 5. Mary ((Molly) Agatha) Shea 1872–1904
    6. 6. Anna ((Annie) Shea) Tobin 1874–1959
    7. 7. Rose (E) Shea 1876–1905
    8. 8. Elizabeth ((Lizzie) Agnes) Shea 1878–1949
    9. 9. James ((Jimmy) Shea) Jr. 1881–1904
    10. 10. Alice (Jane) Shea 1867–
  8. 8. Margaret Sheehy 1838–1926
  9. 9. Patrick Sheehy 1841–1901
  10. 10. Edward ("Edmund") Sheehy 1843–

Margaret Donovan's Timeline

2 Records

1800
1800
Birth of Margaret Donovan in Clear Island, Cork, Ireland
Clear Island, Cork, Ireland
1870
03 Apr 1870
Age 70
Death of Margaret Donovan in Ballymarsheneley, Limerick, Ireland and Cork, Ireland
Ballymarsheneley, Limerick, Ireland and Cork, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1800
    Event Place: Clear Island, Cork, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Ireland, Select Deaths, 1864-1870

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 03 Apr 1870
    Event Place: Ballymarsheneley, Limerick, Ireland and Cork, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Ireland, Select Deaths, 1864-1870

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Slievemore, County Mayo, Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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