IMMIGRANT SURNAMES
(unless noted, all immigrants spent their early years in Manhattan, Queens or Brooklyn, NY)
Surnames |
Country |
City, Co., etc |
Year imm |
Destination |
Immigrant names |
Ancestral names, other info |
Related material on FLANAGAN family
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FLANAGAN |
Ireland |
Athleague par, Elphin diocese, Co. Galway |
1834 |
Astoria |
Andrew, John, Thomas, Mary
FLANAGAN b. ca 1790-1810 |
Andrew imm. to W. Bromwich, Staffordshire, Eng prior to U.S.
Parents: Patrick FLANAGAN, Cecily GALVIN
All the names immediately below are FLANAGAN descendants or collateral to the family.
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MATTHEWS |
England |
Birmingham, War. |
1834 |
Astoria |
Sarah b. ca 1804 |
par: John MATTHEWS and Mary ---? |
BUTLER |
Ireland |
Clonmel, Tipperary |
1848 |
Manh, Bkln, points west |
Edmond, John, Thomas, Mary and Kate.BUTLER |
Par: John BUTLER, Mary SLATTERY
Descendant surnames: CASEY (not in NY) |
CASEY, MORAN |
Ireland |
Phillipstown, Kings Co. |
ca. 1847 |
Astoria |
Lawrence CASEY & Anna MORAN, son George |
Lawrence was shoemaker in Halletts Cove area.
Names JOYCE, DELEHANTY and FLANAGAN were all Astoria names.
Descendant surnames:
CASEY/JOYCE: KURZ, BROWN, COMMANDER, LAVIGNE, SMITH.
CASEY/FLANAGAN: GRIGGS, HOWELL, HEFNER, SMITH.
CASEY/DELEHANTY: COOK, GOETZ, LARDNER, SCHNEPEL.
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DELEHANTY/ DELAHANTY, BURKE |
Ireland |
Thurles, Tipperary |
ca 1850? |
Astoria |
John DELEHANTY & Mary BURKE, ch Bridget FLANAGAN, Michael, John DELEHANTY |
Descendant surnames:
BRADY, BYRNES, CASEY, COONEY, GOODWIN, MEYER, O'ROURKE, SMITH |
DEMPSEY, CAHILL |
Ireland |
? |
ca. 1870 |
Astoria |
William DEMPSEY, Mary E. CAHILL
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Descendant surnames:
WELSH, MCCALLAN, CLIFFORD |
EGAN, LAWLOR |
Ireland |
Kildare |
ca. 1863? |
Astoria |
Ann LAWLER EGAN, dau. Elizabeth EGAN FLANAGAN |
Descendant surnames:
CABASINO, DUGAN, FLIEDNER, HIGGINS, MACPHERSON, STEIN, STEPHENS (STEPHAN), WELSH
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CROUGH/ CROW/ CROWE |
Can |
Montreal |
ca. 1850 |
Manh, Ast. |
Margaret CROW EVANS. |
Father & Bro: Thomas CROUGH, Montreal.
Descendant surnames:
see EVANS
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EVANS |
England |
Bristol |
1849? |
Manh, Ast. |
George EVANS
biographical sketch
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Was a shipbuilder. Parents: Wm EVANS,
Rebecca HALL.
Descendant surnames: GRANT (BARGER, O'CONNELL, STOETH)
FAGAN (ROVEGNO, ETZKORN, many), FERGUSON , DEMPSEY (see above)
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JONES |
Wales |
? |
ca. 1850 |
MD, then Manhattan, Freeport, LI |
Rebecca FISHER, Geo. Morgan JONES
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Amelia FLANAGAN (1842-1915) married George MORGAN JONES (c 1844-1908)
Ancestral surnames: O'GORMAN, RUSSELL
Descendant surnames: LANG, WOOD, MUNZINGER, CHARLTON, Freeport, LI. KENNEDY, PACKARD
WENTZ, OWEN.
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KELLY |
Ireland |
? |
ca. 1855? |
Astoria |
Thomas, Abbie
(par), Catherine, John, etc. KELLY |
descendants improbably |
WALDRON, SHUKER |
England |
W. Bromwich, Staffs |
ca. 1857? |
Astoria |
Mary Ann WALDRON, James SHUKER |
M.A. par. James WALDRON, Sarah MATTHEWS
Descendant surnames: ,
NYC area: SHUKER, KUHNEL
Philadelphia: STADTLER, GEOUGH, WRIGHT
Grand Rapids: SHUKER, POWELL, WEKENMAN, SMALLY, JEWETT, MARGER, CZERNEY
Cape May, NJ: MARGER
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EXERTIER |
Fr-> Switz |
Geneva |
ca. 1842 |
Manh, Ast |
Charles EXERTIER |
Descendant surnames:
HENRY, HINKELDEY, HODGKINS, MCGRATH, THISTLETHWAIT
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GRAPIN |
France |
near Paris? |
ca. 1843 |
Manh, Ast |
Annette GRAPIN EXERTIER |
see EXERTIER |
Related material on FAGAN family
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FAGAN |
Ireland |
Barconey Grattan,
Ballyjamesduff, Castlerahan, Cavan |
ca. 1857-1868 |
Manh > LIC > L.I. |
Brothers John, Eugene,
Edward, Laurence, Matthew. Sisters Rose CARROLL, Ann SEAMAN |
Blacksmiths; parents:
Edw. FAGAN, Mary CAFFREY
Descendant surnames:
NY (L.I.): FAGAN, ROVEGNO, ETZKORN; CT: FAGAN, ROCKWELL, DUBE; Calif: FAGAN, BLIZZARD
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EGAN |
Ireland |
? |
mid 1870s |
Manh > LIC |
siblings Margaret EGAN FAGAN, Peter,
Thomas, Michael EGAN |
par: Thomas EGAN &
Winifred ---? |
FENTON |
Ireland |
Midleton,
Carringtohill, Cork |
1881 |
Manh > Bronx & L.I. |
Michael & John
(imm 1881), Thomas (imm 1866) |
Michael par: Denis
FENTON, Margaret MOORE
Descendant surnames: CAMPBELL, CROWLEY
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LATTIMORE |
Ireland |
? |
ca. 1848 |
Manh |
John (blacksmith on Manhattan's lower east side) |
Connection to FAGAN or
or FENTON unknown. Have family bible, misc papers. |
SANTORO |
Italy |
Salerno |
1880 |
Manh > Paterson, NJ > Calif. |
George (Giuseppe)
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Descendant names: ROOD, QUINN
George SANTORO married to Elise ROOD, a granddaughter of Laurence FAGAN.
Have misc papers, photographs. |
ROOD |
? |
Mass |
ca 1880 |
Manh |
Unknown
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Catherine/Kate FAGAN b. ca. 1866 married Walter ROOD born 1845 in Massachusetts. Antecedents unknown.
Other descendant name: QUINN
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Related material on HOGAN family
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HOGAN |
Ireland |
Clare - possibly O'brienstown |
ca. 1845? |
Manh & Brooklyn |
brothers Patrick & George b. ca. 1825 |
Patrick: 66th St & 8th Ave in 1866.
George was shoemaker, 15th St, 18th St area, sisters Catherine and Anne married MCMAHONs
Francis J. was attorney
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Known HOGAN Descendant surnames:
gen 1: MCGRATH (Hackensack), MCMAHON (Bronx, Manh), SCOTT (Manh), HOGAN (Brooklyn, Manh)
gen 2, NY: HALLAM, FAGAN, KEAN, MILLER, PICCO, RAIS, SULLIVAN, BROWN;
gen 2, NJ: NICOLAUS, BECKER, CONGER, EISGRAU, MANAHAN
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MCMAHON, MACMAHON |
Eng. and East Indies |
? |
ca. 1845? |
Manhattan |
John R, Andrew R. |
Known residences were
around 37th-40th Streets, just west of 6th Ave.
Their widows Catharine and Ann lived near Fordham 1890-1905.
1920: Morningside Drive
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DONOHUE, O'BRIEN |
Ireland |
Tipperary |
ca. 1845-50 |
Manh & Greenpoint, Brooklyn |
Philip DONOHUE &
Catharine O'BRIEN, b. ca.1790, ch: John, Daniel(?), Catharine HOGAN, Patrick(?), Margaret(?) |
DONOGHUE, DONOHOE, O'DONOHUE variants used in early years.
Their son John DONOHUE (1818-1903) was successful contractor in Greenpoint. Married to Irish immigrant Ann MAHER.
Children: Philip, Daniel, Mary Ann, Ann, Dora PFEIFFER.
Descendant surname: WELBORN.
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HANDY |
England |
? |
ca. 1660? |
Sandwich, Cataumet, MA |
Richard HANDY |
Richard HANDY gravestone
1719, Old Town Cemetery, Sandwich, Mass.
Henry HANDY (1828 Lee, Mass-1913 Brooklyn),
married Irish immigrant Mary MORGAN (1832 Ire-1896 Brooklyn).
Descendant surnames: HANDY, GADDIS, CONNORS (also see HOGAN).
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MORGAN |
Ireland |
Co. Down |
ca. 1849 |
Wmsburg Bkln |
Patrick MORGAN, Anna MCGOW
b. c1800 |
Anna MCGOW MORGAN
imm 1849 to Williamsburg, Brooklyn with five children. Husband Patrick and son John MORGAN,
probably preceded her. They settled in Brooklyn with at least 3 daughters and 1 son.
Husband Pat'k died around 1855.
Children we have followed (b. 1830s, Co. Down) were John MORGAN (m. Rosanne DOYLE) See above for Mary HANDY;
see below for Theresa MORGAN WORTH and Ann MORGAN WARD.
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WORTH |
Prussia? |
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ca. 1835-40? |
Wmsburg Bkln |
Jacob WORTH, Theresa MORGAN
Only child w/descendants: Louis R. WORTH 1879-1939, Brooklyn
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Jacob WORTH (c1838-1905) was a prominant Brooklyn politician married to our relation,
Theresa MORGAN (c1841 Ire-1914 Brooklyn).
Jacob may have hidden his Prussian birth.
His parents were Mary and Theodore WORTH from Prussia,
His brothers were Philip and Louis, both Brooklyn police officials.
Descendant surnames: WORTH, HOGAN (unrelated to our HOGAN family), WARREN.
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WARD |
Unknown |
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Wmsburg Bkln |
James WARD, Ann MORGAN
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Ann MORGAN WARD (c1839 C. Down, Ire, imm c1849, d. 1897, Brooklyn)
married American-born James M. WARD (c1832 NY-1901, Brooklyn).
Their children b. 1860s-70s Bklyn: William James, Ann AHRINGER, Emma MEINBERG, Katie MCHENRY, Deborah SIMON WRIGLEY,
Sarah R., James.
Descendant surnames: MEINBERG, STONITSCH, WRIGLEY, SIMON, MARA, TRAUB, Staten Island; possibly GEIGER in NJ
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COLLINS, SMITH, GAFNEY |
Ireland |
? |
ca. 1850 |
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn |
James, Mary, John, Frank, Thomas COLLINS (siblings) |
par: James COLLINS,
Mary GAFNEY. James Jr wife: Mary Ann SMITH
Descendant surnames:
HOGAN, KELLY, MADDEN, BRADY, WILSON, SCHULER, SMITH
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LAURENT |
France |
Baccarat, Meurthe Moselle |
ca. 1880 |
Manh, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn |
Marie Eugenie LAURENT COLLINS b. 1861 |
Par: Hubert LAURENT, Celestine ADRIAN. Family in Baccarat were glassmakers.
Descendant surnames:
See COLLINS
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ADRIAN |
France |
Baccarat, Meurthe
Moselle |
ca. 1874 |
Woodhaven, Queens |
Edouard ADRIAN,
Marie Augustine THOMAS, ch: Josephine, Simon, Marie Aug.,
others |
Descendant surnames: COOK, GLESSING, BACCUS, KAISER, Woodhaven, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island. |
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