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Stories of our Jarvis and Teply ancestors

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Welcome. I’ve been doing a lot of genealogical research on our families, and thinking about how to share the great stories and people.

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233 – Larges in Kilkenny

August 10, 2022August 9, 2022Mark Jarvis3 Comments

Patrick Gallagher left Ireland for Pennsylvania around 1850. There he met and married Ellen Large.

Ellen had immigrated too. She and her siblings and mother left Ireland in 1844.

Whereas our Gallaghers hailed from County Donegal, our Large grandparents were from County Kilkenny.

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232 – Patrick Gallagher Emigrates

August 3, 2022August 2, 2022Mark JarvisLeave a comment

Patrick Gallagher emigrated around 1850, at about age 23.

We don’t know the specific year Patrick left Ireland, or which ship he was on. 

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231 – The Rosses and Gweedore Today

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022Mark Jarvis4 Comments

We found the Gallaghers, Roartys, Dugans, and Duffys in Meenderrynasloe and surrounding townlands. These townlands are in The Rosses and Gweedore Districts.

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230 – The Great Famine 1840s

July 20, 2022July 19, 2022Mark JarvisLeave a comment
The victim – sculpture by Rowan Gillespie – 1997

When you Google “The Great Famine,” accounts of starvation and death are numerous and overwhelming.

But as you read further and “go down the rabbit hole,” the story gets much more complex.

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229 – Life and Landlords 1830s

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022Mark JarvisLeave a comment

John and Hannah Gallagher and their children lived a meager lifestyle in the northwest part of County Donegal. They and their families and neighbors weren’t much affected by the “outside” world.

Gweedore family – 1870
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228 – The Rosses and Gweedore 1820s

July 6, 2022July 2, 2022Mark Jarvis4 Comments

We believe we’ve located the area where John Gallagher and Hannah Roarty lived in the early 1800s.

What was their life like?

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227 – Meenderrynasloe?

June 29, 2022June 23, 2022Mark Jarvis2 Comments

We’ve used the Tithe Applotment Books of 1830 and Griffith’s Valuation of 1857 to find those townlands where Gallaghers and Roartys lived near each other.

If we’re correct, one of these townlands is the ancestral home of John Gallagher and Hannah Roarty.

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226 – Gallagher and Roarty

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022Mark Jarvis6 Comments

We’re going to use the Tithe Applotment Books of 1830 and Griffith’s Valuation of 1857 to try to find where John Gallagher and Hannah Rhoorty lived.

Cottage in Portsalon, Donegal – 1800s
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225 – Search for John and Hannah

June 15, 2022June 16, 2022Mark Jarvis2 Comments

Let’s search for Patrick Gallagher’s parents in County Donegal.

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224 – Kathleen Gallagher Teply

June 8, 2022June 15, 2022Mark Jarvis10 Comments

Kathleen Gallagher Teply died Monday morning, June 6. She was our mother, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, mother-in-law, and friend.

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