Gaughan Family, Doolough, County Mayo to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
by ionaddeirbhile
John and Mary (Connell) Gaughan with all the US descendants. Photo: Descendant Kathi Gaughan .
John Gaughan and family Doolough, County Mayo, left Blacksod Bay on the SS Austrian 25th May 1883 bound for Boston, with an onward destination to New Bedford, Massachusetts. John was the son of Thomas Gaughan and Bridget Monaghan. John’s first wife was Margaret Bourke Gaughan who died in 1882. Margaret had an older sister Catherine in Ireland married to a “Flannerty” they had four sons. Also Margaret had a brother Miles Burke. (Myles Bourke and family left Blacksod Bay onboard SS Prussian in 1884)
Kathi Gaughan USA, Great Granddaughter of John Gaughan and Margaret (Bourke) Gaughan, Doolough, kindly sent in the photograph of a Gaughan Celebration, with all the US descendants. Kathi is seeking to make contact with existing relatives in the Doolough area to confirm family connections. More information on the main site, John Gaughan 30 SS Austrian 25th May 1883 Doolough to New Bedford, Massachusetts
I think this maybe my father’s family. My grandmother was Bridget Gaughan, one of the oldest children from John’s first wife. There were thirteen in all. My father, James Russell, was born in 1915 in New Bedford. If I am not mistaken he is the little boy with a big bow in the lower right corner and his Uncle Jim is the gut with the big smile stretched out on the lawn. Abigail was the youngest and married John Finni. They had a house on Washington Ave. where she lived most of her life with Winnie and her daughter Evelyn.
Hey Kathy, This is our family. I will contact you to see if I have any information you need. Kathi Gaughan
Hi. I think we must be related. My grandfather Denis Gaughan was from doolough, Gweesaile co Mayo. Born around 1898. He lived in New York for a while in the 20’s before returning to ireland.
I am still digging into the family tree. Are you on Ancestry? We can compare trees