My Trails into the Past

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Our assignment from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings tonight is to: 1)   This Sunday is St. Patrick's Day.  Are you a descendant of Irish ancestors?  Who are your most recent ancestor(s) who were born in Ireland?  Do you have DNA Irish ethnicity?  Have you performed any Irish genealogy research? Here's mine : This is easy. I am one-quarter Irish. My father is one-half Irish. His mother is 100% Irish. Here is how it comes out: Irish Family Anna Marie Sullivan was born in 1892 in Anaconda, Montana. Her father, John H. Sullivan , was an immigrant from County Cork, Ireland. I have not found the ship listing, but he might have come with his parents, Jerry and Mary (Sheehan) Sullivan . All his siblings also immigrated and the last brother was born in Michigan, where Jerry was a miner. Her mother, Anna Marie Gleeson , was born in 1860 in Carleton County, O...

This is my third year working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow. I will write each week in one of my two blogs, either Mam-ma’s Southern Family or at My Trails Into the Past . I have enjoyed writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways. My father, William J. Hork, was half Irish and half German. His mother, Anna Marie Sullivan was one hundred percent Irish. Her father, John H. Sullivan was born in County Cork and her mother, Anna Marie Gleeson, was born in Carleton County, Ontario, Canada to Canadian-born Irish. Her grandparents, Martin & Ann Gleeson, and John Tierney & Ann Murray were probably born in County Tipperary. Growing up, we were very proud of our Irish ancestry. We looked forward to St. Patrick’s Day when we could wear green (so as to not get pinched) and have corned beef and cabbage for dinner. Mom would make a cake for dessert, decorated with green frosting. Or perhaps we had green-frosted cupcakes at school. Peopl...