This video is dedicated to all my friends who came to my 4th birthday party on Sunday, September 14th, 2008. Thank you for all my great presents. I hope you had as much fun as I did!
This is the story of Ellen Hayes Hanley, who came to America from Ireland with her three children in 1870. Ellen Hayes was apparently married to Daniel Hanley in Ireland, but did not come to America with him. Ellen and Daniel had three children; Catherine/Kate (my great grandmother), William and Patrick. I cannot yet determine what happened to Daniel. It could be that he died or it could be that she took the children and left him. Irish ancestry records are difficult to find and interpret so this information will have to wait for another day. According to my Uncles research though, Daniel was the son of Morris Hanley and Catherine Fitzgerald. Ellen Hayes was the daughter of Patrick Hayes and Johanna Cowie.