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Yes, Nancy and I renewed our vows (with our entire family there) in June, 2017.  It was done at the 10:00 AM Mass, and we had company (regular Westport parishioners).  The priest gave us a little tour before hand and renewed the vows in front of the entire church - everyone applauded!  Very moving.  We received a certificate of the renewal which I can put in a frame with Patrick and Ann's original wedding license.  Ann was a Hughes.  When we traveled to Galway years ago, my daughters ran into some kids from Westport, who said "the Hughes family owns Westport."  I came to find out that Ann's family went into the hotel business and did very well.  Right after their wedding, Pat and Ann moved to Manchester, England, where their 3 boys were born.  She shipped the 2 oldest to America when they were 12 and 10 and stayed until Pat died very young.  He is buried in Aughavall Cemetery.  After that, she brought the youngest, William, to Chicago, and settled there.  Ann Hughes Dowdle died in 1889 at the age of around 62 which made her born in 1827 and 23 when married.  She is buried with other Dowdle's in Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, IL.  Her middle son, Patrick Henry (named after his dad) bought a house in Chicago where I was born and many Dowdle's lived for many years. 

Hi, John (& Cath P) - I have been absent for a while because I haven't done much.  I have started putting this all down on paper now.  All of these blogs are so amazing, because I am convinced that we are all related.  John, I was wondering if you've looked any further into the relationship into the Williams you know and my GG Grandfather, Patrick Henry (b. around 1825 in/near Westport, Co. Mayo, married 1/27/1850 in Westport, to Ann Hughes, and died circa 1858, buried in Aughavall Cemetery in Westport).  I am convinced your Williams were uncle and/or brother.  Patrick and Ann left Ireland right after getting married and had 3 boys in Manchester - you already know this.  I don't know where their eldest John's name came from.  But middle son was Patrick Henry (dad's namesake) and the 3rd and youngest child was William!  The names John - Patrick - Henry all stayed in my family (my own middle name is Henry).  Cath P - FYI after Patrick died, Ann buried him in Westport.  She and the boys traveled to the U.S., and settled in Chicago in the house where I was eventually born.  They are all buried at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston IL.  I have all the information on that Dowdle grouping from Westport.  Also FYI for you and other interested Dowdles, I have submitted a DNA sample and am waiting for the results.  Not sure if that will shed light or not.  Please stay in touch.

I feel like I have gotten closer in the last 2 days to my GG Grandfather Patrick H Dowdle.  If William is a brother or uncle, that is a connection I was unaware of.  I remember seeing something about Peter Dowdle in my research as well.  I will keep digging and sharing; please do the same.  I'm especially interested in Patrick's DOB and anything that happened in Manchester with other Dowdles.

John, I registered with this website so I could respond to you.  My GG Grandfather Patrick H Dowdle married my GG Grandmother, Ann Hughes, in Westport, Co. Mayo on Jan. 27, 1850.  They had 3 boys - John, Patrick, and William - all born in Chorlton-upon-Medlock.  I have birth records from Chorlton on the 3 boys.  I have a birth record on John that lists my GG Grandparents as residing at 18 Rathbone St., Chorlton-upon-Medlock in 1851.  Patrick H Dowdle died young, and is married in Westport, Co. Mayo.  Ann and the boys traveled to Chicago, and I have been able to track them to some degree.  I have been seeking more information on their lives in England and more information about Patrick.  I don't know when he was born - he died around 1858.