Ihave another book, a History of Mayo by J.F. Quinn. The only Morrison I found in that was from Killalla. Owen Morrison was making claim to damaged property after the 1798 uprising.
In reference to the Munnelly/Gaughan families of Winton, PA... I found Peter and Mary Gaughan on Powell Street in the borough in 1900. Peter wa born in 1845, Mary in 1847. (This is rarely accurate because a lot of people didn't know how old they were. They had four children, 3 living. Only son James, age 22 was then in the household. Peter was a day laborer in the mines. Which meant he worked as needed. James was a laborer. All three were said to have come here in 1881. This too may be a slight inaccuracy. Also living in the household was a nephew, Corneliius Eggleston, age 16, born in Pennsylvania.
On the same page there was a Nora Munley, head of house, born 1869 in Ireland. There were three sons, all born in Pennsylvania, Edward, Thonas and John, ages 6, 4, and 1. She claimed to have come here in 1883.
On Church Street, there was Patrick Munley, b. 1846 and wife Jullia, b. 1855. He too was a day laborer. They too say they came here in 1880. They had nine children, eight of whom were living: Michael, 22, Anthony, 20, Dennis, 17, < Margaret 16, Nellie, 12, Mary, 9, Katie, 3, and Julie, 2. Only son Michael was born in Ireland.
It is interesting to note that one of our Judges, Thomas Munley, descends from one of these families. There are a large number of them "up the valley" as we say, and they are very prominent.
Marybeth VW
