My GGGrandfather Richard John Donovan was the Editor and Proprietor of the East London Observer and Tower Hamlets Chronicle from 1857 until his death in 1875. He lived with his large family in Bethnal Green in London but was born in Ireland in approximately 1830.
His father was quoted as a Jeremiah Donovan, Potato Salesman (not a good profession during the potato famine) and the witness at his wedding was a Sarah Theresa Donovan (who could have been his mother or a sister I don't know). I do know however that Jeremiah was a very popular name amongst Donovans and I just thought I would ask if any Donovan hunters out there have heard of this particular family in Ireland and can tell me where to start hunting!
