HIGGINS/O'KANE family, Glenullin/Garvagh

[familyroutes]

Is this the same Bernard?
If so, Bernard ,Rose and Catherine were the children of Mary O'Hagan

Residents of a house 5 in Brockagh (Glenkeen, Londonderry) 1901 census

Higgins George 44 Male Head of Family R C Co Derry Farmer Cannot read - Widow -
Higgins Bernard 19 Male Son R C Co Derry Scholar Read and write - Not Married -
Higgins Rose 16 Female Daughter R C Co Derry Scholar Read and write - - -
Higgins Catherine 13 Female Daughter R C

This Bernard was born 22nd March 1882 in Brockagh.
George Higgins(father James Higgins) and Mary O'Hagan married in 1880

George and Mary's children were

Mary Jane b 22nd Oct 1880
Bernard 22nd March 1882
Rose  1884
Catherine 1888

[micwood]

hi familyroutes
the bernard i have as born 1876 brockagh married catherine dillon 28 oct 1909 siblings mary jane 1880, rose 1884 app. catherine 1888 app their parents george higgins and mary o'hagan, this i believe i got from aghadowey, could be bernards birth date is incorrect. i have a copy of bernard and catherines marriage cert. and george listed as his father.

[mcgondj]

I am interested in information on OKane family from Garvagh.

I have found the following leads on FamilySearch.

My G-G-Grandfather is George OKane.....married to Mary Gilmour.

My G-Grandmother is Catherine OKane, born in Garvagh ~1865........she immigrated to US and settled in Boston area where she married Daniel McGonigle.......many siblings including Rose (b. 1867), Mary (1868), Henry (1870), Alice (1871), Henry John (1873), Sarah (1875), Charles (1877), George (1881).

Any help would be appreciated.

[gerry158]

Just found this space and I'm intrigued by possible links. My Great Grandfather was John O'Kane born 1834 died 1908. He was married to Mary O'Kane (1842-1918). They had five sons: Daniel, James, Henry, Barney, Patrick (my grandfather) and John. The address I have for John and Mary was Legavallen, Brockaboy, Garvagh.
Can anyone see how this might fit into their family tree?

[familyroutes]

Hi Gerry,

John O'Kane's father was Harry Roe O'Kane...a brother of my great grandfather Daniel O'Kane. It's possible that Mary O'Kane was the daughter of another brother, James. John and Mary were cousins but I'm not sure if they could have married if they were 1st cousins.

John and Mary had Henry,James,Bridget,Charles,John,Patrick,Catherine,Mary,Bernard,Daniel and Grace.


Henry 1865 married Catherine Mooney.They had at least 2 children,Mary 1896 and John 1900.

I can't send you a pm as you don't have enough posts yet...you might be able to send your email address to me


Regards,

Mary

[gerry158]

Wow thanks for all this. I didn't have any records of the girls in the family or of Charles. I have a family photograph of the sons and John but no Charles...
 I know that two of John's sons went to America where one was never heard of again, but I don't have any other details. I have seen this 'harry roe' o'kane mentioned several times. How did he get from Harry Roe to O'Kane?

[aghadowey]

Welcome to Rootschat, Gerry. There are lots of O'Kanes about Garvagh area but Mary knows more about them than I do so will let her sort them out 

[gerry158]

many thanks. this site is proving to be by far the best to research the o'kanes.....

[familyroutes]

Hi Gerry,

Because there are so many O'Kane families in the area a lot of them had nicknames to distinguish them. Roe isn't a surname but a nickname for our O'Kane's. Roe is from "rua" the Irish for red...in this case redhaired. We had a lot of redheads in our family!