Sullivan family - Edward Sullivan 1850-1910

[Oxtonite62]

Hello, yes we could well be related... I did my DNA test through Ancestry and was also able to get my Uncle to do one as well. My Gedmatch DNA number is A356265, and my Uncle (whose father was the son of Edward Sullivan and Rosina Nelham) is A966638. Sadly, we haven't had success tracing any relevant Sullivan DNA. Your reply was most interesting Oxtonite62 as we also have an Eliza Sullivan (daughter of said Edward Sullivan and Rose Dan). She was born 1884, London. Not only that, but you appear to have Fountain's in your line. We do too. My paternal Great Grandmother (Rachel Maria FOUNTAIN b: 1876-1962) descends from Joshua FOUNTAIN (1751-1837) and Sarah AITKEN (1746-1790). He was from Northhampstonshire but went to London as a young boy. Sarah was probably born in London. Both are buried in St Alfredges, Greenwich, London. Would you by chance have anything to do with this Fountain family. cheers.

Hi, how interesting!  I've carried out a one to one compare on Gedmatch with my kit (T041555) and my Uncle's (T193819) and it appears that we all share DNA, however it is at a low level as I had to lower the threshold to SNP 300 & minimum cM size to 3.  So I guess we share Sullivan ancestors quite a way back.

That's also interesting that we could possibly be related through our Fountain ancestors! My 3 x great grandmother Amelia Fountain is on the maternal side of my family.  She was born in Cross, Somerset in 1803 and her father was John Fountain. At some point Amelia went to London and married James Gunningham (also from Somerset) in Southwark.  I've only recently discovered my Fountain ancestors so we could share ancestors way back on that side too.

Shall I PM you with my email address - if we manage to discover our shared ancestors we can always report back via this forum?

[Sullivanseeker]

That would be great, please do PM me...it would be fun to follow this connection through. So, we are related some where back in the  Ó Súilleabháin days. Would be great to break down that brick wall.
On the Fountain side, I have created a ghost tree of a FOUNTAIN family also buried in St Alfreges to see if they also fit into my tree. No success so far. The earliest Fountain mentioned on the tomb is that of William FOUNTAIN 1778-27 November 1832 and his wife Elizabeth 1774- 7 December 1843. Two of of their sons are also mentioned on the tomb but I haven't found an Amelia. The Fountain's seemed to have congregated around Greenwich and Southwark so no doubt we have a connection there too. Look forward to hearing from you and persuing this further... we might be able to help each other in the search. cheers, Linda