More hints

 

Google Maps. Roscommon & Longford area.

Looking again at my Dad's DNA communities, I'm drawn back to the top match "HD" with Gannon connections to Termonbarry, County Roscommon, Ireland. The Dooner family were also in the same area, which I wrote about in March 2024. While I have not found a marriage record for Patrick Dooner and Bridget, it seems more than a coincidence that my Dad has a DNA match with a traceable family line back to the same village. It's also the same small area where the Hanley family was living, matching the name of Bridget's neighbors in the 1850 US Census in La Salle, Illinois.

Ancestry. Griffith's Valuation entry.

Timothy Hanley was from neighboring Kilglass, but there are several Gannon and Hanley names in Kilbarry, as seen in the Griffith's Valuation entry above. HD's ancestor, Edward Gannon, was born in Kilbarry in 1849. His parents were Edward Gannon Sr and Bridget Gannon. Bridget was a very common name in Roscommon during this time.

Edward Sr. had brothers Daniel and Michael Gannon. Michael married Bridget Hanley in neighboring Kilteevan, County Roscommon in February 1824. Another Gannon-Hanley connection is also in the records. A man named Donnell Gannon had a daughter Bridget Gannon in 1824, and his wife is listed as Maria Hanley.

Ancestry. Griffith's Valuation. Termonbarry.