thanks Nate, i hope some of his descendents see it. one son who stayed in Ireland, John, had 8 daughters so would not likely carry the Lydon name but i may have living relatives there. i visited the area last June and meet many Lydons and Coynes (my 2nd great grandparents names) but no one seemed to know back that far.
i hope to connect with someone someday!
References
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA
Patrick was born on Ballynakill parish on county Galway. He married Bridget Coyne and had several children. Many emigrated to Marcellus. sons John and Michael stayed in Ireland. John died in Townland of Ungwee in 1936. His daughter Jane, married Thomas Thornton in August 1869 in Ballinakill chapel in Renvyle and shortly after Jane, Thomas and her parents left Ireland and settled in Marcellus NY where other children were already living. Patrick died in 1888 and his wife Bridget in 1896.
Photo shows Patrick Lydon (front right) with his wife, Bridget Coyne (front left) and their daughter Catherine Lydon Coyne behind them. Taken outside the Coyne farm in Marcellus NY about 1886.
| Additional Information | ||
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1803 (circa) | |
| Date of Death | 30th Oct 1888 | |
| Spouse (First Name/s and Maiden/Surname) | Bridget Coyne | |
Comments
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wiccantank
Friday 16th March 2018 04:26PM -
Wiccantank - I posted the other day about my great grandfather Austin Michael Walsh. He married Hanora Lydon from Conamara Parish, and she is my great grandmother.
Friday 24th January 2020 01:09AM -
Have you taken a dna test? wonder if we match??
Connemara is a large area in western ireland including County Galway. My family came from the civil parish (not like our catholic parishes) of Ballynakill in far west Galway on the Atlantic.
I'll bet your family came from there too!
I visited the parish 2 years ago and found almost everyone i met was named Coyne or Lydon (my 2nd great grandparents names). My GG grandmother was Catherine Lydon Coyne daughter of the Patrick whose photo is above.
If you want to join this parish and post about your family and see if anyone replies, make sure you join Ballynakill in barony of Ballynahinch (as theres a couple other ballynakill's in Ireland!)
Where did your Walsh/ Welch live in US? i believe mine came from this same parish!wiccantank
Friday 24th January 2020 01:55AM -
It's also funny that John lydon a son of patrick above, and stayed in ireland, Married Honora Corbett so her married name was Honora Lydon too!
wiccantank
Friday 24th January 2020 02:00AM -
I will find out where Austin & Honora moved to when they left Ireland. They had a large family,my grandfather, their son Eugene Walsh married & lived on St Paul, MN where he & Mildred had 10 children.
Friday 24th January 2020 02:25AM -
Ive had DNA matches to Coyne's in Minnesota, Michigan and Pittsburgh area so i know there's groups from Ballynakill there.
My family settled in the little village of Marcellus in upstate NY outside Syracuse and through my research it seemed almost all the irish there came from the same parish and are interconnected!wiccantank
Friday 24th January 2020 02:50AM -
interesting the Walsh/ Welch connection. My Tady coynes mother was Ellen Walsh/ Welch and an Austin Welch came to Marcellus NY and was connected to Tadgh so I think he might have been an uncle.
I recently had dna matches to descendent of Stephen Welch, brother of Austin so that connecting seems likely true.
Also a recent dna match to the lydon family who runs Maol Reidh hotel in Tullycross where we stayed when visited the parish! Catherine lydon was married to Tadgh coyne and her parents Patrick lydon and bridget coyne also came to Marcellus with their daughter Jane lydon and her new husband Thomas Thornton after they married in chapel at Tullycross in 1869.wiccantank
Wednesday 24th March 2021 10:39PM
