My gt grandfather George Hoffman b 1830-1832 Ballymacelligot married Fanny Culhane b 1847 Gortagullane. Fanny was the daughter of Michael Culhane and Sarah Grace Culhane (nee Harding). Sarah Grace Harding was the daughter of Letitia Blennerhassett and Lt Gen Samuel Harding of Harding Grove, Co Limerick. Letitia was the daughter of Esquire Gerald Blennerhassett of Riddlestown Co. Limerick. Great grandfather George Hoffman was believed to have been the son of George Hoffman and Sarah and grandson of James Hoffman of Cloghermore. The Hoffmans and Culhanes were renting Blennerhasset lands in Cahermore, Cloghermore and Gortagullane.
We have been trying to find Sarah's maiden name for 40 years to no avail. Great grandfather George and the Culhanes left Ireland in April 1866 on the ship 'City of New York' to go to America. He married Fanny in May 1866 in Nashua New Hampshire, USA. Their three children; John Onslow b 1867 William James b 1869 and Sarah Jane b 1871 were all born in Hudson, New Hampshire, USA. Fanny (my great grandmother) died in childbirth in 1873 age 26. She is buried with her infant son in Ford Cemetery, Hudson, New Hampshire USA.
Great grandfather George left America in 1876 with his 3 surviving children on the ship 'Granada' and sailed to Sydney Australia. In 1881 he took himself and his 3 children to New Zealand. He died in 1816 in Te Kuiti, Waikato, New Zealand. He has left hundreds if not thousands of descendants.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
What was Sarah's maiden name? & who were her parents?
Does anybody know of great grandfather George Hoffman's siblings and their descendants? & where are they today?
Does anybody know where George and Sarah Hoffman were buried i.e. great grandfather George's parents?
Kind regards,
Tania Macdonald (nee Hoffman)