Jeremiah Gannon and Sarah Kelly

Sagewoman:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

Likely you ancestors came from the Galway/Mayo/Roscommon area and many of the RC parishes for those counties don't have records back to 1840 and earlier. I was unable to find a marriage record on Roots Ireland or a baptismal record for Jeremiah.

As an aside, my wife also has a Gannon great-great grandfather an we are still trying to find out his origin in Ireland.

Your best bet is the DNA testing. Hopefully, new matches will show up which will help you pinpoint where your ancestors came from in Ireland.

Roger McDonnell

Roger McDonnell, thank you for your prompt and helpful reply. I often say that only DNA will provide answers for so many of us.  I understood that the Irish government was/is collecting DNA from some people whose family have lived in the same place for a long time.  That's very exciting but I don't know how it will be handled, what the timeline is, etc.  I thought I'd give this board a chance since Jeremiah is a fairly unncommon name.  Thanks again.

Sagewoman:

There have been projects to collect DNA samples from irish people who had all of their eight great-grandparents from a certain area but Not sure where that stands now. Actually, Jereimah was a fairly common surname in Ireland in the 19th century particular;y down in Cork and Kerry.

Roger

Hello Sagewoman,

I'm not supplying the answer you are looking for but I thought I would reach out to let you know that I am also one of Jeremiah Gannon and Sarah Kelly's descendants through their daughter Mary Hazel who is my 2nd g-grandmother. 
I live in Ontario but growing up I remember my grandmother talking of a branch of the family that had gone to Minnesota and at some point that connection had been lost in her generation. 

Anyway, just thought I'd say hello and let you know I am always looking out for clues in Canada, but I'm not quite sure how far I'll get. 

All the best in 2018,

DMcG9

dmcg9, I'm sorry;p I must have overlooked your reply. I'd love to connect with you through Ancestry or email. I am MARYANTONIA  in Ancestry, and my email is mary@sagewoman.net.

Mary's son Thomas Daniel Layden, lived in Minnesota for some time and married a relative of his sister Sarah's husband here.  Her youngest son was 2 when she died and he was sent to live with Mary's brother and my 1st great grandfather Thomas Dan Gannon.  We have connected with many Gannon and Doyle cousins, but haven't connected with any of Mary Hazel's descedants. Jeremiah and Sarah moved to Minnesota with Thomas Dan and his wife Mary Doyle and died in Minnesota.