New Developments in the Elliot/Darragh/Dillane Project
The 14 Day Research Like a Pro Challenge may be over, but the work goes on. There have been several developments since I finished up my project to discover if Joanna Elliot was the mother of Dorah Darragh, a third great-grandmother. New Developments I connected with a Dillane descendant on Ancestry via their messaging system. My theory is that Dorah Darragh's mother was Joanna Elliot, and that Joanna was a Dillane, accounting for the close connection between their families. I contacted my new friend after noticing that he had the Elliots, Darraghs, and Dillanes in his Ancestry family tree. He is a descendant of John Dillane, Charles Dillane's brother. My new collaborator held many of the same theories and conclusions that I had come to regarding these families. He also corrected one relationship that I got wrong: The Esther Dillane living with Edward and "Georgina" Elliot in 1861 was not Charles and Mary Dillane's daughter, but the daughter of ano...
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ReplyDeleteThank you. I am glad I was able to memorialize these three ancestors.
DeleteGreat job on your entry! I have a few religious members among my family, too!
ReplyDeleteWell that's super cool. It was fun to track down their information. Religious archives are a real boon! Thanks for reading.
DeleteBonjour Nancy. Merci d’avoir mis en évidence ces prêtres et religieuse. Dans la grande histoire de ta famille, ils ne doivent en effet pas être éclipsés par leurs frères et sœurs qui se sont mariés et ont eu des enfants. Dans mon livre, je compte aussi inclure un chapitre consacrés aux ‘religieux’ de ma famille et ton texte ainsi que les recherches que tu as faites pour moi à propos des descendants des Trauscht m’inspireront sûrement.
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup, Daniel ! C'est vraiment un privilège de faire des recherches et d'écrire sur ces ancêtres, qui ont mené une vie de dévouement discret à leur vocation. J'attends avec impatience vos prochains chapitres. À bientôt.
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