GenealogyForum.com 'HA' Surname Genealogy
[ Read Responses | Return to the Index (Use 'Back' if from a search list) ]
[ Previous | Next in Thread | Next ]
Hart family immigration - Ireland to the coal fields of PA - Centralia, Ashland
Posted by Eileen Gaughan Cizewski <lilred72@epix.net> on Mon, 28 Oct 2002
I am searching for information on my Centralia/Ashland ancestors. Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated.Hugh Hart came from Ireland some time before 1860. During the 1860 Conyngham Township, Columbia County PA census, he is shown residing in what appears to be a boarding house owned by Pat and Grace McDonald. Hugh is listed as a miner, aged 27, who was born in Ireland.
Also listed in this boarding house is Sarah Hart, age 20, born in Ireland. I suspect that Sarah is the sister of Hugh. They are not listed together, but quite a few names apart. Hugh will later have a daughter named Sarah, most likely named for this sister.
In the 1870 Conyngham Township, Columbia County PA census, Hugh Hart is listed as age 50, working as a laborer in the mines, born in Ireland. Listed as his family are:
Catharine, wife, age 47, born in Ireland
Mary, daughter, age 7
William, son, age 4
Catharine, daughter, age 1
Sallie (Sarah), daughter, age 9/12
1880 census for Butler Township, Schuylkill County, which neighbors his previous residence, Hugh’s family is listed as follows:
Hugh Hart, age 50, miner
Kate Hart, age 50
Mary Hart, age 17
William Hart, age 13, laborer
Kate Hart, age 12
Sarah Hart, age 9
1890 directory for Butler Township shows the Hart family as follows:
Hart, Catharine. William 24 laborer, Kate, Mary.
Hugh’s daughter Kate married Daniel Henry Doolin, who is the son of James Doolin and Ann Kennedy. Daniel was born and raised in Ashland PA, which also neighbors Butler Township. Daniel and Kate had 4 children:
William Doolin, born Apr. 1893 (died WW1 of influenze)
Ann Doolin, born Nov 1894
Marie Doolin Brennan McDonald, born 1902
Daniel Hugh Doolin, born May 18, 1905
Daniel Hugh Doolin married Madeline Martina Long, the daughter of Edward Long and Magdalena Wertz. Daniel and Madeline had 4 children:
Catherine T. “Kitty” Doolin Madden Silvestri, born 1927
William M. Doolan, born 1929
Ann Marie Doolin Gaughan, born 1935
Daniel Joseph Doolin, born 1939
Ann Marie Doolin, my mother, married Donald Gaughan, of Centralia. Their children include:
Joseph W. Gaughan, born 1953
Daniel P. Gaughan, born 1956
Coleen A. Gaughan Hulse, born 1957
Joleen E. Gaughan Leggett, born 1960
Donald D. Gaughan, born 1962
Eileen C. Gaughan Cizewski, born 1972
Another of Hugh and Catharine’s children, Sarah, married John Dorsey, of Strong PA, which is located outside of Mount Carmel. John Dorsey is the uncle of the Fabulous Dorseys, Tommy and Jimmy, of the the Big Band Era. Sarah and John Dorsey owned a tavern outside Mount Carmel, and had 4 children, but I believe only one of them survived beyond childhood age.
1930 census records show them as:
John J. Dorsey, age 60, proprietor
Sarah Dorsey, wife, age 57
Mame Moore, daughter, age 42 (Mary or Marie)
Sarah Moore, granddaughter, age 19
Kathryn Moore, granddaughter, age 18
Their residence was at 234 Girard St., Mount Carmel Twp. John Dorsey and Sarah Hart were married in 1889, in Ashland. It is recorded in the records of Northumberland County.
If anyone can provide information regarding the family of Hugh or his bride Catharine, I would greatly appreciate it. What is Catharine’s maiden name? Who are Hugh and Catharine’s parents? Siblings? What counties in Ireland did they come from? Why? When? How?
I am hunting for pictures, additional family members, stories, burial sites, anything at all! Also, I wish to locate descendants of Sarah Hart Dorsey, William Hart, and Mary Hart.
Please contact me with details at lilred72@epix.net
Thank you,
Eileen Cizewski
Stillwater PA
Responses
Display message for printing | Print Entire Thread
The GenealogyForum.com 'HA' Surname Genealogy is maintained by GenealogyForum@aol.com, using GenBBS 1.14.
CPU seconds used 0.009998