Richard (Dick) HUDSON [Parents] was born 9 Apr 1891 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died 7 Jan 1980 and was buried in Duagh Cemetery, Co. Kerry. Richard married Ellen 'UNKNOWN'.

Dick lived in Islandanny, Duagh, Co. Kerry.

Ellen 'UNKNOWN' was born about 1889. She died 14 Aug 1970 and was buried in Duagh Cemetery, Co. Kerry. Ellen married Richard (Dick) HUDSON.

'unknown' STACK.

Nicholas CARROLL was born in possibly Ballycanew, Co. Wexford.

John FINUCANE was born in probably Ardmore, Carhoonakineely, Tarbert, Co. Kerry. He died date unknown in probably Ardmore, Carhoonakineely, Tarbert, Co. Kerry. John married 'UNKNOWN'.

I have been told that John was the father of my great-great-great-grandmother Margaret Finucane. However I have also been told that Margaret was a daughter of another John Finucane who also lived at the same time in Ardmore, Carhoonakineely and who married a Kate Lynch and had at least three children:  John, Thomas and Dan. It's possible all these Finucanes are from the same family but John, son of John Finucane and Kate Lynch, stayed in Ireland whereas John, the son of John above, emigrated to the United States, so it appears there may have been two different Finucane families headed by two John Finucanes living in Carhoonakineely around the same time. Any further information on any Finucane family from Carhoonakineely would be very much appreciated. If you can help, please email Helen@HelensFamilyTrees.com. Thank you.

Following my plea for information above, Chris Finnican from North Carolina emailed me to say he is descended from a Finucane family from Tarbert. His great-great-grandparents were Thomas Finucane and Mary A. McMahon from the Tarbert area who - just prior to the American Civil War, it's believed - emigrated to the United States. They lived for a time in the Corning/Elmira region of New York, where other Finucane relatives appear to have been living, before settling in Whitehall, New York. Rumour has it the Corning Finucanes changed the name to Finnican after a second wave of Tarbert Finucanes moved to Rochester, New York, possibly because they felt snubbed by their more affluent Rochester relatives.  

Chris has provided us with the following list of Tarbert Finucanes/Finnicans who are buried in a Corning cemetery, although he believes Thomas, his great-great grandfather, was not a son of Daniel Finnican listed below as "father" as contact was lost with the Corning relatives following the move to Whitehall and none of Thomas's sons was named Daniel (it was traditional at the time to name the first-born son after his paternal grandfather):

Finnican, Anna, born 1866, died 1888  
Finnican, Catherine, died 1920  
Finnican, Daniel, born 1820, died 1886, "father"
Finnican, Daniel G., born 1862, died 1913  
Finnican, James, born 1878, died 1914  
Finnican, John, born 1850, died 1875  
Finnican, John J., born 1843, died 1893  
Finnican, Juliana, born 1828, died 1897  
Finnican, Katherine, born 1862, died 8 Jan 1921  
Finnican, Mary, born 1829, died 1895, "mother"
Finnican, Michael, born 1848, died 1878  
Finnican, Patrick, born 1875, died 1898  
Finnican, Thomas, born 1871, died 1897

While it's not known if or how Chris's Finucane/Finnican family might be connected to our Finucane family, it is known that some descendants of Ardmore-born John Finucane above, changed their name to Finnigan following their arrival in the United States, so, given the Tarbert connection, it's certainly possible Chris's great-great-grandfather might be a descendant of John Finucane above.   

Note: Most of the information below on the descendants of John Finucane above comes from William (Bill) Hudson's work 'The Hudsons of County Kerry and their Descendants' (1960), available for viewing in the National Library of Ireland in Dublin and Tralee and Listowel libraries in Co. Kerry.

'UNKNOWN' married John FINUCANE.

John FINUCANE [Parents] was born in probably Ardmore, Carhoonakineely, Tarbert, Co. Kerry. He died in U.S.. John married Hanoria (Norrie) HANNAN.

There's a Griffiths Valuation (1851/52) entry for a John Finucane who, with a Daniel Finucane, leased a house and 11 acres in Carhoonakineely from a Richard Hinde Esq. Could the John in Griffiths be our John above? It's perhaps unlikely since our John emigrated to the United States as a young man. The only other Finucane to occupy land in Carhoonakineely at the time was a Patrick Finucane who, with a Thomas Quinn, leased a house and garden of one acre from Mr. Hinde.

Hanoria (Norrie) HANNAN [Parents] died in U.S.. She married John FINUCANE.

Norrie and John married young, the parents of both objecting to the marriage. The couple lived in Listowel, Co. Kerry initially before emigrating to the United States where they changed their name to Finnigan (or Finnegan) because of spelling and pronunciation difficulties experienced in the U.S. with the Finucane name.

Jeremiah FINNIGAN [Parents] died 1911. He married 'UNKNOWN'.

Michael KENNY died date unknown. He married Frances FINNIGAN.

Michael and Frances had a family.