23. John MORAHAN (Owen MORAHAN , Mary BERTRIDGE , William ) was born 17 Nov 1875 in Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim and was christened 18 Nov 1875 in Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. He died 24 Jan 1953 in Barna, Co. Galway and was buried in New Cemetery, Galway.

Sponsors at John's baptism were Lawrence O'Hara and Mary Morahan.

John was a policeman who lived and worked in Barna, Co. Galway. In 1916 he was awarded a bronze medal for bravery from the Royal Humane Society for swimming 100 yards out from Barna pier to save a young man who was drowning.

John married Elizabeth MAGUIRE on 10 Jun 1908. Elizabeth was born about 1885 in Co. Fermanagh. She died 9 Dec 1950 in Barna, Co. Galway and was buried in New Cemetery, Galway.

24. Mary MORAHAN (Owen MORAHAN , Mary BERTRIDGE , William ) was born Aug 1877 in Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim and was christened 7 Aug 1877 in Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. She died 20 Jan 1932 in Dublin and was buried in Fairymount Cemetery, Co. Roscommon.

Sponsors at Mary's baptism were John Morahan and Jane Murray.

Witnesses to Mary's marriage to Cormac Gordon were John Gordon and Belinda Morahan. Presumably Belinda was Mary's sister, Linda.  

Mary died in hospital in Dublin following complications from an operation carried out at either a Dublin hospital or the hospital in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon.

Mary married Cormac GORDON, son of Thomas GORDON and Anne FOLEY, on 7 Feb 1906 in Jamestown, Co. Leitrim. Cormac was born 26 Feb 1870 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died 13 Sep 1939 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was buried 15 Sep 1939 in Fairymount Cemetery.

Cormac ran the Gordon family farm in Kilgarriff.

25. Michael Joseph MORAHAN (Owen MORAHAN , Mary BERTRIDGE , William ) was born 13 Jul 1879 in Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim and was christened 14 Jul 1879 in Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. He died 7 Mar 1959 in Denver, Colorado.

MANY THANKS GO TO DAN MORAHAN OF PINE, COLORADO, FOR PROVIDING SO MUCH INFORMATION ON MICHAEL AND HIS FAMILY.

Sponsors at Michael's baptism were William O'Hara and Mary Ellen Doyle.

Michael worked on the railroads in Ireland and England prior to emigrating to the United States where from 1903 to 1948 he worked as an locomotive engineer with Chicago, Burlington & Quincy in Lincoln, Nebraska. Michael returned to Ireland in 1910 in Ireland to marry Emily Logan. The following month Michael returned to Lincoln and Emily lived with her in-laws until she joined her husband in the United States a year later. According to the ship manifest, Michael lived at the time at 33 S. 10th St., Lincoln.

Michael and Emily later moved to Denver, Colorado, where Michael worked for Colorado Southern. He was engineer on the first diesel engine used by Colorado Southern in Colorado.

Note: Michael had a cousin named Patrick Mullany who lived in New York City in 1910. According to Ellis Island records Michael was going to join Patrick in New York prior to his return to Nebraska. It's possible Michael may have been related to Patrick through his aunt, Ellen O'Hara, who was married to a Patrick MULLEANY. Perhaps Ellen and Patrick had a son named Patrick who emigrated to the United States. There's another MULLEANY connection in that Patrick O'Hara who was Ellen's first cousin once removed was married to a Mary Jane Mulleany.

Michael married Emily Marion LOGAN, daughter of John Joseph LOGAN and Anne Josephine MCPARTLAND, on 7 Sep 1910 in St. Patrick's Church, Galway. Emily was born 22 May 1884 in Greatmeadow, Boyle, Co. Roscommon and was christened 1 Jun 1884 in Boyle, Co. Roscommon. She died 7 Jul 1966 in Denver, Colorado and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Golden, Colorado.

Sponsors at Emily's baptism were John McHugh and and Honora Connaughton.

It's known that Emily and Joseph were somehow related. The connection seems to be through the Meehans: Emily's grandfather on her father's side married a Winifred Meehan who, it's thought, was closely related to (perhaps a sister of) Ellen Meehan who was Michael's grandmother on his mother's side. If Winifred and Ellen were indeed sisters, this would have made Emily and Michael second cousins.

Emily died in the Mercy Hospital in Denver.

27. Bridget Linda (Linda) MORAHAN (Owen MORAHAN , Mary BERTRIDGE , William ) was born Mar 1883 in Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim and was christened 19 Mar 1883 in Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. She died 30 Apr 1958 in Hollymount, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon and was buried in Ardcarne Cemetery, Hollymount, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon.

Bridget married Joseph MOLLOY, son of Martin MOLLOY, on 8 Jul 1918 in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. Joseph was born 1878 in poss. Derrynargon, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. He died 10 Apr 1948 in Hollymount, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon and was buried in Ardcarne Cemetery, Hollymount, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon.

According to his marriage certificate, Joseph was a farmer and lived in Derrynargon, Carrick-on-Shannon.

Joseph and Linda lived in Hollymount, near Carrick-on-Shannon.

31. Thomas (Tom) J. MORAHAN (Owen MORAHAN , Mary BERTRIDGE , William ) was born 24 Jan 1891 in Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim and was christened 25 Jan 1891 in Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. He died 3 Apr 1949 in Dublin.

Thomas was a primary school teacher. In 1912 he was appointed principal of Annaduff National School outside Carrick-on-Shannon. However the locals objected to the job going to an outsider, so they organised a boycott. A drum would sound in protest every morning at 10 o'clock; parents withdrew their children and sent them to other schools further away; the school was broken into and record books were taken; and Tom had to escorted to and from school by gardaí from Dromad and Dromsna stations. Tensions ran high for at least a year, but, thanks to the intervention of another teacher in the school, parents eventually started sending their children back, and Tom continued to teach at Annaduff until shortly before his death in 1949.

Tom died in a nursing home in Dublin. According to his obituary in the Leitrim Observer he was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery but this is not correct. It's possible Tom was buried in his native Co. Leitrim.

Thomas married Mary LAYDEN / LEYDEN, daughter of Michael LAYDEN, on 7 Aug 1918 in St. Patrick's Church, Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim. Mary died after 10 Apr 1949.

Mary was a member of the Layden family which owned the Arigna coalmine in Co. Roscommon. According to her marriage certificate, she was a primary school teacher from Spencer Harbour; her father was a farmer. Witnesses to the marriage were Joseph Doyle and Tessie Layden. It's believed Mary and Tom were in some way related but it's not known exactly how. They lived in the old Morahan family home in Cloonfeacle until Tom's death in 1949 (the 23-acre farm had been sold in the 1930s). It's thought Mary may have moved to Dublin after Tom's death in 1949.