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• IE-KER – 1824circa – Denis Nowlan & Jane Dowd > India > Ireland

  Note: Denis Nowlan and Jane Dowd had a daughter Mary baptised in the Listowel Parish, County Kerry, on 12 March 1824. In Nov 1829 a son William was born in Trichinopoly, Madras, India, father Denis was a Corporal in H.M. 89th Regiment. In 1834 a son Maurice was baptised in Fermoy, Co.Cork, in the 89th Regiment ...

• IE-KER- 1825circa – John and Catherine Nolan of Tralee > Truro, NS

  JOHN NOLAN, believed to have been a tinsmith, was born about 1797 in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. He died on 24 Oct 1865 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married CATHERINE. She was born in 1799. John Nolan and Catherine had the following children: JOHN NOLAN (c1825) born in Ireland JEREMIAH NOLAN (1831-???), tinsmith, born on ...

• IE-KIK – 1850circa – Children of William Nolan and Ann Tynan >Australia

  On January 31, 1834, in Muckalee, Iverk, Co. Kilkenny, William Nowlan (1800-1873) married Ann Tynan (1814-???).William hailed from Castlewarren, Co. Kilkenny, and Ann from Gillinstwon, Co. Meath. Sponsors for their marriage were Pat Nowlan and Margaret Ryan. William was born in Coalmarks, Castlewarren, KIK, in 1800. His parents were Michael Nolan (1775-1853) and ...

• IE-KIK – 1850s – Peter Nolan and Mary Whitigan to St Mary’s, Ontario

  Based upon an Email received in 2015 from Bryan Wilkerson (Bjvwguy68@gmail.com) , via the NolanFamilies.org website, we know that: Bryan’s Nolan ancestor, a Peter Nolan, was born around 1816 in Ireland and around 1831 he married a Mary Whitigan born in 1811, also in Ireland 1811. While still in Ireland they had a daughter named ...

• IE-WIC -1852 – Denis Nolan & Margaret Cullen > Australia

  Denis Nolan, was born in Dublin around 1828/29 and raised by his family in Co. Wicklow. Among his siblings he had a brother, William, living in Templeogue in 1870’s and a sister, Mary, in the same area. In 1852 he married Margaret Cullen (daughter of Ellen Cullen) at the Immaculate Conception church in Bray. They ...

• IE:WEX? – 1797 – Conly Nowland to Delaware in the US

  In 2010, on Rootschat, “USjoe” was looking for information on a Conly Nowland born around 1780 in Ireland, perhaps in Co. Wexford, who emigrated to Delaware in the US where he married a Mary Shawan around 1800. Reference: https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=478428.0

• Requests for Assistance with Brick Walls

  Below are listed outstanding requests for assistance which I have been received since 2024 and which will be acted upon as time permits. However, for the future, I would ask that requests for assistance in resolving Nolan family brick walls be submitted via a new online NolanFamilies Research Group (https://groups.io/g/nolanfamilies) which I created specifically for ...

• US-GA – 1800s – Nolan ancestor from Ireland

  Based upon an Email received in 2015 from Andrea Nolan ( andreabelle23@yahoo.com ), via the NolanFamilies.org website, we know that: Her he was a stowaway. It is known when he sailed, what ship he sailed on, where he left from or where he landed ...

• US-GA – 1800s – Peter Nolan from Ireland

  Based upon an Email received from Amy Hunter ( msamy_k@yahoo.com), via the NolanFamilies.org website, we know that: Her grandfather was called James Lloyd Nolan and his grandfather was a Peter Nolan who immigrated from Ireland. Reference Links for Amy’s grandfather https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/james-nolan-obituary?id=6973027 https://www.musicfuneralservices.com/obituaries/James-Nolan-Sr

• US-MD – 1600s – Pierce Noland to MD

  Based upon submissions from several group members, that is: Kate Herron ( kateherron@yahoo.com ) William “Trey” Noland ( treynoland@gmail.com ) Katy Cook ( 4443cooks@gmail.com  ) James Nowland ( jim@nowlandassociates.com ) it would appear that their is a strong interest in researching further the Nolan line descended from the Pierce Nowland (born in Dublin in 1628) who was dispaced to County Sligo ...