In a December 2023 Email, Pat Nolan (pjn3@aol.com) shared with me his Nolan brick wall information as follows: Our 2x great grandfather, PATRICK FRANCIS NOLAN, was born in about 1821 and emigrated from County Mayo,in about 1842. We believe he left from Westport for Quebec, Canada on the brig Warrior. He lived in Albany County, … Read More
Based upon submissions from several group members, that is: 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 in Cromwellian times (late 1640s and early 1650s) and whose descendants settled in Maryland and … Read More
Based upon an Email received in 2015 from Bryan Wilkerson (Bjvwguy68@gmail.com) , via the NolanFamilies.org website, we know that:
Based upon an Email received in 2015 from Brent Simpson ( brent.simpson30@gmail.com ), via the NolanFamilies.org website, we know that: Brent Simpson traces his Nolan ancestry back to his great great grandmother named Cora Nowlin. Brent has researched his family tree back to the 1500s in Co. Carlow and from the particular spelling of the … Read More
Based upon an Email received in 2015 from Andrea Nolan ( andreabelle23@yahoo.com ), via the NolanFamilies.org website, we know that: Her [Andrea’s] great great grandfather came to America [and according to family lore] he was a stowaway. It is known when he sailed, what ship he sailed on, where he left from or where he … Read More
Based upon an Email received from Amy Hunter ( msamy_k@yahoo.com), via the NolanFamilies.org website, we know that: Her [Amy’s] grandfather was called James Lloyd Nolan and his grandfather was a Peter Nolan who immigrated from Ireland. Reference Links for Amy’s grandfather
Based upon Emails received in 2025 via the NolanFamilies.org website from: we know that: Sometime around 1850 John Nolan made an ocean voyage to Springfield IL, possibly departing from Liverpool, England. on 17 FEB 1851, listed as passenger #227, on the immigrant ship Columbus, bound for New York via Fayal, Azores. Once in the US, … Read More
Early Days in Slovenia In 1681, a son named “Joanes Noulan” was born to a “Thomas Noulan” and his wife Eva in “Velika Loka, Višnja Gora”, Slovenia. It is not known if “Joanes Noulan” had any descendants but a “Janez (Joannes) Noulan born June 16 1813 in “Slivnica 27, Kopanj”, Slovenia, may be descended from him. … Read More
James Nowland was born in Ireland, possibly in Co. Cork, sometime around 1784 and died in Concord, New South Wales, Australia. Ellen McCarthy was born around 1798 in Co. Cork, Ireland, and died in New South Wales in 1849. It is not known if James and Ellen knew each other before marrying on October 3, … Read More
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 Catherine Hoban … Read More
