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From: Toby & Jim Hurley <>
Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Holligan and Poland -- NARA
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:20:03 -0800
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I've never seen a pension that named parents. You're lucky when it
names wife and children.

Toby Hurley
> Thank you all who responded for my request about Michael Holligan and Bridget Poland. The seem a mystery to me. I did send away $37 for the complete civil war pension file from NARA and it told me nothing. That is where I got Bridget writing the date of marriage and priest's name from. But it gave me nothing of either of their parents or places or dates of birth. I did find that death entry in Templeton which I think is her but again the death record gives no parents or husband's name so I cannot link it. Templeton is right near Otter River and that is where her son John lived so that has to be her.
>
> If I can repay the favor please let me know. I should be off to NEGHS on the 9th.
>
> Kathleen Mayo
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> Subject: GENMASSACHUSETTS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 61
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Michael HOLLIGAN & Bridget POLAND (Diana Owen)
> 2. Re: a lookup please (<mailto:>)
> 3. Re: a lookup please (Jan)
> 4. Re: Quintin Publishing Co. (<mailto:>)
> 5. Photos to Home - Update (Kath Heywood)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:43:15 -0800
> From: Diana Owen <<mailto:>>
> Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Michael HOLLIGAN & Bridget POLAND
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> Hi Kathleen Mayo,
>
> I found two ship entries--
>
> Arrival June 28, 1841, Ship-Eliza Thornton,
> Port of Departure-Liverpool, England, Port or Arrival - NY, NY
> HOLLIGAN, Nancy, age 55
> HOLLIGAN, Michael, age 14 (b abt 1827)
> HOLLIGAN, Mary, age 20
> HOLLIGAN, Ani(b-?), female, age 18
>
> Arrival - August 5, 1851, Ship - Sandusky
> Departure - Liverpool, Eng, Port of Arrival - New York
> Laughlan, Hannah, age 20
> ODonnell, Thomas, age 20
> Culligan, Bridget, age 20
> HOLLIGAN, Michael, age 20 - Laborer (b abt 1831), ethnicity Irish
> (I listed 4 names, which were in a row, as they were all the exact same
> age, in case they were traveling together)
>
> I could not find a Bridget Poland arriving in the US before 1857.
>
> You probably already know Bridget HOLLIGAN, age 37 (b abt 1836), keeping
> house and son John, age 11, at school, are on the
> 1870 US Census for Worcester, MA, Ward 6
>
> 1878 Worcester MA City Directory
> HOLLIGAN, Bridget, widow, h. 2 Curtis
>
> 1879 Worcester MA City Directory
> HOLLIGAN, Bridget, Widow, house 2 Curtis
>
> 1881 Worcester MA City Directory
> HOLLIGAN, Bridget, widow, h. 20 Webster
>
> There is a John HOLLIGAN in German, Otter River MA on a City Direcotry
> in 1885. No other info listed about him.
>
> Hope this is helpful,
>
> Diana Chapman Owen
>
>
> Kathleen Mayo wrote:
>
> >If somebody has passenger or immigration records could they please look this up for me. My relative Michael Holligan born around 1835 in Ireland married a Bridget Poland born 1835 Ireland. They married November 23, 1857 in Blackstone Mass by Father Sheridan. I have this information handwritten by Bridget but Blackstone has no record of the marriage. Would anybody know how I could find out what church Father Sheridan worked for? Michael Holligan volunteered into the Civil War in 1862 out of Worcester Mass. He was hurt twice and the second time deserted June 30, 1864 while in the hospital. He was never seen again. I have NO information on Michael or Bridget. Can somebody look up if they can find Michael coming over here. Or Bridget. Between 1835-1857?
> >Thanks
> >Kathleen Mayo
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:06:10 +0000 (GMT)
> From: <mailto:>
> Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] a lookup please
> To: <mailto:>
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> This looks like Bridget's application for Pension of Michael. The file can be obtained through NARA website with a fee of course to the Government.
>
> Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
> about Michael Holligen
> Name: Michael Holligen
> Widow: Bridget Holligen
>
> l
> Source Information:
> National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 544 rolls.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:44:13 -0500
> From: "Jan" <<mailto:>>
> Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] a lookup please
> To: <<mailto:>>
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> Kathleen
> Found in Templeton death records
> Bridget Holligan 6/4/1883 Age 49 yrs 3 months 4 days
> Cause Cranium Disease Born in Ireland
>
> Possible misspelling:
> 1870 Census Worcester, Massachusetts House of Correction Inmate
> Age 32 Michael Halligan
>
> Also found a Michael Halligan
>
> Searched all of Blackstone in 1853 and 1854 for marriage didn't find it.
> Searched all of Templeton for 1853 and didn't find marriage.
>
> There are three Michael Holligans (sp) entering the service from Worcester
> all within a year or so of each other. If you are certain which is your
> Michael I suggest you request his military file from NARA. I have done it
> three times with success. If he applied for a pension after the war you may
> find something in there. Go online and request the form be mailed to you. It
> sometimes takes awhile. Once I got an answer back but that the file I
> requested wasn't in the place it should have been. When I wrote back and
> told them the person was a deserter they found it right away. A couple of
> these files have been a wealth of information for me.
> Jan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <mailto:>
> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Jim Mulhern
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 5:50 PM
> To: <mailto:>
> Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] a lookup please
>
> For the marriage record, look in the Worcester city directory to see the
> address for Fr. Sheridan. When you have the address, it should be easy
> to determine the name of the church at that address. When you have the
> church, call to determine what records it has. If, for example, St.
> John's in Worcester, there are records back to about 1850 and the church
> personnel will look for the record if you give them the date.
>
> >>> "Kathleen Mayo" <<mailto:>> 1/29/2007 4:12 PM >>>
> If somebody has passenger or immigration records could they please look
> this up for me. My relative Michael Holligan born around 1835 in
> Ireland married a Bridget Poland born 1835 Ireland. They married
> November 23, 1857 in Blackstone Mass by Father Sheridan. I have this
> information handwritten by Bridget but Blackstone has no record of the
> marriage. Would anybody know how I could find out what church Father
> Sheridan worked for? Michael Holligan volunteered into the Civil War in
> 1862 out of Worcester Mass. He was hurt twice and the second time
> deserted June 30, 1864 while in the hospital. He was never seen again.
> I have NO information on Michael or Bridget. Can somebody look up if
> they can find Michael coming over here. Or Bridget. Between 1835-1857?
>
> Thanks
> Kathleen Mayo
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:37:29 EST
> From: <mailto:>
> Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Quintin Publishing Co.
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> Hi Beth,
>
> I have bought a few books from Quinton. They scan the books, so you cannot
> search a book for anything. I had to print the book, then scan the printed pages
> to MS Word. Then I could search the book. I will say that is very labor
> intensive, especially with a large book.
>
> Other than that they a very good.
>
> M?nga H?lsningar (Many Regards)
>
>
> Bob ?hman
> Gloucester, MA
>
> Keep the "o" alive! ? ? ?
>
> Researching the following names, Andersson, Benhammar, Berlan, Collier,
> Damon, Eldridge, Eriksson, Gokey, Guice, Guise, Guyse, Hamel, Lusiner, Meeler,
> Millen, Morgan, Petersson, Stackpole, Svengren, Svensson, Thyberg, Traung,
> Wretman, ?hman, ?man and many more.
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:05:46 -0000
> From: "Kath Heywood" <<mailto:>>
> Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Photos to Home - Update
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> Hi Listers,
> Apologies for taking so long to respond, Kids/Christmas etc conspired to
> force me to put hobbies on the back burner for a while.
>
> I have now posted both images to the Dead Fred site http://www.deadfred.com/<http://www.deadfred.com/>;
> , so far they are not showing up but the site says it can take up to 5 days
> to appear so if anyone is interested they should appear in the mystery
> photos section. One is under Colpitts & Co in Portland, ME and the other is
> under S S Haswell in Salem, MA., obviously these are the photographers names
> as they were all I had.
>
> I may have found a home for the Colpitts picture but at least now I feel I
> have tried to send them home, lets just hope they get picked up by someone.
>
> Many Thanks for all your help and suggestions and Happy Hunting
>
> Kath
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