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The Lineage of David Haragan and Christiana O’Hearn
Summary
Although there aren’t conclusive primary records, the DNA project believes
this ancestral couple were from Garryvoe, a parish in Middleton, Cork. In
records, the surname has been recorded as Horrigan, Harragan, and Haragan.
David and Christiana married about 1819. Their first two sons were born in
Cork. Records for their marriage or these two baptisms have not been located.
The project believes that such records would have fallen into the jurisdiction
of the R.C. parish of Ballymacoda & Ladysbridge, but church records for this
parish are not available until starting 1835/6.
The family eventually settled in Caledon, Peel, Ontario.
Lineage
 Our prospective DNA tester was born 1960 in Onekama, Manistee,
Michigan to Billy Junior Harrigan and Maxine Tompke.1
 Billy Junior Harrigan was born 1920 in Buckley, Wexford, Michigan to
David William Harrigan and Flavilla Catherine Knapp.2,3,4 He died in
2001.
 David William Harrigan was born 1883 in Logan, Perth, Ontario to
John Harrigan and Mary Anne Tebbutt.5,6 He died in 1910.
 John Harrigan was born 1852 in Ellice, Perth, Ontario to David
Haragan and Elizabeth Roche. 7,8
 David Haragan was born about 1831 in Canada to David Haragan and
Christiana O’Hearn.9 He died 1899 in Lincoln Township, Isabella,
Michigan.
 David Haragan was born about 1792 in Cork, Ireland and died in 1875
in Caledon, Peel, Ontario. Christiana O’Hearn was born about 1787 in
Garryborough (Garryvoe), Cork, Ireland. Their known children, in birth
order, were: Daniel, John, Catherine, Eleanor, David, William, and
Margaret.
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The Lineage of David Haragan and Christiana O’Hearn
Image source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cangmg/ontario/southern/peel/albion/stjohns/
The prospective DNA testing family has believed for some 20 years that
Christiana’s tombstone gives a birth location of Garryborough. We are
assuming that “Garryborough” is a gross spelling of Garryvoe. The parish has
historically been called Garraí Bhoithe and Garribwogh. The area of Middleton
has been the home of Horrigans and Aherns.
Further Details
The children of David and Christiana, in birth order, were:
Daniel (~1820), John (~1823), Catherine (~1825), Eleanor (~1830), David
(~1831), William (1833), and Margaret (~1836).
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The Lineage of David Haragan and Christiana O’Hearn
Daniel (1820) married Mary Dolan. He died 1889 in Kinkora, Peel, Ontario.
John (1823) married Mary Sliney.
Catherine (1825) married Morris Connelly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Eleanor “Ellen” (1830) married Alexander Doherty in Toronto Gore Township,
Ontario. She died 1898 in Logan, Perth, Ontario.
See Lineage for David (1831).
William (1833) married Sarah Ann Harkin. He died 1888 in Caledon, Peel,
Ontario.
No further information on Margaret.
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Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,
2010), www.ancestry.com, Record for Kevin Dale Harrigan.
Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,
2010), www.ancestry.com, Record for William Harrigan.
Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2011), Ancestry.com, Number: 368-16-5215; Issue State: Michigan; Issue Date:
Before 1951. Record for Billy J. Harrigan.
National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (Provo, UT, USA,
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), www.ancestry.com, Record for Billy Junior Harrigan.
Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2005), www.ancestry.com, Registration State: Michigan; Registration County:
Wexford; Roll: 1683040. Record for William David Harrigan.
Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc,
2010), www.ancestry.com, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS929; Reel: 61. Record for William David
Harragan.
Familysearch.org -Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952.
St. Joseph Stratford, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1849-1910.
Ancestry.com, Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2011), www.ancestry.com, Record for David Harrigan.
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