Margaret Catherine LANE

Descendants of Margaret Catherine LANE of Ireland

1- Margaret (Margarit, Margarite) Catherine LANE, b. (baptised) April 27, 1862 to Connor (Conor) LANE and Mary HIGGINS in Moylough/Mountbellew, Co. Galway in Ireland. She had brothers & sisters:

  1. Judith b. 1856
  2. Michael b. 1857
  3. Thomas b. 1860
  4. Martin b. 1864
  5. Mary b. 1875
  6. John b. ca 1870.

1- Margaret immigrated at about 19, or in 1881 (no record found in Kirbys), and went to work for a cousin in Holy Oke, Wisc. to pay for passage. She moved to Montana (where a great number of cousins were located in the Gallatin County area). She married James M. Donahue on March 03, 1896 in Bozeman, Montana and died on March 24, 1947 in Three Forks, Montana. They had three children:

  1. Joseph Patrick Donahue b. June 10, 1898
  2. Mary A. Donahue b. April 09, 1900
  3. James Cornelius b. August 05, 1902.

10- James married Alma Jane (Jane Marie) Albrecht, b. March 13, 1903, on November 27, 1937. They had five children:

  1. James Thomas b. October 11, 1938
  2. Jane Marie b. November 03, 1939
  3. Catherine Margaret b. July 12, 1941
  4. Joseph Patrick [email protected] b. December 14, 1943
  5. Warren Carl b. October 10, 1945.


Living DESCENDANTS of Margaret Catherine LANE

Joe Who kindly submitted the above information on his Ancestors says:
I have some additional information on the LANE cousins as they are extensive in the Three Forks, Montana area. Also, some additional info on one family of cousins (?) in Galway.


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