O'HARA FAMILY ROCHESTER N.Y.
Updated 04/14/09
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My name is Mike O'Hara. I've been able to trace my "roots" to County Leitrim in Ireland. My great great grandparents were FELIX O'HARA (1821-1877) and CATHERINE MCPADDEN (1825-1911). They most likely were married circa 1843 in Inishmagrath parish in Drumkeeran. They left Ireland during the famine and arrived in New York City on 3/17/1851. They were aboard the ship "Empire State" and had three small children with them. Soon after their arrival they came to Rochester, N.Y. and they had seven more children.

CLICK HERE to meet FELIX and CATHERINE'S 10 children.

CLICK HERE and scroll down to view MCPADDEN and DEVITT (Catherine's mother's surname) information.

CLICK HERE to view a map of Leitrim showing the towns where O'HARA, MCPADDEN and DEVITT
                    families were living at the time of the Griffith's Valuation.

CLICK HERE to view various dates of church records from Immaculate Conception in Rochester. The records
                    cover from 8/1851 to 4/16/1902. These were hand written in latin. I transcribed what I could
                    from them.

CLICK HERE and scroll down to view old addresses of family members in Rochester.

CLICK HERE to view some old picutres of family members. Hopefully I will be able to find more as I go along.

CLICK HERE to go to a website where you can search all seven volumes from "THE FAMINE IMMIGRANTS"
                    The book has all the names of irish immigrants to New York during the famine

          
     On 12/17/03 I received in the mail a package from cousin Henry Clay (New Hampshire). He has been doing research for some time now and has provided me with more dates and info. His grandmother was Katherine O'Hara (Felix's daughter). Over the next few days I'll be "plugging in" this info. He also informed me that he heard from his grandmother and her sister "Ellie" McLaughlin that their parents were from the "Lake Country" of County Leitrim. Specifically Drumkeeran and Drumshanbo. They said Felix had to "travel over the hill" to court his wife to be.  THANK YOU HENRY!!!!!!!
My father, WILLIAM O'HARA passed away on 5/6/02. His death came four days before his 87th birthday. He was a great guy and an inspiration to everyone that knew him. He will be sorely missed. He was buried on his birthday which at first we thought was lousy. However we then realized that it was a great "present" for him to be with his wife EVELYN after 12 yrs. We gave him a nice "Irish" send off and we had the hangovers to prove it. Here he is holding great grandaughter EVELYN (Summer 2001).
    On 1/18/09 my cousin Shaun O'Hara died unexpectedly. He was a  31 year veteran of the Rochetser Fire Dept. He retired about 2 yrs. ago as a captain. Shaun was a devoted family man and an outstanding firefighter.
He could build or repair anything and was more than happy to help out anyone in this regard. The enormous turnout at his funeral showed how well he was liked and loved. He packed alot into his 57 yrs. but it was still too soon to leave us. We'll miss you Shaun and hope that the song about having no beer in heaven is wrong.
FINALLY, GOOD NEWS!!!
Here is LEAH MARIE KENDROT with big sister, EVELYN. Born on 4/4/09, 5lbs.15oz &
19 inches long.
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