Custom Report for James Horen Horan and Ellen Aylward

Jan 1790 Name: James Horen Horan Birth: Jan 1790 in Marriage: Abt. Death: 14 Dec 1853 in Carltom, MI Person Notes: James HORAN James Horen (Horan) 1790-1853 James married Ellen Aylward (1815-1877) in Ireland on or before 1835.

He was about 45 years old and Ellen was about 20 years old. They had one son in Ireland on January 8, 1836, John. There is no real data where James and Ellen came from in Ireland. All we have are clues. On NO documents, including Naturalization papers, census, Civil War enlistments or Gravestones does it ever show an Ireland location. In St.Patricks Cemetery in Michigan almost all other Irish gravestones show a county.

The possibilities are: A. Aylwards are concentrated in Waterford and Kilkinney B. The farm next to James' were the Dunns. They were from South Meath and Kings Counties. C. Many of James' other neighbors were from Albilone. D. Galway, , and Wexford counties because O'Horans were there E. Thomas, son of James, wanted to marry the daughter of Michael Mahoney and Nancy O'Hara. The neighbors of James and Ellen. However she was already married so he sent away to Ireland for Michael's and Nancy's other daughter. Thomas then married Mary Mahoney. So James may have come from the same county as the Mahoney's.

They came to the United States between February,1836 and July 1839. John being born in Ireland on January 8,1836 and James Jr. being born in Michigan on July 20,1839.

James and Ellen had the following children:

John 1-8-1836 1-29-1901 James, Jr. 7-20-1839 2-1-1920 Mary 2-1-1841 Oct, 1873 Francis (Frank) 4-4-1844 5-10-1864 (KIA) Thomas 5-30-1847 8-30-1941 William 8-13-1849 9-30-1926

Regarding the names "Horan'" and "Horen" The Irish church records were kept in Latin and there the Latin letter is the same for "A" and "E'. On James' naturalization papers of December 10, 1852, James signed his name as "James Horan". The Michigan census of 1850, showed "Horan" The Michigan census of 1870, showed "Ellen Horan" (James died in 1853). It also listed her sons James, Thomas, and William. The Michigan census of 1880 and the Ohio census of 1900 showed William (son of James and Ellen), his wife Mary and daughter Harriet as"Horen"

The Michigan census of 1880, showed Thomas (son of James and Ellen), his wife Mary and children Henry, Elizabeth, and Mary as "Horan" The Michigan census of 1880 and 1900 showed John Grant and all of his family as "Horen" The 1859 Exeter Township map shows "Ellen Horren" The 1876 Monroe County map shows "J. Horan" The 1876 Monroe County map shows "J. Horan" The Civil War records show John, Francis and James (Sons of James) as"Horen". See the records of John Grant Horen on how he changed the name to "HOREN". Jan 1815 Name: Elizabeth (Ellen) Aylward Birth: Jan Marriage: Abt. 1835 in Ireland Death: 05 Feb 1872 in Carlton, MI Person Notes: Ellen Aylward 1815-1872 Wife of James HORAN There were many Alylwards between Waterford and Kilkinney. Ellen was on one of census. That could be a clue of where James HORAN came from. In a book regarding the Aylward family, shows an Ellen, daughter of Paul Aylward of Faithlock, county of Waterford about 1710. When in Ireland I found a stone at a cross-road with AYLWARDTOWN inscribed on it We have the St. Patrick Church death record of February 5, 1872. Shows name as Elizabeth On various Catholic (Latin) records from the three churches (St, Patrick, St. Mary, and St.Antione.) always show Helene, Helena, and Elizabeth and Elward instead Aylward..