Irish - Michigan SURNAME REGISTRY

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Surname Irish location Michigan Location Arrival Date (MI) Submitter
AHEARNE Waterford County Michigamme, Marquette County 1870 Kristie Edwards
ANDERSON poss. Northern Ireland Hazelton/New Lothrop, Shiawassee Co. March 1875 Barb Dann Chapman 
BAILEY Monaghan Commerce Twp., Oakland, Co. 1849-1850 Bill S.
BEAMISH Skibbereen, County Cork Traverse City and Grand Rapids Areas Abt 1850 Fred Simons
BENNETT Offaly County Livingston County 1827 E Russell Bruce
BENSON Sligo Hillsdale 1884 Tamera Schille Straub
BIRD Louth County Grand Rapids and Kent County 1849 Mary Lawyer O'Connor
BOWDEN / BODEN Cos. Down&  Antrim   Detroit, Saint Johns, Alpena, Lapeer 1856 D. Paige
BOWNAM / BAUMAN unk. Huron Co. 1885-1890 Joyce Maxwell Warren
BRADY Longford Genoa township, Livingston County 1834 Patricia Brady Convery
BRESLIN Derry City Ann Arbor   Russell Bruce
BROWN - Marquette County - Nancy McGonigal
BRUCE Derry Clare County 1883 Russell Bruce
BUCKLEY Cork ? Detroit (From NY) abt 1910s Mary Lou Buckley-Janis
BURNS Cloghin, Islandmagee, Co. Antrim Jeddo, St. Clair Co., MI 1850 Hazel Hartung Colburn
CAFLIN unk. maybe near Coldwater, Mi.? 1885? Michelle Stewart
CAIN Co. Tipperary Saginaw Co. 1865 Karen Mackey
CALLAGHAN Cork Ottawa County  1855 Colleen Wells
CAREY unk. Midland Co. 1870 John Stimpson
CARTER Naas, Kildare, Ireland Marathon Twp.,  Lapeer Co. 1800's Ann Carter  
CAWLEY Mayo Mount Pleasant, Isabella Twp. & Detroit aft. 1847 Jane
CHATHAM Wicklow Unk. bef. 1872 Gail Duncan
COLLINS  Cork Ottawa County  1845 Colleen Wells
COLLINS Co. Derry unk. 1900's Sean Curley
CONDON Cork Webster & Northfield, Washtenaw County 1831/34 Sandra Howard
CONKLIN (Coghlin) Offaly Deerfield Twp., Livingston Co. Early 1840's Kay Schmid
CRAHAN - Swiawasee County 1851 John Ingraham
CRIMMINS Carlow Exeter Township, Monroe County unk. Patti Crowley-Harpenau
CROWLEY Cork (?) Detroit, Wayne County 1850s Patti Crowley-Harpenau
CRYAN Roscommon Kalamazoo County 1880s Ann Fountain
CUDDIHY Co. Cork Grand Rapids 1850 Mary Lawyer O'Connor
cunningham Northern Ireland Mason Co. 1882 Robert Cunningham
CURLEY Derry unk. 1900's Sean Curley
CURRY unk. Washtenaw Co. c1830 Sue Knueve
CURRY/CURRIE County Cavan Wayne & Macomb Counties 1830's Karen Barnette
DALY County Meath Mt. Morris 1850 Lawrence Daly
DANAHER Limerick Ludington, Mason Co. abt 1827 Eileen B. Johnson
DANN Templemore, Tipperary Flint and Hazelton/New Lothrop in Genesee Co. March 1875 Barb Dann Chapman 
D'ARCY  Knocknaboley, Co. Wicklow  Deford, Michigan 1879 Duane D'Arcy 
DESMOND Gurteen, Cork? Township Clay 1850  Virginia Nordin
DIVINEY Galway Detroit  (from Troy NY) 1914   Terry Diviney Bora
DOLAN unk School Craft, Michigammie 1863 Karen Palmer
DORAN Derry Detroit, Wayne Co. 1832 Pamela McErlane
DOUGAN Dublin Ireland Grant Mich 1800 Linda Dougan
DOWLING Queen's Co. Livingston Co. 1850 Alicia Filley
DOWNEY Bere Peninsula, West Cork Calumet 1895 Jackie Rineer
DOYLE Co. Kerry Kalamazoo Co., then city 1850s-1860s Marge
DOYLE Tipperary Livingston County 1852 Julie Doyle Smith
DUNN Kings County Marshall, Lee Twp. Calhoun Co. 1853 Kathy Woefel
DUNN Kings County Exeter Township, Monroe County   1830s Patti Crowley-Harpenau
DUNN unk. Onekama Twp., Manistee Cty., MI From Ont., to NY to MI)1865-1868 Muriel S Beltz
ELLIOTT Cavan County Davisburg,MI 1837 Roger Elliott
FAY County Meath Unadilla Twp., Livingston Co. 1840 Cheryl Stanfield
FENLON/FINLAN Wexford County ? Cheboygan, MI 1866-1870 from Canada Barb Burnard
FERGUSON County Down Clare County 1883 Russell Bruce
FINN Cork (?) Detroit & Wyandotte Wayne Co. abt 1850 C. Hunt
FLANNIGAN County Clare, Ireland Lapeer, Michigan    Ceil Jensen
FLYNN Offaly Livingston 1827 E Russell Bruce
GAGE Armagh Grand Traverse ,Lelanaw ,and Antrim - Steven Ingham
GALLIGAN Balimache, Co. Cavan Washtenaw, Clinton, Shiawassee Counties 1830  Al Wakenhut
GANNON Kilkenny Hartland Twp., Livingston Co. 1850 Kay Schmid
GARRY County Mayo/Clairmorris   St.Clair county, Saginaw, Bay City 1850 Molly Schultz
golden Boyle, Co. Roscommon Monroe County 1835 Mike Kelley
GROGAN County Clare Lapeer County 1855-1863 Kathy Greer
GROGAN County Louth Salem and Northfield, Washtenaw County 1850 Cheryl Stanfield
HALEY unk. Midland County 1865 John Stimpson
HALLEN poss. Galway Detroit, then Northfield, Washtenaw County, then Ann Arbor 1855 Larry Koehleer
HALLIGAN Co. Cork (assumed) Tawas, Iosco County, Mi 1870 Linda Halligan-Consiglio
HARRINGTON Cork Houghton County 1860 Betsy Harrington
HAYES Cork & Limerick Detroit, Wayne Co. 1840 Patricia Ibbotson
HEENEY County Louth Bunker Hill, Ingham Co., Salem and Northfield, Washtenaw Co. abt 1850 Cheryl Stanfield
HEFFRON County Offaly (Kings Co.) Kent County (Grattan Township) apx. 1845 Brendan Heffron
HOLLINGER Antrim, Down Isabella, Midland, Newaygo 1875 Donna Hollinger Kroschel
HOWARD Cork Webster & Northfield, Washtenaw County 1831 Sandra Howard
HOWLEY unk. Midland County 1870 John Stimpson
HUNTER unk. Chocalay Township near Marquette 1880 Helen B. Gbala
HURST Co. Kildare Wayne County 1840-1850 Violet Hecnar
HUTCHINSON unk. Huron Co. 1885-1890 Joyce Maxwell Warren
IVORY Co. Waterford vic. Ludington & Pentwater 1870 Patrick J. McCann
JACKSON near Belfast perhaps Co. Down Muskegon County, Fruitport, then Ravenna bet. 1867 and 1870 Charlotte R. Mitchell
JOHNSON Co. Cork (?) Peninsula, Grand Traverse Co., MI 1850 Suzi Larson
KAIN Co. Tipperary Saginaw Co. 1865 Karen Mackey
KANE Possibly N Ireland Kalamazoo County bef. 1875 Ann Fountain
KELLEY Clare Argentine Twp., Genesee Co. 1855 Kay Schmid
KELLEY/KELLY Co. Westmeath Monroe County ca. 1830's Mike Kelley
KELLY Co. Kilkenny Wexford County 1865 Kelly O'Leary
KIDD  - Sanilac County and Ogemaw County bef. 1870 Marcia DeHaven
LEARY/ O'LEARY Bandon, County Cork Lake Linden, Houghton Co Summer 1862 Angie Wilson
LOGAN Poss. County Monaghan Jackson Co. -> Genessee Co. -> Shiawassee Co. -> Ingham Co. 1820s? to Canada, 1860s? to Michigan Bill Logan
MADDEN County Carlow St. Ignace 1893 Anne Craig
MAGENNIS et al Co. Down Albion, MI 1849 Donna Morris
MAHONEY County Cork Exeter Twp, MI 1830 - 1834 Karen Johnson
MALONEY Clare Ottawa County  1846 Colleen Wells
MANNING Northern Ireland Genesee Co and Saginaw Co bef 1850 Joyce Schumacher
MARTIN Donegal Hilsdale   1840's Elaina O'Neill
MAYNES Tyrone Exeter Township, Monroe County unk. Patti Crowley-Harpenau
MCCABE County Meath Unadilla Twp., Livingston Co. 1840 Cheryl Stanfield
McCARTHY Eyeries Area, Co. Cork Calumet, Michigan abt 1865 Cathy Cottone
McCAULEY Aranmore Island, Co. Donegal Beaver Island, Lake, Michigan 1870 Karlene L. Hall
MC CORMICK unk St. Clair County abt 1850 Howard Florine
McCray unk. Saginaw, MI 1911 Sharon Hensler
McCULLOUGH North Ireland Sanilac and Bay Counties 1867   D Davis
McDERMOTT unk. Hartland Twp., Livingston Co. Early 1840's Kay Schmid
MCDERMOTT Mullingar, Westmeath Hamtramck, Wayne Co.  1868 Ginny McDermott
McDEVITT Donegal Hamburg Twp., Livingston Co. 1887 Kay Schmid
McDONALD   4th Ward, Niles, Berrien 1870 Mary L. Donovan
MCDONOUGH Co. Roscommon Monroe County 1830's Mike Kelley
McDOWD poss. Co. Down Detroit abt. 1870 Mary Whitlock
McELMURRY Belfast Huron Co. - Diana Davenport
MCERLANE Derry Detroit, Wayne Co. 1832 Pamela McErlane
McGEE (or MAGEE) unk Iron River 1895 Kelly O'Leary
McGUIRE Co. Longford Livingston and Genese Co. 1835 Alicia Filley
MCGUIRE Westmayen, N. Ireland Dexter 1849 Dave Lixey
MC INTEE Co. Mayo Livingston County 1870 Julie Doyle Smith
McKEEVER Fermanagh Hartland Twp., Livingston Co. 1847 Kay Schmid
McKENDRICK Tyrone Detroit, Ontonagon Co, Houghton 1833 Nancy H. Krohn
McKEON Co. Longford Livingston and Genese Co. 1835 Alicia Filley
McKEOWN Co. Tyrone unk. 1900's Sean Curley
MCKINNEY unk Monroe and Saginaw Counties bef 1860 Susan Raymond
MCLAUGHLIN Co. Tipperary Saginaw Co. 1890 Karen Mackey
McMANUS unk. Washtenaw Co. c1830 Sue Knueve
McPHILLIPS Co. Tyrone unk. 1900's Sean Curley
McSHERRY Sligo Hillsdale 1884 Tamera Schille Straub
McVAY Armagh Grand Traverse ,Lelanaw ,and Antrim - Steven Ingham
MEGARAH unk Ionia Co., Portland 1860 Alyce L. Smith
MOONEY Antrim Grattan township 1846 Laura Mooney
MOORE unk. Hazelton/New Lothrop, Shiawassee Co., Saginaw March 1875 Barb Dann Chapman 
MORGAN Dunshaughlin, Meath Co. Lapeer, Michigan 1845 Ceil Jensen
MORIARTY Kerry (?) Detroit, Wayne County 1889 Patti Crowley-Harpenau
MULCHRONE / MULCRONE County Mayo St. Ignace and Mackinac Island abt. 1853 Anne Puetzer
MULDERIG Bohola, Co. Mayo Detroit 1880 Ellen Naliboff
MULVANY Meath Battle Creek area 1824-25 Mike Mulvaney
MURPHY Bere Peninsula, West Cork Calumet 1897 Jackie Rineer
MURPHY Cork Deerfield Twp., Livingston Co. 1854 Kay Schmid
MURPHY unk. Huron, MI 1870 Judith Eikenberry
MURPHY Dunshaughlin, Meath Co. Lapeer, Michigan 1845 Ceil Jensen
MURPHY Co. Roscommon Mason Co. 1865/66 Robert Cunningham
MURPHY Dublin Antrim County 1879 Corrine Ginnever
MURRAY R.C. Irish St. Clair & Wayne Co. 1900 Lynne Gray-Ross
NELLIGAN poss. Castleisland, Kerry Northfield &  Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co. 1829 Larry Koehleer
NOLAN Carlow(?) Exeter Township, Monroe County 1851 Patti Crowley-Harpenau
NOLAN Carlow St Clair County 1851-1855? Thomas Nolan
NUGENT Meath/Westmeath/Limerick Bad Ax 1840-50 Melanie O'Sullivan
O'BRIEN Castle Roberts-Adair Limerick Gage town Approx 1860 Greg Dent
O'DEA  Clare  Flint. Saginaw  1840 Chris O'Dea 
O'DONELL Tipperary Detroit 1843 Nancy Arnott
O'HARA - Exeter Twp abt 1830 Karen Johnson
O'LEARY Co. Kilkenny Coloma, Berrien County 1870 Kelly O'Leary
O'MEARA Tipperary St. Clair Co. 1852 Mary Stewart-Bailey
PEPPER County Louth Kent County and Grand Rapids 1849 Mary Lawyer O'Connor
PROUTY N. Ireland Kalamazoo county 1839 Steven Ingham
PURCELL unk. Detroit, Wayne Co. abt 1845 C. Hunt
PURCELL   Detroit c. 1860 Mary Whitlock
QUEENAN (QUINAN) County Roscommon or County Sligo Monroe County 1834 Mike Kelley
RABBIT County Meath Dexter   Dave Lixey
REA Donegal Bay Hillman 1880 Kevin Rea
REARDON County Kerry  Wayne County & Detroit 1920's Mary Tuohy
REDMOND Wexford Co Cheboygan, MI 1868 - 1877 from Canada Barb Burnard
RILEY Monaghan Co. Hillsdale 1867 Bill Schmidt
RILEY unk. Clinton Co, Bath Twp  ? Christi Harnish-Riley
RIORDAN Co. Cork Genesee Co. 1855 Karen Mackey
ROACH Mullinavat, Kilkenny Lapeer County, poss. Davison, Oakland Co. 1848-1849 Barb Dann Chapman 
ROARK unk. Lansing, Ingham Co; Shiawassee Co.; Oakland Co. 1850's Carli Francies
RYAN Kilkenny, Waterford Lapeer County, poss. Davison, Oakland Co. 1848-1849 Barb Dann Chapman 
TAYLOR unk. Huron Co. 1885-1890 Joyce Maxwell Warren
TYRRELL Rathshanmore, Co., Wicklow Shiawassee Co. abt. 1853 Patrick Tyrell
SAGE unknown Northfield and Lodi, Washtenaw County 1830s Larry Koehleer
SCALLY Tipperary Boyne Falls 1860 S. Horton
SHANAHAN Limerick Columbus, St. Clair County 1860 Anne Craig
SHANLEY Lietrim Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, Calhoun , MI 1883 Robin Ellis
SHEA Ballydonegon, Co. Cork Calumet, Michigan abt 1865 Cathy Cottone
SHEA unk Tuscola Co. 1853 Dale Pretzer
SHERIDAN Castlebar, Co Mayo Gratiot Co 1854 Barb Conner
SNOWDEN Co. Cavan Port Huron 1846 Dubovec
SPARROW Wexford, Ireland Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., MI 1884 Robin Ellis
STEVENS County Wicklow Ontario Canada > Shiawassee County > Saginaw County 1830's >1883 > 1911 Leo E Stevens
SULLIVAN Bere Peninsula, West Cork Houghton 1863 Jackie Rineer
VANCE County Donegal Branch County 1860 Norm Vance
WALLACE Co. Armagh Huron Co., Wayne Co. 1861 Amy Crawshaw
WELCH/WALSH Coolcappagh,Kilbroderan,Limerick Northfield, Washtenaw County 1829 Larry Koehleer
WHALEN Queen's Co. Livingston Co.   1850 Alicia Filley
WHITE Co Cork Genesee Co. 1855 Karen Mackey
WILSON Belfast   Wayne County 1906 James T. Daugherty
WILSON Easky, County Sligo Houghton County 1867 Joyce Quinlin Gray

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