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Re: WILLIAM HENRY DONOVA BORN1824.TO/1879
Posted by: Sue (ID *****3046) Date: July 14, 2009 at 16:49:43
In Reply to: WILLIAM HENRY DONOVA BORN1824.TO/1879 by BRUCE DONOVAN of 45764

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Family trees (Subscription site, I do not have access to this database to gather further info here)
son shows him born 1820, England; others moreso shown him born 1824 Ohio.
died Logan IL, married Mahala Jane McGinnis in Tazewell Co, IL. Some show father to have been James Madison Donovan. (with a name like this, I would be moreso pulled to believe son born Ohio)

children of William & Mahala:

Nancy Jane b 1869 IL d. Douglas NE
Frances b1849
Mary E b. 1854 Logan IL, d. Logan IL
Amanda Elizabeth b 1856 Logan IL, d. MO married Bourbon Co, KS
Georgia Alice b.1863 Logan IL,
James William 1859 Logan Co IL d. Marion Co, WV
Charles M 1860 Logan Co IL, d. Linn Co, Oregon
John Isaac 1865 Logan Co IL, d. Yuma CO Oregon
David Harrison, b. 1871 Logan Co IL, d. Yuma Co, Oregon
Edward Brown b. 1873 Logan Co IL, d. Dickinson Co, Iowa
Henry M/aka Henry M F 1876 Logan Co IL, d. York Co, Neb

1870
DONAVAN WILLIAM 42 M W IREL IL LOGAN CORWIN TWP
William 42 wood chopper Ire
Mahalah 40
Denis 14
James 12
Mary 10
Bridget 8
John 5
Patrick 3

http://logan.ilgenweb.net/1855census.htm
1855 state census for Logan Co: shows no Donovan, but does show:
William Dorinan males:2 2 1 females: 1 1

Check this link of searh results:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=McGinnis&stype=Exact&given=mahala*&bplace=&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=don*&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search

According to what I found on Rootsweb, it appears that he and Mahala d. in 1879, actually just days apart.
make sure you check out all 3 entries here.


LDS:
MAHALA J. MCGINNIS
Spouse: WILLIAM DONOVAN
Marriage: 07 SEP 1852 , Tazewell, Illinois
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record.
batch: M533781 Tazewell Co IL 1827 - 1865
he's the only DONOVAN on this database








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