n 1871, Ellen Sullivan married Tim O’Donoghue. They lived in Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland. From this marriage came 10 children, 3 boys and 7 girls. Although the parents remained, beginning in 1893 all 10 of the children emigrated to the U.S.. Nora, Mike, Tim, Kate, Julia, Margaret and Mary came to Pueblo, Colorado. When Nora moved with her family to Gary, Indiana around 1910, Delia (Bridget), Dan and Nellie followed her from Ireland directly to Indiana.

he Colorado and Indiana branches of the family have had very little contact over the last 100 years. This website is being created to allow the branches to become reacquainted and to fill in all the genealogical gaps which have been lost over the years. Hopefully, this will all come about through our family pages , emails and photographs old and new, as we fill in all the empty spaces. The ten children left at least 21 sons and daughters, 50 grandchildren and countless great and great-great grandchildren. The latest small twig on the tree will be featured on a special page which presently is occupied by Frank Leonard Kearns, born December 27, 2002. Let us know when it is time to replace him with a new twig from your family. Our list of contributors to this website should always be growing.

t’s been a long, joyful and sometimes sad and painful road for the O’Donoghue Family. There probably are only a few with the family name still in use. We also have those using Donoghue, Donohue and O’Donohue as the spelling has changed over the years. As daughters and granddaughters married, the family acquired a fair share of those with names like Kuhn, Cahill, Lloyd, Kearns, Holland, O’Hara, White and Cecil. And even though later generations go by many other names, recent family correspondence indicates a desire for more information on our Irish roots which this website should provide if we are all willing to participate. Our history and fact gathering will be divided into eight sections, one for each of the children who came to America, except for Nellie and Mary, who appear not to have left any descendants. Feel free to add to the family information under your section. We also have a family message board for everyone to use, including replies to particular messages. We are also working on a directory with e-mail addresses for anyone wishing to be listed and are also considering a listing of mailing addresses and phones for those who want this published.

e are contacting as many as possible about this website, asking for your participation and hoping you will have as much pleasure as we have had in setting up the site. Suggestions are always appreciated. Have fun and enjoy putting together this big family puzzle.