Ellen Pierce and Patrick Hogan

So to recap, Charles Pearce of Dunderrow marries Mary Leary in 1829. They have a son Con Pearce born in 1835, a daughter Ellen Pearce born in 1843, and daughter Mary Pearce but I have no birthdate for her yet. 

Ellen Pearce marries Patrick Cooney in 1859 in Kinsale - they have a son Patrick Cooney.

Meanwhile, Patrick Hogan of Innishannon marries Julia Coughlan. 

They have: 
1) A daughter Ellen Hogan who first marries Denis Driscoll with whom she has one son, Denis Driscoll. 
Ellen then marries John McCarthy and has Ellen, Jeremiah, Julia, James/Jimmy McCarthy, Margaret, Nora, and Minnie.
2) A son Edward/Ned Hogan who emigrates to Cambridge, Massachusetts, marries Annie McSeeeney, and has Patrick, Julia, Lena. His nephew, Jimmy McCarthy, comes out to Ned.

Patrick Cooney dies and so does Julia Coughlan.  Ellen Pierce Cooney then marries Patrick Hogan on 6 October 1870 in St. John the Baptist Church in Kinsale. Reverend D. Dunlea is the celebrant.  Witnesses are Edward Hogan and Mary Pierce - Mary is likely Ellen's sister.

In addition to Ellen's 5 year old son Patrick Cooney, and Patrick Hogan's 9 year old Ellen and 4 year old Ned Hogan, Patrick and Ellen (Pierce Cooney) Hogan have several children together.

17 July 1871 David Hogan is baptized in Innishannon - sponsors are Cornelius Regan and Ellen Leary.

23 Feb 1873 Eliza Hogan is baptized in Innishannon - sponsors are Edward Hogan and Mary Mahoney.

27 April 1874 Michael Hogan of Shippool is baptized - sponsors are John Hurley and Ellen Collins.

Mae Kiely told me that Ellen and Patrick Hogan had five children. We have found baptismal records for David, Eliza, and Michael. Mae also listed William, Minnie and Charlie Hogan, but did not mention Eliza. There is an Irish registration index for Elizabeth Hogan born 12 March 1873 to Patrick Hogan and Ellen Pierce - at some point we could send for this. But I could find no other information with a quick search.

According to Mae, Patrick Hogan and Ellen Pierce had:

1. David Hogan who was born in 1871 and who marries Ellen Lucey. 
2. William (the Stoker) Hogan who marries Nora Lane. 
3. Mary (Minnie) Hogan who marries Patrick Lucey. 
4. Michael Hogan who was born in 1874.
5. Charles Patrick Hogan who was born 10 April 1883.

I found the 1901 Irish Census for this Hogan family. They are living in house 14 in Horse Hill More North in the parish of Dunderrow which is in the District Electoral Division (DED) of Leighmoney. The Poor Law Union of Kinsale covers this area in the barony of Kinalea. This is the Parliamentary Division of South East Cork. Please just give me my town, state, and country! There is way too much to a locale in Ireland!

Patrick Hogan is the 60 year old head of the family and is an agricultural laborer. He cannot read or write, but he speaks Irish and English. His wife Ellen is 58 - she cannot read or write, but she also speaks Irish and English. Their 16 year old son, William, is an agricultural laborer also - he is able to read and write, but he does not speak Irish. This census would suggest he was born about 1885. Perhaps the other children are either away working or have emigrated. Charles is listed by May as born in 1883 - that would make him younger than William - so where is he? Is he away working?

According to the following table, it appears the Hogans have a piggery and a fowl building. So does that mean that they are raising a pig(s) and chickens? Or are these buildings that happen to be on the property they are renting?

The Sweetnams have the most outbuildings - they have a stable, two coach houses, a harness room, 2 cow houses, a calf house, a piggery, a fowl house, a barn and a shed.

And look who our neighbors are according to the House and Building page of the census - our Keohanes! Donovans and Murphys are also familiar families. And Aunt Nellie Keohane told me that she worked for the Sweetnams - they were big farmers in Dunderow according to her.

This townland also had a post office, a pub and a Church of Ireland. There are 14 private dwellings.

On the House and Building Return, the Hogans' private dwelling has 2 outbuildings as we have already seen. The walls are probably made of mud; the roof is likely thatch. There are two rooms with one window in the front of the house. It is a 3rd class dwelling with a family of three living in it. 

Patrick Hogan is renting it from William Sweetnam who has one of the largest houses in this townland - it has 13 or more rooms and 15 windows in the front!! The Sweetnams are Methodists - This is really surprising to me. The other Sweetnams that I found in County Cork are either Church of Ireland or Roman Catholic.

The Sweetnams have 7 children - the oldest is 14 and still going to school. Mr Sweetnam, 44, is a farmer - he and his wife both read and write. Mary Jane Sweetnam, 41, is from Wexford - all their children were born in Cork - the youngest is 3 months old.

The 1891 Guy's cork Almanac had not listed any Sweetnams in Dunderrow. So the family has moved into Dunderrow in the last 10 years.

We will talk about the Keohanes a little later.

The next Irish Census available online is 1911. Ellen (Pierce Cooney) Hogan, now 69, is still living in Horsehill Mor North, but now she is widowed. None of her children are listed - her 23 year old nephew Patrick Hogan now lives with her. Ellen is the head of the family; Patrick is a farm servant - he is single and is able to read and write.

Ellen is listed as living in house 14 - I wonder if this is the same house she was in 10 years ago? It has the two rooms, but now has two windows in front. It still has mud walls, thatched roof - 3rd class building. She is still renting from William Sweetnam who has 13 windows in the front of his 24 room home!

In the 1913 Guy's Almanac Cork, William Sweetnam is listed as a shopkeeper and seedsman. He resides in Dunderrow House - this explains the size of the house - he is gentry.

Dunderrow House from National Library of Ireland

Ellen Pierce died sometime after 1911 ……...