My family begins in Ireland with John Cosgriffe born abt. 1811.He was my grgrgrandfather and was married to Ellen O'Connell. Ellen was the daughter of Johanna O'Connell, and sister to Catherine O'Connell Cosgriffe. Ellen was born abt.1813. Together they were said to have 13 children, but I can only find information on Patrick b. 1839 ,Ireland, John b.1843 baptized in Glin, Ireland, Daniel b.1846 Ireland, Ella (Eleanor) b. 1850, MichaelJoseph b.1855, Ontario, and Timothy Patrick b.1857 Ontario.The family was said to have left Ireland abt. 1851, and went to Liverpool, then from there arriving abt. 1853, in Dundas, Ontario. Then, once again in 1874 moved to sedalia,Mo. U.S.A. supposedly after a family fued, with other branches of the Canadian Cosgriffe's . It was at this time the "e" was dropped from our name.Michael Joseph was my grgrandfather.Michael married Lizzie Sullivan in Topeka ,Kansas. Together they had several children ,one of them being John Emmett my grandfather. John moved to Bklyn.
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