Ancestors of Robert Mullen
62. John Mullen Family
John Mullen (62)
b. about 1815. County Mayo, Ireland
m. Anna Ferguson, about 1836, County Mayo, Ireland
d. before 1850, County Mayo, Ireland
Anna Ferguson (63)
b. 1820, County Mayo, Ireland
m1 John Mullen
m2 James O'Boyle, about 1850, Philadelphia, PA
d. Sep 1895, Rico, CO
James O'Boyle
b. about 1815, Ireland
d. after 1858, Louisville, KY
Children of Robert Mullen and Honora Chambers:
1. Mary Mullen
b. May 1837, County Mayo
m1 Michael McNamara, 1 May 1858, Bardstown, KY
m2 Patrick O’Neal, 27 May 1865, Louisville, KY
m3 John Dore, 6 Jan 1873, Louisville, KY
d. 22 Oct 1910, Louisville, KY
2. Margaret Mullen
b. 1838, County Mayo
m. Patrick Moran, 11 Apr 1864, Louisville, KY
d. 8 May 1899, Louisville, KY
3. Rose Mullen
b. 1841, County Mayo
m. John McGinty, 16 Apr 1864, New Albany, IN
d. 20 Jan 1925, Louisville, KY
4. Robert Mullen
b. 1845, County Mayo
d. 14 May 1904, Leadville, CO
5. Ellen Mullen (31)
b. 1846, County Mayo
m. Dennis Kennedy, 28 Oct 1972, Louisville, KY
d. 24 Jun 1901, Louisville, KY
Children of James O'Boyle and Honora Chambers:
1. James Joseph O'Boyle
b. 4 May 1851, Philadelphia, PA
m. Bridget M. Mullen, 27 Dec 1880, Cincinnati, OH
d. 2 Sep 1903, Denver, CO
Notes:
Honora Chambers Mullen immigrated to Philadelphia, PA about 1849, leaving her five children in Ireland, probably in an orphanage or in the care of relatives. She married James O’Boyle in Philadelphia about 1850, and, together with him, they had one son, James Joseph Boyle, born in 1851. The O’Boyle family moved to Louisville, KY before 1858.
The Mullen children immigrated to the United States one by one in the 1850s and 1860s as they reached about age 18. All of the children settled in Louisville by 1865. Mary Mullen immigrated in 1855, Margaret Mullen in 1856, Rose Mullen and Robert Mullen (underage) in 1859, and Ellen Mullen in 1864.
Robert Mullen was naturalized as a U. S. Citizen on 4 Dec 1875 in Louisville, KY.
* The names of John Mullen and Anna Ferguson:
Three sources differ as to the names of John Mullen (62) and Anna Ferguson (63):
The marriage certificate of Michael McNamara and Mary Mullen states that the names of Mary Mullen’s parents were John Mullen and Anna Ferguson (information per Mary Mullen, daughter of John Mullen and Anna Ferguson). This source is considered to be the most reliable of the three.
The death certificate of Robert Mullen states that the names of his parents were Robert Mullen and Honora Chambers (information per Mary Fergus, oldest daughter of Mary Mullen).
The death certificate of James Joseph O’Boyle states that the names his parents were (unknown) and Honora Farquhar (information per Bridget O’Boyle, wife of John Joseph O’Boyle).
In all U.S. Federal census enumerations and city directories, Anna Ferguson is called “Hannah.”
