Children of Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna Flynn
Carrigkilter, Ballymacoda, Ladysbridge, and the Next Generation
This page documents the known and strongly supported children of Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter and Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn. Their records connect the Carrigkilter household with Ballymacoda, Ladysbridge, Ballybraher, Cloyne, Churchtown South, Garryvoe, and later branches in County Cork and Rhode Island.
Five children—Daniel, Mary, Elizabeth, Timothy, and David—are confirmed through Catholic baptism records. Michael and Patrick J. Dorgan are securely connected to the same parents through later marriage records, although their baptisms have not yet been identified.
The page is organized child by child and distinguishes confirmed evidence from later identifications, family tradition, and unresolved research questions. Spelling variations such as Dargan and Dorgan, and Johanna’s appearance as Johanna, Anne, or Nancy, are preserved as they occur in the records.
Related parent pages:
Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter
Johanna / Anne Flynn Dorgan of East Cork
Daniel Dargan / Dorgan
Daniel Dargan / Dorgan was baptized on 18 December 1838 in the Roman Catholic parish of Ballymacoda and Ladysbridge, County Cork. His parents were Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna Flynn, and his sponsors were John Motherway and Bridget Barry.
Daniel is the earliest presently confirmed child in the documented family sequence. His baptism places Patrick and Johanna in the Ballymacoda / Ladysbridge parish network before the later Carrigkilter land records. The Motherway and Barry sponsor names are useful clues but do not by themselves establish kinship.
Possible Later Family Role
A Daniel Dorgan appears as one of the civil witnesses at Mary Dorgan’s marriage to Jeremiah Healy on 10 July 1866. Daniel, baptized in 1838, would have been about twenty-seven years old, so it is plausible that the witness was Mary’s brother. The marriage record does not state the relationship, however, so the identification remains probable rather than proved.
Daniel Dorgan as Sponsor in Mary’s 1840 Baptism
Mary Dorgan’s 1840 baptism names an adult Daniel Dorgan as one of her sponsors. This cannot have been her brother Daniel, who was only about seventeen months old. The sponsor must therefore have been a different, older Daniel Dorgan in Patrick and Johanna’s family or close social network.
This older Daniel is one of the most important current clues in the search for Patrick Dargan / Dorgan’s earlier family. He may have been Patrick’s father, brother, uncle, or another close relative, but no specific relationship has yet been proved.
Research Caution
No later record has yet been conclusively linked to Daniel, the child baptized in 1838. The possible 1866 marriage witness and the older adult Daniel who sponsored Mary in 1840 must be treated as two separate people unless future evidence proves otherwise.
Mary Dargan / Dorgan
Mary Dargan / Dorgan was baptized on 13 May 1840 in the Roman Catholic parish of Ballymacoda and Ladysbridge, County Cork. The register names her parents as Pat Dorgan and Anne Flynn. Her sponsors were Daniel Dorgan and Eliza Flynn.
Mary is the second presently documented child of Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna / Anne Flynn. The baptismal entry does not state a birth date or townland, so Carrigkilter should not be presented as her proved birthplace.
Marriage to Jeremiah Healy
Mary Dorgan married Jeremiah Healy on 10 July 1866. The Catholic marriage appears in the Cloyne / Churchtown parish-register grouping, while the civil registration records the ceremony at the Roman Catholic Chapel of Churchtown in the Registrar’s District of Aghada, Midleton Union, County Cork.
Jeremiah was recorded as a 25-year-old bachelor, farmer, and resident of Lisanly. Mary was recorded as a 25-year-old spinster of Ballybraher and daughter of Patt Dorgan, farmer. Her stated age closely agrees with the 1840 baptismal record.
The civil witnesses were Michael Dorgan and Daniel Dorgan. Michael was probably Mary’s brother Michael, and Daniel may have been her brother Daniel, baptized in 1838, but the marriage record does not state their relationships to Mary.John Healy
John Healy
John Healy, son of Jeremiah Healy and Mary Dorgan, was baptized on 10 November 1870. His sponsors were Jerry Brien and Betty Dorgan.
Betty Dorgan may have belonged to Mary’s immediate or extended Dorgan family, but her precise relationship has not yet been established.
John Healy married Margaret Graham on 29 April 1915 at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Cork. John was recorded as a bachelor, farmer, and resident of Cloyne. His father was identified as Jeremiah Healy, deceased, farmer. Margaret was a spinster from Lisgoold and the daughter of John Graham, farmer. The marriage witnesses were Jeremiah Healy and Mary Ahern.
John and Margaret Healy in the 1926 Census
The 1926 Census of the Irish Free State records John and Margaret Healy living in Carrigtwohill, County Cork, with their five children.
John was recorded as a 60-year-old farmer and employer, while Margaret was recorded as 45 and engaged in home duties. Their children were:
Elizabeth Healy — age 9 years and 2 months
David Healy — age 6 years and 1 month
Jeremiah Healy — age 6 years and 1 month
John Healy Jr. — age 5 years and 2 months
James Healy — age 2 years and 8 months
The census states that John and Margaret had been married for eleven years and that five children had been born alive. The family occupied an agricultural holding of 60 statute acres.
The census gives John’s age as 60. However, the John Healy baptized on 10 November 1870 would have been 55 on census night. This five-year difference remains an unresolved age discrepancy and should not be silently corrected.
Family information preserved in the archive states that David D. Dorgan and Elizabeth / Eliza Ahern, who had no biological children, later helped preserve the family and property connection by taking in John Healy, the son of David’s sister Mary, and Margaret Graham, the daughter of Elizabeth’s sister. John and Margaret had five children, none of whom married.
This Healy branch carries the documented descendants of Mary Dorgan and Jeremiah Healy from the nineteenth-century Dorgan family of Ballybraher and Carrigkilter into twentieth-century County Cork.
These details agree with the baptism, marriage, and census entries already published in the Records Archive.
Elizabeth Dargan / Dorgan
Name: Elizabeth Dargan / Dorgan
Record type: Catholic baptism register
Date: 12 February 1842
Parish: Ballymacoda and Ladysbridge, County Cork, Ireland
Parents: Patrick Dorgan and Nancy Flynn
Sponsors: Patrick Savage and Bridget Savage
Research note: The primary parish-register image confirms 12 February 1842. Earlier website references to 11 February are superseded.
Elizabeth’s baptism is especially important because it confirms another child in the family sequence and records Johanna Flynn under the name Nancy. That name variation is a useful clue when comparing parish and later family records.
The Savage sponsors may represent relatives, neighbors, or close family associates, but the baptismal record does not state their relationship to Elizabeth’s parents.
Elizabeth later married John Shinnick, connecting the Carrigkilter Dorgan family with the Shinnick family and later Ballycatoo / Cloyne-area records.
Elizabeth’s baptism is confirmed. Later Shinnick records should still be matched carefully by spouse, residence, witnesses, children, and other family evidence before conclusions are extended beyond the documented record.
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Timothy Dargan / Dorgan
Timothy Dargan / Dorgan was baptized on 18 February 1844 in the Roman Catholic parish of Ballymacoda and Ladysbridge, County Cork. The baptismal register names his parents as Pat Dorgan and Anstice Flynn. The sponsors presently recorded in the research file are Ned Millerick and Mary Boozane.
The use of Anstice is important because Johanna Flynn appears under several given-name forms in the surviving family records, including Johanna, Anne, Nancy and Anstice. The record should therefore preserve the wording of the original entry rather than silently normalize the mother’s name to Johanna.
Timothy is the fourth presently documented child in the known baptismal sequence: Daniel in 1838, Mary in 1840, Elizabeth in 1842, Timothy in 1844, and David in 1846. This regular sequence is important because it helps define the family’s documented timeline before Patrick appears in the Carrigkilter land records.
Sponsors Ned Millerick and Mary Boozane
Timothy’s sponsors, Ned Millerick and Mary Boozane, are useful clues to the wider social and family network around Patrick and Johanna. The Millerick surname later reappears in the Dorgan family through the marriage of Patrick Dorgan, son of Michael Dorgan and Johanna Garde, to Johanna Millerick. That later connection does not prove that Ned Millerick was related to the family, but it makes the surname worth continued comparison.
Mary Boozane’s name should likewise be preserved exactly as it appears in the register and compared with variant spellings in nearby parish, civil, land, and census records.
No later marriage, census, death, emigration, land, or cemetery record has yet been conclusively connected to Timothy Dargan / Dorgan, baptized in 1844. His baptism confirms his parentage, but it does not provide a birth date, specific townland, later residence, spouse, or death date. Carrigkilter should therefore not be presented as his proved birthplace unless another record establishes it.
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David D. Dorgan
David D. Dorgan was baptized on 8 January 1846 in the Roman Catholic parish of Ballymacoda and Ladysbridge, County Cork. The register names his parents as Patrick Dorgan and Nancy Flynn. Nancy is one of the documented forms used for Johanna / Anne Flynn in the family records. The sponsors were William Dorgan and Betty Leahy. William Dorgan is an important possible close relative of Patrick Dargan / Dorgan. He later appears in nearby Ballybraher valuation evidence, but his exact relationship to the Carrigkilter family has not been proved.
David’s baptism completes the presently confirmed baptismal sequence of Daniel, Mary, Elizabeth, Timothy, and David between 1838 and 1846. It also provides the final confirmed child baptism before Patrick Dargan / Dorgan appears in the Carrigkilter valuation records from 1847 onward.
Marriage to Elizabeth Ahern
David Dorgan married Elizabeth / Eliza Ahern / Ahearne in 1881. Their marriage connected the Carrigkilter Dorgan family with the Ahern / Ahearne family associated with Ballybraher and the wider Midleton area.
David and Elizabeth at Carrigkilter
The 1901 Census records David Dorgan as head of household at House No. 1, Carrigkilter. His wife Elizabeth lived with him, together with Jeremiah Cronin, farm servant, and Mary Hassett, domestic servant. The census confirms the continuation of the Dorgan family at Carrigkilter into the twentieth century.
The 1911 Census again records David and Elizabeth at Carrigkilter, this time at House No. 2. Their household included Ellen Mahony, domestic servant, and James Flynn, a boarder and scholar. James Flynn’s surname is noteworthy because David’s mother was Johanna Flynn, but the census does not state any relationship, so no family connection should be assumed.
Cloyne Directory Evidence
The 1914 Guy’s Postal Directory lists David Dorgan in Cloyne and records Elizabeth as “Mrs. Dorgan, Vintner.” This provides evidence of a Cloyne commercial connection while the 1901 and 1911 censuses place David and Elizabeth at Carrigkilter. The directory entry should therefore be read together with the census, marriage, and land evidence rather than treated as proof that they had permanently left Carrigkilter.
Death and Burial
David Dorgan died in August 1917. A civil death registration in the Midleton district gives an estimated birth year of about 1849, several years later than his confirmed 1846 baptism. That age discrepancy should be preserved rather than silently corrected.
David was buried in Mogeely Cemetery. His headstone states that it was erected by Elizabeth in memory of her husband David, who died in August 1917. The cemetery evidence therefore supports the identification of David and his marriage to Elizabeth.
Family and Property Continuity
David Dorgan and Elizabeth / Eliza Ahern / Ahearne had no biological children. Family information preserved in the archive states that the Carrigkilter property connection later continued through John Healy, son of David’s sister Mary Dorgan Healy, and Margaret Graham / Grahame, daughter of Elizabeth’s sister.
John and Margaret were already married when they came to live on the farm. They had five children: Elizabeth, David, Jeremiah, John Jr., and James Healy. None of the five married. Through this Healy-Graham household, the Carrigkilter property story continued into the twentieth century even though David and Elizabeth had no children of their own.
Why David’s Life Matters
David’s life provides one of the clearest examples of continuity in the Carrigkilter family. His 1846 baptism confirms him as a son of Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Nancy Flynn; his marriage connects the Dorgan and Ahern families; the 1901 and 1911 censuses place him at Carrigkilter; and his death and cemetery records complete the documented sequence.
Michael Dargan / Dorgan
Michael Dargan / Dorgan was a son of Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna / Anne Flynn. His baptism has not yet been securely identified, but his marriage record provides direct evidence of his parentage.
Marriage to Johanna Garde
Michael Dorgan married Johanna Garde on 26 January 1869 in the Roman Catholic parish of Cloyne, County Cork. The marriage record names his parents as Patrick Dorgan and Johanna Flynn, securely connecting Michael to the Carrigkilter family.
The Cloyne Family
Michael and Johanna established their family in Cloyne. Their known children included Patrick Dorgan, Mary Eliza Dorgan, and Helena Dorgan. Later census records document Johanna and the children in Cloyne after Michael’s death.
Johanna Garde Dorgan in the 1901 Census
The 1901 Census records Johanna Dorgan at House No. 17, Rock Street, Cloyne. She was a 49-year-old widow, vintner, and grocer. The household also included Patrick Dorgan, age 29, farmer; Mary Eliza Dorgan, age 25; Helena Dorgan, age 24; and David Dorgan, age 16, recorded as a cousin.
The 1911 Cloyne Household
The 1911 Census continues the Cloyne household evidence for Johanna Garde Dorgan and her son Patrick and helps carry the family record into the next generation.
Patrick Dorgan and Johanna Millerick
Michael and Johanna’s son Patrick Dorgan was born on 19 November 1870 and died on 9 March 1931. He married Johanna Millerick. This Patrick must not be confused with Patrick J. Dorgan of the Carrigkilter line who married Mary Catherine Hartnett and later emigrated to Rhode Island.
Why Michael’s Marriage Record Matters
Michael’s 1869 marriage is one of the strongest records for reconstructing Patrick and Johanna’s children because it states his parents directly. His baptism remains unidentified, so no exact baptism date or birth order should be assigned until further evidence is found.
Patrick J. Dorgan
Patrick J. Dorgan was a younger son of Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna / Anne Flynn. His baptism has not yet been securely identified, and later records give conflicting birth dates and ages, so no single birth date should presently be treated as proved.
Marriage to Mary Catherine Hartnett
Patrick J. Dorgan married Mary Catherine Hartnett on 26 November 1886 in the Roman Catholic parish of Cloyne, County Cork. Mary Catherine had been baptized in Cloyne on 22 November 1866, daughter of John Hartnett and Kate Duhig. Her sponsors were Thomas Walsh and Nory / Honora Sullivan.
Patrick’s marriage record identifies his father as Patrick Dorgan, deceased. This helps distinguish him from the older Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter and securely connects him to the same family line.
Children of Patrick and Mary Catherine
Patrick and Mary Catherine’s known children included:
Anne Theresa Dorgan
Michael Joseph Dorgan
Patrick Francis Dorgan
David Andrew Dorgan
John Joseph Dorgan — baptized on 22 December 1895 and died in infancy
William Joseph Dorgan Sr. — known by that name in the later family line; his Irish baptismal certificate and naturalization record identify him as William John Dorgan.
Timothy Joseph Dorgan
Mary Catherine Dorgan, who later married Raymond J. Moriarty
Their children carried the family from East Cork into the Rhode Island branch.
The Carrigkilter Farm Sale
A notice published in The Cork Examiner on 17 August 1896 documented the public sale of Patrick J. Dorgan’s interest in the Carrigkilter farm. The holding contained 37 acres, 1 rood, and 30 perches and was sold to Mrs. Margaret Curtin of Glanturkin for £142 10s. The acreage agrees with Patrick’s 19 March 1892 Land Commission vesting order.
Why it matters: The sale occurred shortly before Patrick’s emigration and marks the transition from his Carrigkilter farming life to the family’s move to the United States.
Patrick’s 1896 Emigration
Patrick J. Dorgan left Queenstown aboard the RMS Teutonic on 21 October 1896 and arrived at Ellis Island, New York, on 28 October 1896. The passenger manifest records him as Patrick Dorgan, age 40, a laborer, with Providence, Rhode Island, as his destination.
The manifest gives his last residence as Ballylanders and an age that does not agree with several later records. Those details should be preserved exactly as recorded rather than silently changed. The contemporary passenger record is nevertheless the strongest evidence for the date and vessel of his 1896 arrival.
Mary Catherine and the Children Follow
Mary Catherine remained in Ireland temporarily with the children. She and the children departed Queenstown aboard the RMS Teutonic on 2 June 1897 and arrived in New York on 9 June 1897. The manifest gives her last residence as Midleton.
Together, the two passenger records document a two-stage family migration: Patrick traveled first in 1896, followed by Mary Catherine and the children in 1897.
Settlement in Providence
After their arrival, Patrick and Mary Catherine established their family in Providence, Rhode Island. The 1900 United States Census provides the first confirmed federal-census household after their migration, and the 1910 Census continues the family’s Providence record.
Patrick and Mary Catherine have not yet been identified with certainty in the 1920 United States Census, so that remains an acknowledged research gap rather than evidence that they had left Rhode Island.
The 1925 Rhode Island Census
The 1925 Rhode Island Census records Patrick J. Dorgan, Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan, and their daughter Mary living on the third floor at 61 Bergen Street in Providence. Their son David and his wife Helen lived on the second floor with Helen’s father, James Doorley.
This state census is especially valuable because it helps bridge the unresolved gap between the family’s 1910 and 1930 federal census records.
The 1930 United States Census
The 1930 United States Census records Patrick and Mary Catherine living with their daughter Mary Catherine, her husband Raymond J. Moriarty, and their daughter Barbara Jane Moriarty. Patrick was working as a fireman in a boiler room.
This household connects the East Cork immigrant generation with the next American-born generation of the family.
Providence and Cranston Directories
Providence and Cranston city directories help trace Patrick and Mary Catherine between census years. They document changing addresses, Patrick’s occupations, and the family’s movement within the Providence and Cranston area.
The directories are particularly useful for years in which no census household has yet been identified and should be read together with the census, naturalization, death, and obituary records.
Naturalization
Patrick J. Dorgan began the formal naturalization process late in life. He filed a Declaration of Intention in April 1928 while living at 61 Bergen Street in Providence. In 1933, while living at 170 Richland Street in Cranston and working as a station fireman, he filed his Petition for Citizenship. His witnesses were John H. Maguire and John H. O’Brien.
Patrick signed the Oath of Allegiance on 25 September 1933, completing the process. His naturalization certificate number was 3710408.
Research Caution About the Naturalization Papers
Patrick’s naturalization papers contain later self-reported information that conflicts with the contemporary passenger record. They state that he arrived in New York in October 1897 aboard the Majestic and give his birth date as 17 March 1863.
The 1896 passenger manifest, created at the time of arrival, instead documents Patrick’s arrival on 28 October 1896 aboard the RMS Teutonic. For the voyage date and vessel, the contemporary passenger record should therefore be given greater evidentiary weight, while the naturalization statements remain preserved as Patrick’s later reported information.
Death and Obituary
Patrick J. Dorgan died on 9 December 1937 at Division Road in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. His death certificate identifies his wife as Mary Hartnett / Hodnett Dorgan, his birthplace as Ireland, and his parents as Patrick Dorgan and Ann Flynn. It records his occupation as a fireman in the building industry.
The principal cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage, with paralysis and bed sores recorded as contributory conditions. His obituary appeared in the Providence Journal on 10 December 1937 and described him as a native of County Cork and a longtime Rhode Island resident employed as a fireman at the Industrial Trust Building.
The obituary named four sons and two daughters: Michael J. Dorgan, Patrick Francis Dorgan, David A. Dorgan, William J. Dorgan, Mrs. Ann T. Maguire, and Mrs. James Moriarty.
Burial at St. Ann Cemetery
Patrick was buried at St. Ann Cemetery in Cranston, Rhode Island, where he shares a grave and headstone with Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan. The burial location is Section 7, Lot 1123, Grave 1.
Birth-Date Caution
Patrick’s headstone records 26 April 1860–9 December 1937, but his exact birth date remains unresolved. Other records give conflicting ages and dates, including an estimated birth year of about 1856 from the 1896 passenger manifest and a birth date of 17 March 1863 in the later naturalization papers. Until a matching Irish baptismal or civil birth record is found, these differences should remain visible rather than being harmonized into a single proved date.
Why Patrick’s Life Matters
Patrick J. Dorgan’s life forms the principal documented bridge between the Carrigkilter family and the later Rhode Island branch. His records connect his marriage to Mary Catherine Hartnett in Cloyne, the 1896 sale of his Carrigkilter farm interest, his emigration aboard the RMS Teutonic, and the family’s subsequent settlement in Providence.
Census returns, city directories, naturalization papers, death and obituary records, and St. Ann Cemetery evidence then trace the family through later decades in Rhode Island. Read together, these sources show how one branch of the East Cork Dorgan family moved from Carrigkilter into the American generations.