From Carrigkilter, East Cork, to Providence, Rhode Island
Patrick J. Dorgan was a son of Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter and Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn. He carried the Carrigkilter family story from East Cork to Rhode Island.
He must be distinguished from two other men of the same name in the archive.
Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter was the earlier family figure connected with Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn, the 1847 Valuation Office record, and the 1853 Griffith’s Valuation entry.
Patrick J. Dorgan was their son. He married Mary Catherine Hartnett in Cloyne in 1886, sold his Carrigkilter farm interest in 1896, emigrated aboard the RMS Teutonic, settled in Rhode Island, and later became a United States citizen.
Patrick Dorgan of Cloyne, born on 19 November 1870, was the son of Michael Dorgan and Johanna Garde. He later married Johanna Millerick and continued the separate Cloyne branch.
Mary Catherine Hartnett was Patrick J. Dorgan’s wife. Their marriage connected the Dorgan family with the Hartnett and Duhig / Doohig families of East Cork and formed the foundation of the later Rhode Island branch.
This page brings together the principal evidence for Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett, including their East Cork origins, marriage, Carrigkilter connection, emigration, Providence and Cranston households, naturalization records, deaths, and burial at St. Ann Cemetery.
The page connects three major parts of the archive:
the Carrigkilter family of Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna Flynn
the Hartnett family through Patrick’s marriage to Mary Catherine Hartnett
the Rhode Island generations documented in passenger, census, directory, naturalization, obituary, and cemetery records
The repeated use of the name Patrick makes parents, spouses, residences, dates, occupations, and family branches essential for interpreting the records correctly.
Mary Catherine Hartnett’s East Cork Origins
Mary Catherine Hartnett was baptized on 22 November 1866 in the parish of Cloyne, County Cork. Her parents were John Hartnett and Kate Duhig, and her baptism sponsors were Thomas Walsh and Nory (Honora) Sullivan.
Records connect Mary Catherine with Churchtown South, also known as Ballintemple or Ballygourney. Family testimony from Jo Cashman also connects the Hartnett family with Garryvoe. These places are close enough to be read together as part of the same East Cork family landscape rather than as unrelated origins.
Mary Catherine’s Hartnett family belonged to the wider network of East Cork families connected with Cloyne, Churchtown South, Garryvoe, Ballycotton, Ballybraher, and nearby townlands. Her marriage to Patrick J. Dorgan joined the Hartnett and Dorgan family stories before their later emigration to Providence, Rhode Island.
Mary Catherine Hartnett Baptism
Mary Catherine Hartnett’s baptism record helps document her East Cork origins before her marriage to Patrick J. Dorgan.
Known record:
Name: Mary Hartnett / Mary Catherine Hartnett
Record type: Catholic baptism register
Baptism date: 22 November 1866
Parish: Cloyne
Alternative parish names: Churchtown / Churchtown and Kilteskin
Diocese: Cloyne
County: Cork, Ireland
Father: John Hartnett
Mother: Kate Duhig / Catherine Duhig
Sponsors: Thomas Walsh and Nory (Honora) Sullivan
Repository: National Library of Ireland
Recordset: Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
FamilySearch citation: “Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740–1900,” FamilySearch, entry for Mary Hartnett, daughter of John Hartnett and Kate Duhig, baptized 22 November 1866, Cloyne parish, County Cork.
Archive significance: This baptism record is important because it connects Mary Catherine Hartnett to the Hartnett and Duhig family lines before her marriage into the Dorgan family. It also places her within the Cloyne parish setting, part of the wider East Cork network connected to Carrigkilter, Ballybraher, Ballymacoda, Churchtown, and related families.
Research caution: The baptism record names her mother as Kate Duhig, while later family material may refer to her as Mary Catherine Duhig. This should be noted as a name-variant or identity-check point and compared with marriage, baptism, civil, and family records.
Image/file: 1866-mary-catherine-hartnett-baptism-cloyne.jpg
Marriage of Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett
Patrick J. Dorgan married Mary Catherine Hartnett on 26 November 1886 in Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.
This marriage record is one of the most important documents in the transition from the Carrigkilter generation to the later Rhode Island branch. It connects Patrick J. Dorgan to the Hartnett family and also helps distinguish him from his father, Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter.
Known record:
Name: Patrick J. Dorgan
Spouse: Mary Catherine Hartnett
Record type: Catholic marriage register / civil marriage context
Date: 26 November 1886
Place / parish: Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland
Father of groom: Patrick Dargan / Dorgan, deceased
Bride’s parents: John Hartnett and Mary Catherine Duhig
Archive significance: This marriage record confirms the connection between the Dorgan and Hartnett families. It also shows that Patrick J. Dorgan’s father, Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter, had died before 26 November 1886.
Research caution: This record should be used to distinguish the younger Patrick J. Dorgan from his father. The father is the older Patrick of Carrigkilter; the groom is the younger Patrick who later emigrated to Rhode Island.
Image/file: 1886-patrick-dorgan-mary-catherine-hartnett-marriage-cloyne.jpg
Sale of the Carrigkilter Farm
The Cork Examiner, Monday Morning, 17 August 1896
Before the family’s full move to America, Patrick J. Dorgan sold his interest in the Carrigkilter farm.
The sale was reported in The Cork Examiner on Monday morning, 17 August 1896. The notice stated that Mr. John Condon, auctioneer, Youghal, had sold the interest in Mr. Patrick Dorgan’s farm of Carrigkilter, situated between Ballycotton and Cloyne.
The holding contained 27 acres, 1 rood, and 30 perches. It was held in fee simple, subject to an annuity of £17 6s 2d to the Irish Land Commissioners for a term of 49 years from 1 May 1892. There was also a half-yearly payment of 16s to the Commissioners of Public Works, covering principal and interest.
After bidding, the farm was sold to Mrs. Margaret Curtin of Glanturkin for £142 10s.
Key details:
Seller: Patrick Dorgan of Carrigkilter
Auctioneer: John Condon, Youghal
Location: Carrigkilter, between Ballycotton and Cloyne
Size of holding: 27 acres, 1 rood, 30 perches
Tenure: Fee simple, subject to Land Commission and Public Works payments
Buyer: Mrs. Margaret Curtin, Glanturkin
Sale price: £142 10s
Archive significance: This notice is important because it documents the transfer of Patrick J. Dorgan’s Carrigkilter farm interest shortly before his emigration. It provides a concrete bridge between the East Cork land story and the later Rhode Island family story.
The reference to fee-simple tenure and annuities also reflects the changing rural landholding system after the Irish Land Acts, when many tenant farmers moved toward partial or full ownership while still owing government annuity payments.
Family-tradition note: The Curtin family’s acquisition may connect with later Curtin / O’Connell family memory or local ownership traditions, but those connections should be confirmed through land, deed, valuation revision, or family records before being treated as proven.
Research caution: This sale notice should be read together with Patrick J. Dorgan’s emigration records, Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan’s later travel record, Griffith’s Valuation, valuation revision evidence, and family tradition.
Image / Record file: Sale-of-Carrigkilter-Cork-Examiner-Carrigkilter-8-17-1896.jpg
The sale notice appears in the lower right-hand column of the newspaper page.
After the Sale
After the Carrigkilter farm sale, Patrick J. Dorgan left East Cork for America. His last Irish residence was later recorded as Ballylanders, suggesting that he may have stayed with friends, relatives, or nearby connections after leaving Carrigkilter and before sailing.
Patrick emigrated in 1896. Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan followed in 1897 with their children, traveling from Queenstown, County Cork, aboard the Teutonic and arriving at Ellis Island, New York, on 9 June 1897.
This sequence links the Carrigkilter farm sale directly to the family’s move from East Cork to Providence, Rhode Island.
Emigration from East Cork to Rhode Island
Patrick J. Dorgan later left East Cork for the United States. His emigration connects the Carrigkilter family story to Providence, Rhode Island, and the later American Dorgan records.
Patrick emigrated in 1896. Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan and their children followed in 1897. This staged pattern of migration was common in Irish families, with one family member often leaving first and the rest of the household joining later.
The move from East Cork to Rhode Island should be read in the context of land, work, family opportunity, and the long aftermath of nineteenth-century Irish emigration. Patrick’s Irish records and the family’s American records should be studied together.
1896 Patrick J. Dorgan Passenger List — East Cork to New York
Record type: Passenger list / immigration record
Date: October 1896
Person named: Patrick Dorgan
Place of origin / last residence: recorded as Ballylanders, Ireland
Arrival place: Ellis Island, New York, United States
Destination / later family setting: Providence, Rhode Island
Why this record matters: This passenger list documents Patrick J. Dorgan’s emigration from Ireland to the United States in 1896. It should be read together with the 1896 Carrigkilter farm sale notice, which records the sale of his Carrigkilter farm interest shortly before his departure. Together, these records create a strong bridge between the East Cork land story and the later Providence, Rhode Island branch of the Dorgan family.
Image / Record file: 1896-Patrick_Dorgan_Passenger_List.jpeg
Evidence status: Direct evidence for Patrick J. Dorgan’s 1896 emigration / arrival. This record should be compared with the 1896 Carrigkilter farm sale notice, Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan’s 1897 passenger record, later Rhode Island census records, city directories, marriage records, and cemetery records.
Patrick J. Dorgan’s 1896 passenger record documents his departure from Ireland and arrival in the United States shortly after the sale of his Carrigkilter farm interest. His last Irish residence was recorded as Ballylanders. This place-name should be checked against the original passenger list and other East Cork evidence. The family’s later American records place this branch in Providence, Rhode Island.
1897 Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan and Children Passenger List — Teutonic
Record type: Passenger list / immigration record
Date: 2 June 1897 departure; 9 June 1897 arrival
People named: Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan and children
Ship: Teutonic
Departure port: Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland
Arrival place: Ellis Island, New York, United States
Last residence / address: Midleton, County Cork, Ireland
Destination / later family setting: Providence, Rhode Island
Why this record matters: This passenger list documents Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan’s emigration to the United States with her children in 1897, following Patrick J. Dorgan’s earlier emigration in 1896. Together, the 1896 Patrick J. Dorgan passenger record and this 1897 Teutonic record show the staged movement of the family from East Cork to America.
Image / Record file: Mary_Catherine_Dorgan_Annie_Michael_Patrick_Passenger_List.jpeg
Evidence status: Direct evidence for Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan and the children traveling from Ireland to the United States in 1897. This record should be read with Patrick J. Dorgan’s 1896 passenger record, the 1896 Carrigkilter farm sale notice, and later Providence, Rhode Island records.
Why Patrick Came to America
Patrick J. Dorgan’s decision to leave East Cork appears to have been shaped by family land, inheritance, economic pressure, and the search for better prospects in America.
Patrick was one of the younger children in the Dorgan family connected with Ballybraher and Carrigkilter. Older siblings remained tied to land, marriage arrangements, farms, and family property in East Cork. Patrick, however, did not appear to have the same long-term prospects for land or inheritance.
By the 1890s, Patrick had established himself at Carrigkilter, but the farm was later sold before his emigration. His departure in 1896, followed by Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan and their children in 1897, suggests a planned family migration rather than an isolated move.
Providence, Rhode Island, offered family connections, work opportunities, and a new future. Patrick’s move was part of a wider pattern of late nineteenth-century Irish migration, where one family member often went first, found work and a place to live, and then sent for the rest of the family.
Family Testimony and Local Memory
Some of the most valuable information about Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan comes from family testimony and local East Cork memory.
In 2004, Jo Cashman of Knockglass, Ladysbridge, shared information about the Dorgan family through Pete Morrison of Churchtown South. Her letter connected Patrick J. Dorgan with the Dorgan family of Ballybraher and Carrigkilter and placed him within a wider network of Dorgan, Healy, Shinnick, Ahearne, Garde, Hartnett, Coleman, and related East Cork families.
This testimony is especially useful because it preserves family relationships, local place names, and remembered movements between Ballybraher, Carrigkilter, Cloyne, Garryvoe, Churchtown South, and nearby townlands. It also helps explain how the Dorgan and Hartnett families fit into the wider East Cork landscape before the move to Rhode Island.
Because this information comes from family memory and local recollection, it should be read together with parish records, land records, passenger lists, census records, cemetery records, and civil records. The testimony does not replace documentary evidence, but it provides an important guide for understanding where to look and how the families may have been connected.
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island, became the main American setting for this Dorgan branch.
After Patrick J. Dorgan’s emigration in 1896, and the later arrival of Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan and their children in 1897, the family’s story continued in American records. Census records, marriage records, city directories, church records, cemetery records, photographs, and family documents help trace the later generations.
This Rhode Island chapter should be read as a continuation of the East Cork story, not as a separate beginning. The records in Providence preserve the later lives of a family whose documented roots reach back to Carrigkilter, Cloyne, Ballymacoda, Ballybraher, and the wider East Cork landscape.
Providence Record Sequence
1900 U.S. Census
The 1900 U.S. Census places Patrick J. Dorgan, Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan, and their family in Providence, Rhode Island, after their emigration from East Cork. This record helps confirm the family’s early American residence and continues the documented sequence from Carrigkilter to Providence.
1910 U.S. Census
The 1910 U.S. Census continues the Providence record sequence for Patrick J. Dorgan, Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan, and their family. Read together with the 1900 U.S. Census, it helps document the family’s early American household after the move from East Cork to Rhode Island.
1920 U.S. Census — Not Yet Located
Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan have not yet been located in the 1920 U.S. Census. This gap remains an open research item.
1925 Rhode Island Census
The 1925 Rhode Island Census helps continue the family’s documented American record sequence after the 1910 U.S. Census. Because the family has not yet been located in the 1920 U.S. Census, the 1925 Rhode Island Census is especially useful as a bridge between the 1910 and 1930 records.
1930 U.S. Census
The 1930 U.S. Census continues the Providence record sequence for Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan after the 1925 Rhode Island Census.
This record documents Patrick and Mary Catherine with their daughter Mary Catherine Dorgan Moriarty, son-in-law Raymond J. Moriarty, and granddaughter Barbara Jane Moriarty. It helps bridge the unresolved 1920 U.S. Census gap and connects the immigrant generation to the next Providence family generation.
Why the Providence Records Matter
The Providence records show how the Carrigkilter and Cloyne family story continued after emigration. Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan did not begin a disconnected American line; they carried an East Cork family history into Rhode Island.
Read together, the passenger lists, census records, marriage records, city records, cemetery records, and family photographs help connect three parts of the story: the Carrigkilter land record, the 1896–1897 migration sequence, and the later Providence family generations.
City Directories and Address Timeline
Providence and Cranston city directories help trace Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan between census years. These directory entries are especially useful because Patrick and Mary Catherine have not yet been located in the 1920 U.S. Census.
The directories show the family moving through several Providence and Cranston addresses while Patrick worked as a laborer, fireman, and boiler man. Read together with the census records, naturalization records, and death records, these entries help fill in the family’s later Rhode Island timeline.
Known Directory and Residence Entries
1900 — 39 Ashburton / Ashborne Street, Providence
1905 — 296 Charles Street, Providence
1907 — 49 Osborne Street, Providence
1913 — 123 Wayne Street, Providence
1915 — 125 Wayne Street, Providence
1919 — 125 Wayne Street, Providence
1923 — 68 Bergen Street, Providence
1925 — 61 Bergen Street, Providence; Patrick listed as fireman / boiler man at the Turk’s Head Building
1928 — 61 Bergen Street, Providence; Patrick listed as fireman / boiler man at the Turk’s Head Building
1929 — 103 Rosedale Street, Providence
1930 — 103 Rosedale Street, Providence
1932 — 304 Bayview Avenue, Cranston
These entries show Patrick and Mary Catherine’s movement through Providence and Cranston over more than thirty years. They also help connect the family’s working life, household changes, and later residence patterns after the East Cork emigration sequence.
Naturalization Records
Patrick J. Dorgan’s naturalization records help document his transition from Irish immigrant to American citizen after his move from East Cork to Providence, Rhode Island.
These records are especially valuable because they connect the migration story to Patrick’s later legal identity in the United States. Read together with the passenger list, census records, and Providence family records, they help show how Patrick established his life in Rhode Island after leaving Carrigkilter.
Declaration of Intention to Become a Citizen
The Declaration of Intention was an early step in the naturalization process. Patrick J. Dorgan’s declaration records his stated intention to become a citizen of the United States and helps document his presence in America after his emigration from Ireland.
Petition to Become a Citizen
The Petition to Become a Citizen was a later step in the naturalization process. Patrick J. Dorgan’s petition continues the citizenship record sequence and may provide additional identifying details, such as residence, occupation, date or place of birth, immigration information, witnesses, or family connections.
Oath of Allegiance
The Oath of Allegiance completed the naturalization process. Patrick J. Dorgan’s oath marks the formal point at which he became a citizen of the United States.
Together, these three records add an important legal and personal chapter to Patrick’s story. They show that the family’s Providence history was not only a matter of residence and work, but also of belonging, citizenship, and settlement in America.
Children of Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan
Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan carried the family story from East Cork to Providence, Rhode Island. Their children represent the next generation of this Dorgan branch, connecting the Carrigkilter, Ballybraher, Cloyne, Churchtown South, and Garryvoe family story to later American records, marriages, photographs, cemetery records, and descendants.
Known Children in Birth Order
Anne Theresa Dorgan
Michael Joseph Dorgan
Patrick Francis Dorgan
David Andrew Dorgan
John Joseph Dorgan
Timothy Joseph Dorgan
William Joseph Dorgan
Mary Catherine Dorgan
View Children of Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan
Children Who Died Young
John Joseph Dorgan died in infancy, probably soon after his baptism on 22 December 1895 in Churchtown South, Cloyne, East Cork, Ireland. Including John Joseph in the family list is important because he belongs to the full child sequence even though he does not appear in later American census records.
Timothy Joseph Dorgan was born on 17 June 1902 in Providence, Rhode Island. He died on 17 April 1903 in Providence at the age of 10 months. He died at the family home at 39 Ashburton Street, Providence, Rhode Island, and is buried at St. Francis Cemetery. His cause of death was measles and capillary bronchitis.
The indexed Rhode Island vital record for Timothy Joseph Dorgan includes conflicting details, including an estimated birth year of 1903 and an age entry of “0 days.” Because other family information gives his birth as 17 June 1902 and his age at death as 10 months, this record should be used carefully and noted as having an indexing or recording inconsistency.
Deaths, Burial, and Cemetery Records
The later records for Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan bring the East Cork and Providence story to its final chapter. After leaving County Cork, raising their family in Rhode Island, and becoming part of the Providence Irish community, Patrick and Mary Catherine were buried together in St. Ann Cemetery in Cranston, Rhode Island.
Patrick J. Dorgan
Patrick J. Dorgan died on 9 December 1937 at Division Road, East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
His Rhode Island death certificate records him as Patrick Dorgan, husband of Mary Hodnett / Hartnett Dorgan, born in Ireland, son of Patrick Dorgan and Ann Flynn. His occupation was listed as a fireman in the building industry. The principal cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage, with paralysis and bed sores listed as contributory causes.
The death certificate is the official civil death record and should be treated as the controlling source for Patrick’s date and place of death. Other records or family accounts that differ from this date or place should be read as secondary to the official death certificate.
Patrick’s obituary appeared in the Providence Journal on 10 December 1937. It identifies him as Patrick Dorgan, husband of Mary “Hodnett” Dorgan, a native of County Cork, and a son of the late Patrick and Ann Flynn Dorgan. The notice states that he worked as a fireman in the Industrial Trust Building and had lived in Providence for 37 years.
The obituary names his surviving sons Michael J., P. Francis, David A., and William J. Dorgan; his daughters Ann T. Maguire and Mrs. James Moriarty; and 20 grandchildren. It states that a solemn high Mass of requiem would be celebrated at St. Paul’s Church in Edgewood and that burial would take place in St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston.
Patrick J. Dorgan obituary, published 10 December 1937. The notice identifies his parents as Patrick and Ann Flynn Dorgan, records his occupation at the Industrial Trust Building, names his surviving children, and states that he would be buried at St. Ann Cemetery in Cranston, Rhode Island.
Source: Providence newspaper obituary supplied by the Providence Public Library.
Evidence note: The obituary prints Mary Catherine’s maiden name as “Hodnett” and describes Patrick’s home as being on Division Street. These details should be preserved as printed, while the official death certificate remains the controlling source for Patrick’s date and place of death.
Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan
Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan died on 23 November 1950 at 34 Bellview Avenue in the Spring Green section of Warwick, Rhode Island. She had lived there for about ten years. Her death certificate lists the cause of death as coronary thrombosis resulting from arteriosclerosis and hypertensive heart disease.
Her son William Dorgan provided the information for her death record. Later records give conflicting ages and birth dates for Mary Catherine, but her baptism record from Cloyne, County Cork, remains the strongest evidence for her early life.
Mary Catherine’s 1950 obituary identifies her as the widow of Patrick Dorgan and records her later residence in the Spring Green section of Warwick. It also preserves an important Hartnett family clue by stating that “Mrs. Kirby, the only surviving sister, lives in Fall River.”
The sister named as Mrs. Kirby was married to William Kirby. Her own given name, immigration history, marriage date, and earlier residences have not yet been confirmed. Because Ellen Theresa Hartnett O’Brien died in 1946, Mrs. Kirby was a different sister of Mary Catherine.
Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan obituary, published after her death on 23 November 1950. The notice records her Warwick residence and identifies Mrs. Kirby of Fall River as her only surviving sister. Mrs. Kirby’s husband was William Kirby, although her own given name remains unresolved.
Evidence note: The obituary is important evidence for the Hartnett sibling group, but Mary Catherine’s original Cloyne baptism of 22 November 1866 remains the strongest evidence for her early chronology.
St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston, Rhode Island
Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan are buried together in St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston, Rhode Island. Their grave is in Section 7, Lot 1123, Grave 1.
The headstone records:
Patrick J. Dorgan
26 Apr 1860 – 9 Dec 1937
His Wife
Mary C. Hartnett
16 May 1869 – 23 Nov 1950
The shared headstone confirms that Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan are buried together in Section 7, Lot 1123, Grave 1. The inscription should be preserved exactly as it appears on the marker.
Patrick’s engraved birth date of 26 April 1860 has not yet been confirmed by an Irish baptismal or civil birth record. Mary Catherine’s engraved birth date of 16 May 1869 conflicts with her confirmed Cloyne baptism on 22 November 1866. The headstone is important cemetery evidence, but its birth dates should not replace the earlier documentary evidence.
Research Cautions
Several records for Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan contain conflicting dates, ages, places, or spellings. These differences are common in immigrant family research, especially when later American records depended on memory, informants, estimated ages, or changing family knowledge.
Patrick J. Dorgan’s exact birth date has not yet been confirmed by a birth or baptism record. Different records suggest different dates, so his birth should be treated as uncertain until stronger evidence is found.
Mary Catherine Hartnett’s baptism record is currently the strongest evidence for her early life. She was baptized on 22 November 1866 in the parish of Cloyne, County Cork, the daughter of John Hartnett and Kate Duhig. Later American records and cemetery information give conflicting ages or birth dates and should be read with caution.
Mary Catherine is connected in records with Churchtown South, also known as Ballintemple or Ballygourney. Family testimony also connects the Hartnett family with Garryvoe. These places should be understood together as part of the wider East Cork family landscape.
Related Pages
Children of Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna Flynn
Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter
Johanna / Anne Flynn Dorgan of East Cork
The Journey from East Cork to Rhode Island
Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett
Shared headstone of Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan at St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston, Rhode Island, Section 7, Lot 1123, Grave 1. The photograph preserves the names and dates engraved on the marker.
Evidence note: Patrick’s engraved birth date remains unconfirmed, while Mary Catherine’s engraved 1869 birth date conflicts with her confirmed baptism on 22 November 1866. The marker should be read alongside the parish, civil, obituary, and immigration records.