Series 11 - Peter J. Dowling letter

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Peter J. Dowling letter

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  • 1922-1978 (Creation)

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Catherine Cullen of Blanchardstown, Dublin, granddaugher of Thomas Corcoran, donated this transcript of the original letter to Kerby A. Miller on 19 January 1978.

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Multiple transcripts of a 1922 letter from 75-year-old Peter J. Dowling in Louisville, Kentucky to his cousin Thomas Corcoran in Castleknock, Dublin, plus correspondence between Kerby A. Miller and letter donor Catherine Cullen. Per Kerby Miller: 'Donor writes that her mother's family has lived in this parish since the Church started keeping records, in 1769. The Peter Dowling who wrote this letter was a son of Bridget Corcoran, who married Dowling. Her father, Peter, was born in 1777 and was the son of a Thomas Corcoran.'

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