Barack Obama's Clare connection
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:35 pm
I stumbled onto a family historian's description of the Kearney family's descendant who will become the next U.S. president
within a week. I knew Obama had Kansas roots, and I knew of Clare families in Kansas, so this should not be all that
surprising, just not something expected. I cannot vouch for accuracy of the described lineage, but it does seem plausible.
Sharon C.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/communit ... ney/gGgRbM
"For years I have been researching the genealogy of my family. During the past year I realized that Barack Obama and I are fourth cousins three times removed.
Our common ancestors were Joseph and Sarah Healy Kearney who were married in County Clare, Ireland on April 3, 1761. Joseph was from Shinrone in Kings County (now Offaly County) and Sarah was from Moneygall at the southern tip of Kings County. Sarah and Joseph had ten children including William (from whom Barack is descended) and Thomas (from whom I am descended).
I believe that Thomas Kearney came to the USA right after the Revolutionary War. He was married in Baltimore in 1791. In 1801 Thomas moved to the northwest corner of Ross County, Ohio.
William Kearney had a son he named Joseph, after William's father. The younger Joseph had a son about 1830, named Fulmoth. In 1850 (during the potato famine), Fulmoth came to the US and settled across the road from Thomas's son James (my G-Grandfather) in Ross County.
After a few years Fulmoth moved to Indiana and later to Kansas. Fulmoth's daughter married Jacob William Dunham in 1863 in Indiana. They also moved to Kansas. Jacob and Mary Ann had a son Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham in 1894. He married Ruth Armour and they had a son named Stanley Armour Dunham in 1918. Stanley Armour Dunham married Madelyn Payne and had a daughter named Stanley Ann Dunham. Stanley Ann Dunham married Barack Obama, Sr. in 1960. Barack Obama, Jr. was born August 4, 1961 in Honolulu."
within a week. I knew Obama had Kansas roots, and I knew of Clare families in Kansas, so this should not be all that
surprising, just not something expected. I cannot vouch for accuracy of the described lineage, but it does seem plausible.
Sharon C.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/communit ... ney/gGgRbM
"For years I have been researching the genealogy of my family. During the past year I realized that Barack Obama and I are fourth cousins three times removed.
Our common ancestors were Joseph and Sarah Healy Kearney who were married in County Clare, Ireland on April 3, 1761. Joseph was from Shinrone in Kings County (now Offaly County) and Sarah was from Moneygall at the southern tip of Kings County. Sarah and Joseph had ten children including William (from whom Barack is descended) and Thomas (from whom I am descended).
I believe that Thomas Kearney came to the USA right after the Revolutionary War. He was married in Baltimore in 1791. In 1801 Thomas moved to the northwest corner of Ross County, Ohio.
William Kearney had a son he named Joseph, after William's father. The younger Joseph had a son about 1830, named Fulmoth. In 1850 (during the potato famine), Fulmoth came to the US and settled across the road from Thomas's son James (my G-Grandfather) in Ross County.
After a few years Fulmoth moved to Indiana and later to Kansas. Fulmoth's daughter married Jacob William Dunham in 1863 in Indiana. They also moved to Kansas. Jacob and Mary Ann had a son Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham in 1894. He married Ruth Armour and they had a son named Stanley Armour Dunham in 1918. Stanley Armour Dunham married Madelyn Payne and had a daughter named Stanley Ann Dunham. Stanley Ann Dunham married Barack Obama, Sr. in 1960. Barack Obama, Jr. was born August 4, 1961 in Honolulu."