Further to my previous post, the Toole's continue to confuse me!
I have found a Melia family - Peter Frances Melia of Carramoreknock, Oughterard marrying Mary Connolly/Conneely of Leam. They have 6 children, including Maria Melia b 1876 and Patrick Melia (O'Mally) b 1870.
Maria marries my Michael Thomas Toole (son of Thomas Toole and Anne Walsh) - my 1st cousin 2x removed. They married in 1896 in Roxbury, Mass.
Patrick marries my Mary Toole (b 1867 in Glantrasna to John "Seanin" Toole and Mary Toole) - my 1st cousin 3x removed. They married in 1891 in Boston, Mass.
So, thanks to genealogy software, Michael Thomas Toole and Mary Toole are related in five different ways! Generally through marriage, but if I eventually connect Thomas Toole to his potential parent of James Toole and Mary Halloran (my GGG Grandparents) the connection will be closer!
If that is correct, then my Grandmother's Aunt (Anne Walsh) married my Grandfather's Grand Uncle (Thomas Toole). I wonder if Martin and Barbara (my Grandparents) knew of this close connection between their families when they met in San Francisco?
And I still need to investigate the Connolly connection in Leam -- potentially there could be a Toole connection there.
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