John Dolan

Abt 1847 - 1945  (~ 98 years)

• Name	John Dolan
  Birth	Abt Jan 1847	County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Jul 1945	Dooish Townland, Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I1852	Simon and Related Families | All Dolans from Seegronan Townland
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	John Dolan,   b. Abt 1805, Ireland d. 27 Sep 1883, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Margaret McKane,   b. Abt 1828, Ireland d. 29 Mar 1893, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age ~ 65 years)
  Marriage	22 Feb 1846	Pettigo, County Donegal, Ireland
  Photos » Slide Show		Seegronan Townland - 1859 1859 map of Seegronan Townland with lots and structures referenced in Griffith's Valuation of Tenements. Lot 3 runs across the top. Lots 11 and 12 are in the central part of the map and extend from the northeast to the southwest.
  		Seegronan Townland - 1859 - Detail of Lots 11 and 12 Detail from the 1859 map of Seegronan Townland showing the structures on Lots 11 and 12. Lot 11 is the portion at the top, with structures marked "a" and "c". One of the structures marked as Lot 11a is shown in the accompanying pictures. The other structure no longer exists. Lot 12 is below it, with a single structures marked "a" on the right and "b" on the left. The remnants of this conjoined structure are in the accompanying pictures.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11a - 01 Building marked as Lot 11a in 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Seegronan Townland as belonging to John Dolan (1805-1883). Building as seen from Seegronan Road.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11a - 02 Building marked as Lot 11a in 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Seegronan Townland as belonging to John Dolan (1805-1883). Building front view, as seen from buildings marked as Lot 12a and 12b. The galvanized roof was likely originally a thatched roof with sleeping space under it for this large family.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11a - 03 Building marked as Lot 11a in 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Seegronan Townland as belonging to John Dolan (1805-1883). View of front and side.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11a - 04 Building marked as Lot 11a in 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Seegronan Townland as belonging to John Dolan (1805-1883). Close-up view of front and side.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11a - 05 Building marked as Lot 11a in 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Seegronan Townland as belonging to John Dolan (1805-1883). Side view. The back portion was likely a later addition.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11a - 06 Watercourse close to the houses on Lots 11a, 12a, and 12b. It likely served as their water supply.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 11 - Watercourse Boundary Watercourse on the west side of Seegronan Road that marked the boundary of Lot 11 - for which the tenant was John Dolan (1805-1883) - on the map accompanying the 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Seegronan Townland.
  Family ID	F583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan McGuire,   b. Abt 1822, Ireland d. 2 Dec 1901, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age ~ 79 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1884	Aghyaran Townland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  Photos » Slide Show		Seegronan Townland - 1859 1859 map of Seegronan Townland with lots and structures referenced in Griffith's Valuation of Tenements. Lot 3 runs across the top. Lots 11 and 12 are in the central part of the map and extend from the northeast to the southwest.
  		Seegronan Townland - 1859 - Detail of Lot 3 Detail from the 1859 map of Seegronan with lots and structures referenced in Griffith's Valuation of Tenements. Lot 3 stretched from Seegronan Road in the east to Meenamullan Road in the west. The structures on the lot (a house and barn) are about one quarter of the way in from the east.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 3 - 01 - Entrance Entrance to Lot #3 (as numbered in the 1859 Griffith's Valuation of Tenements for Seegronan Townland) from Seegronan Road. Occupied by William Dolan in 1859, then transferred to his nephew, John Dolan, who farmed this Lot until 1903. John J. Dolan (1884-1971) spent 4 years here as a teenager from 1898-1902. Photograph by Robert M. Simon.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 3 - 02 - Original House and Barn The original house is the structure on the right that now has an ell projecting out (the ell was added later, in the 20th century). It was originally two rooms downstairs and (probably, but no longer) a loft. The building to its left was the original barn. It is now a shed and tool area. Shown with Robert M. Simon standing in front of the original barn. Photograph by Marietta Dolan; historical information from current owner, Alice Lunney.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 3 - 03 - Interior Bedroom Interior bedroom in the original part of the house. According to the current owner, this used to be the main room of the house. Photograph by Robert M. Simon.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 3 - 04 - Interior Living Room Living room in the original part of the house. According to the current owner, this room used to serve as the bedroom. Photograph by Robert M. Simon.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 3 - 05 - The Rock - 1 According to the recollection of John J. Dolan (1884-1971), there was a large rock in the driveway in front of the barn, and the lot was known locally as "Rock Farm." The current owner confirmed that what I am standing on is that large rock. Over the years, it was used to store turf for the winter, and the resulting organic matter accumulated and grass now covers the rock. Photograph by Marietta Dolan.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 3 - 06 - The Rock - 2 Pushing away some of the current vegetation shows the underlying rock. Photograph by Marietta Dolan.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 3 - 07 - Vista - 1 View to the northeast from the driveway in front of the house. In the distance is Leitrim Hill. Photograph by Robert M. Simon.
  		Dolan Seegronan Homesteads - Lot 3 - 08 - Vista - 2 View to the east from the driveway in front of the house, toward Aghamore townland. Photograph by Robert M. Simon.
  Family ID	F590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 3 Jun 1884 - Aghyaran Townland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Death - 24 Jul 1945 - Dooish Townland, Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Dolan, Peter | Dolan, Mary | Dolan John Peter Dolan, Mary Dolan McCanney, and John Dolan, late 1920s. Photo provided by Gerry Heneghan.
  		Dolan, John (1847-1945) John Dolan, late 1920s. Inset from photo of Dolan siblings provided by Gerry Heneghan from Irish relatives.
  		Dolan Siblings with McCanneys Photograph taken in Northern Ireland in late 1920s of Peter Dolan, John Dolan, Mary McCanney Dolan, possibly her husband Frank McCanney behind her, and an unidentified woman. Photograph provided by Tom Robinson, probably had belonged to Alice Teague.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Dolan, John (1847-1945) - Pension Application Record of John Dolan's 1917 application for a pension, showing that he was found enumerated with his parents, John and Margaret Dolan, in the 1851 Census of Ireland. Since eligibility for a pension required one to be 70 years of age, this indicates a birth year in 1847.
  		Dolan, John (1847-1945) - 1851 Census Abstract Abstract of 1851 Census of Ireland, showing that John Dolan was the son of John and Margaret Dolan. At the time of this application for an abstract of the 1851 Census of Ireland (needed to prove his eligibility for an old age pension), John was living with Frank McCanney and his wife Mary, in Cooel. Mary McCanney was John Dolan's sister.
  		Dolan, John (1847-1945) | McGuire, Susan - 1884 Marriage Irish Civil Registration marriage record for John Dolan and Susan McGuire.
  		Dolan, John (1847-1945) - Mortgage with Charles Logue 1902 mortgage between Charles Logue and John Dolan on the land in Seegronan Townland where John Dolan previously was the tenant of record.
  		Dolan, John (1847-1945) - Lease with Charles Lenney 1907 lease between Charles Lenney (Lunney) and John Dolan on the land in Seegronan Townland where John Dolan previously was the tenant of record.
  		Dolan, John (1847-1945) - Immigration-1908 - Page 1 First page of two-page passenger manifest for the Ship California, sailing from Londonderry, Ireland, and arriving in New York on 10 August 1908. John Dolan is the second name in this image.
  		Dolan, John (1847-1945) - Immigration-1908 - Page 2 Second page of two-page passenger manifest for the Ship California, sailing from Londonderry, Ireland, and arriving in New York on 10 August 1908. The continuation of John Dolan's information is in the second entry in this image.
  		Dolan, John (1847-1945) - Death Irish Civil Registration death record for John Dolan (1847-1945).
  		Dolan, John (1805-1883) and others - Seegronan Dolan Family Land Records - 1828-1929 Discussion and analysis of land valuation records for the Dolan family in Seegronan Townland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

  
  

• Notes

  BIRTH: - Identified as an uncle of John Joseph Dolan, with whom he was sent to live in Ireland after the death of Peter Dolan's wife, Mary Ann Carr Dolan. - Year of birth would be 1849-1850, according to age (30 years) given in the 1880 U.S. Census for Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, E.D. 573, page 86A, line 21. Place of birth given as Ireland. Enumerated as a boarder with his brother, Patrick Dolan. - Year of birth would be 1846-1847, according to age (37 years) in 1884 Marriage Record for John Dolan and Susan McGuire. Father named as John Dolan. Mother not named. Civil Marriage Record obtained from the Irish World Heritage Center (www.rootsireland.ie). - Year of birth would be 1850-1851, according to age (50 years) in the 1901 Census of Ireland. Place of birth given as County Tyrone, Ireland. Enumerated as the head of a family including his wife, Susan, and his nephew, John Dolan, age 16. - Year of birth would be 1847, since he applied for a pension with the Irish Old Age Pension program (which paid 5 shillings per week to persons older than 70 years), in 1917. Parents named in his application were John and Margaret Dolan, of Seegronan, Termonamongan Parish, Omagh West Barony, County Tyrone. The application noted that this information was confirmed by checking the 1851 Census of Ireland (which was later destroyed in 1922). The notation here simply states that his record was found in that census, not an age as recorded in 1851. - Month and year of birth would be January 1845, according to oral recollection of his great-niece that he was 100 years and 6 months at the time of his death (24 July 1945). - Age at death given as 80 years in his Irish Civil Registration death record, but this is not considered a reliable estimate. - Since his parents were married in February 1846, a birth date in 1845 is probably not accurate, but the identification of him being 6 months past his birthday when he died is likely accurate, so a birth date of about January 1847 is adopted here as the best estimate. IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION: - According to oral recollections of John Joseph Dolan (1884-1971), his uncle John came to the United States and lives in Philadelphia near 21st Street and Chestnut Streets. He then went back to Ireland to marry Susan McGuire. Tis account is supported both by his appearance in Philadelphia in the 1880 U.S. Census and by his citizenship documented in his later journey back to the United States in 1908. - 1908 Ellis Island immigration record states that John Dolan, age 50, returned to the United States on the ship "California," sailing from Londonderry, Ireland, and arriving in New York on 10 August 1908. The ship manifest states that his nearest relative in Ireland was his sister, "Mrs. McKenna" (aka Mary McCanney) in "Coual, Drumquin, Omagh." His destination in Philadelphia was 3714 Wallace Street (the house of his sister, Ellen Dolan McGuire). As noted above, this record states that he was a U.S. citizen, confirming an earlier immigration and naturalization, before returning to Ireland in 1884. MARRIAGE: - Wife identified as Susan McGuire in oral family history related by his nephew, John Joseph Dolan, to Catherine Dolan Simon. - Wife identified as Susan McGuire and full date of 3 June 1884 given in civil marriage record for John Dolan obtained through www.rootsireland.ie. Marriage took place in the "Aughearron RC CH Parish of Termonamongan", in the Strabane District, of County Tyrone. Witnesses were William Dolan and Mary Dolan. Aughearron was located near to Killeter, according to other mentions of the place name on the Internet, and is likely the same place name as Aghyaran, where the local Catholic parish for Killeter is located. OCCUPATION: - Car driver (1880 U.S.Census) - Farmer (1884 Marriage Record, 1901 Census of Ireland) - According to oral family history, was also a surveyor. ADDRESSES: - Not listed in Gospill's Philadelphia City Directory, 1876. - 4135 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Gospill's Philadelphia City Directory, 1880, page 473; 1880 U.S. Census) - Segronan, County Tyrone, Ireland (1884 Marriage Record) - Seegronan Road, Killeter, County Tyrone, Ireland (1901 Census of Ireland). Was the 15th house enumerated on that road in the census. - Transferred his tenancy on Seegronan Road prior to 1903 to Charles Logue, who transferred it to Charles Lunny before 1908, according to 1895-1915 Valuation Revision Book for Killeter District, page 28, available online through the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland. - Legal records of mortgages (1902) and leases (1907) show that John Dolan continued to farm the land in Seegronan (described as 42 acres, so Lots #3 and 4) after its tenancy formally transferred to Charles Logue and then to Charles Lunney. - Arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in August 1908. His passenger manifest record states that his nearest relative in Ireland was his sister, "Mrs. McKenna" (aka Mary McCanney) in "Coual, Drumquin, Omagh." His destination in Philadelphia was 3714 Wallace Street, the house of his sister, Ellen Dolan McGuire. According to oral history from John J. Dolan (1884-1971), he lived near 21st Street and Chestnut Street. - He is not enumerated in the 1911 Census of Ireland in County Tyrone, but is also not found in the 1910 U.S. Census for Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. His whereabouts at this time is unknown. - Returned to Ireland by 1917, both according to family oral history and according to documentation submitted for his Irish Old Age Pension. - Cooel, Dooish, Drumquin, County Tyrone (1917 Application for Old Age Pension, states that his agent for the application had this address.) This is also the address of his sister, Mary Dolan McCanney, so he may have been living with her at this point. He was not enumerated in her household in 1911, consistent with him being in Philadelphia at the time. - Dooish, Drumquin, County Tyrone (1945 death record) DEATH: - Full date and location from Irish Civil Registration death record for John Dolan, widower and retired farmer, a copy of which is in the possession of Robert M. Simon. Informant was James McCanny, nephew, of Dooish, who was present at his death. BURIAL: - Buried in St. Patrick's RC Cemetery, Drumquin, in the McCanney family plot, according to his great-niece, Rita McDonagh. PERSONAL REMINISCES: - According to his great-niece, Rita McDonagh, he was extremely religious, and frequently would make the "stations" where he lived. "He could have been a priest", because he was so religious in his observances, according to Rita.