Hannigan History Pages

a history of the Bronx Hannigan Clan

Our search for the Bronx Hannigan family

This is a historical collections of records and stories for the clan of Patrick and Catherine Hannigan from the area of Morrisiana and Mott Haven, North New York City.

Patrick arrived from County Limerick, Ireland in August 1864 with his brother Michael. He began his family with Kate with the birth their first daughter in 1867.
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Researching our roots since 1953

This website is the culmination of over 60 years of researching our Irish family origins.
During the 1950s, my dad began his research while serving in the U.S. Army in Korea. Later, as he traveled on business trips, he would look up our family name in telephone books and write letters to see if they were related to us. In the 1980s, I began doing my own research, and with the advent of the internet it is more streamlined and easier to locate records.

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An over 60 year search and a family tradition

My immigrants of the Hannigan family settled in the community of Morrisania located in Westchester County in the state of New York. In the late 1800’s the area began being annexed as part of Manhattan/New York County and about 1915, it separated to become the Borough of the Bronx, a self-governed county. Even after the establishment of the Bronx County, areas continued to be annexed from Westchester County. The Bronx was really known by neighborhoods, like Morrisania; Mott Haven and Throggs Neck, just to name a few.

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