Walton J. Sullivan of Scranton, PA

My paternal direct line includes O'BRIEN, CUMMINGS, SULLIVAN, GERRITY, WALTON, GORMAN, FEE; oringating in Ireland, England,Wales and settling in Pennsylvania, USA and onward. John CUMMINGS b circa 1820 m Ellen O'BRIEN in Ireland; raised their family in Rhymeny, Wales before coming to PA.John SULLIVAN m Julia SULLIVAN in Ireland. Two of his son Patrick b 1842 (my great grandfather)married Ellen CUMMINGS in Wales in 1863; John's other son Florence b 1845 married Ellen GLYNN. The SULLIVAN, CUMMINGS families settled in Old Forge, Minooka, Taylor areas of Scranton, PA and raised large families.The SHEA families in the same areas intermarried throughout these family lines. My grandfather Andrew SULLIVAN m Agnes GERRITY. My grandmother Agnes was the daughter of Anna WALTON and Anthony GERRITY. The WALTON line originally came from England to Ireland and thence to PA (the Hawley and Scranton areas) and New York (Kingston and New Amsterdam areas. It is also believed some of the WALTON, FEE line settled in Canada.My WALTON line came from England to Ireland and then to Canada and Pennsylvania. This WALTON line was primarily Catholics. I have not been able to connect with the Non-Catholic lines yet.The GERRITY line is believed to have originated in Westport, County Mayo. They settled in Wisconsin and Carbondale, Scranton,area. Some of the SULLIVAN associated families of SHIELDS, LYNCH, WEISS, GRIFFIN moved to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.Also researching the following associatedSHEA,STANTON,LAYDEN,FELTON,LAFFEY,TOMASETTI,SALERNO, GABRIEL,COSTELLO,CROWE,DAVIS, JENKINS, JENNINGS, COLEMAN, BLACK, STAFFORD.Old Forge, Minooka, Taylor,Scranton, Pittsburgh,Philadelphia,Hawley, Mt. Pleasant; NY-Kingston, New Amsterdam, Albany.I have been having success with my maternal COLEMAN lines. They first settled in the same areas of PA, Scranton, Honesdale, Hawley" Philadelphia, and then some went west to Montana. I have numerous COLEMAN lines in both my maternal and paternal lines and they all seemed to have come from the Ballina area of County Mayo. I am currently working with many of my COLEMAN relatives in the Foxford area of Co Mayo

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• Sullivan 1822 Ireland via Wales to PA 1865-now (112 KB)
  Patrick Sullivan and his brother Florence arrived in Scranton, PA area 1865 and raised a large family
• Gerrity/Geraghty from Co Mayo, Ireland (3923 KB)
  Gerrity settled in Wisconsin; Carbondale, and Scranton areas of PA
• Coleman from County Mayo Ireland 1815-now (3923 KB)
  Coleman families came to Scranton, Philadelphia, PA; Butte, Anaconda, Montana
• Walton Catholic line from England to Ireland 1780 (3923 KB)
  Walton Catholic line settled in Canada( possibily in the Hamilton area; Kingston, New Amsterdam,Astoria areas of New York; Hawley, Mt.Pleasant, Scranton areas of PA; looking to connect with WALTON non-Catholic lines as well as the Catholic lines
• Cummings from Ireland to Wales to PA 1820 (3923 KB)
  Cummins/Cummings family came from Ireland raised their family in Rhymney area of Wales and then immigrated to Taylor, Minooka area of Scranton,PA.
• CAVENEY/KAEVENEY from Ireland 1770 to PA (140 KB)
  KAEVENEY/CAVENEY line from Kilmore Parish, Co Mayo Ireland to Hawley, Mt. Pleasant, Scranton, PA: California came from Co Mayo Ireland; Surnames include McDonald, Walton, and many many more.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• InterneTree: WaltonJ Sullivan


• Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Sullivan


• Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Caveney


• Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Walton


• Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Coleman


• Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Gerrity

Related Links

• Irish in and around Scranton, PA and NEPA