Hi! I'm looking for information on members of this McGovern family who did not emigrate to Ontario Canada in the mid-1800's. I am hoping to visit Ireland in a year or so and would love to be able to connect with family that remained. Philip McGovern was my great-great-great grandfather. He was born in 1808 and died in Ireland in 1857. He was married to Mary McTiernan who left Ireland after his death to live with son James (Annie) in Mara, Ontario Cananda. My great-great grandfather - another of Philip and Mary's sons - was named Felix (b. 1833) and also emigrated to Ontario Canada. He married Catherine Tracy - and was widowed according to the Roma, Ontario North 1881 census. Felix had 10 children - the youngest were twins (b. 1879) named Phillip and Alice - who was my great-grandmother. She married Joseph Jon Woods and they moved to northern Minnesota (Duluth/Virginia area). Joseph died in 1952 and Alice in 1967. Their children were Royal, Katherine, Lillian, and Michael (my paternal grandfather. There is also an interesting story about Joseph Woods that I would like to substantiate if anyone has heard anything about a hotel fire in Ontario Canada in approx. 1879-80. Would love to connect with USA family too! You can also reach me at woodstar1@aol.com