McHugh: I consider Mom's family as late arrivals. John and Daniel McHugh arrived in Pennsylvania during the 1830s. The brothers were from County Donegal. Daniel married before they left. John married in Pennsylvania to Sarah Hickey about 1835/6.
My uncle told me that the brothers lived in Mahanoy City [Schuylkill Co.] and worked in the coal fields to earn enough money to move west. Jo Daviess Co., IL and Lafayette Co., WI were their two western stops.
I have a pretty good handle on the Lafayette Co. years, so Pennsylvania and Illinois are the places I need to research.
Perhaps Daniel's marriage record, if available, would give me their hometown and parish back in Donegal.
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