Jane Pollock was born in 1834, in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland as the daughter of Joseph Pollock and Nancy Donald. She married James Haley on 2 October 1856, in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 18 January 1905, at the age of 71.
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The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
Scottish: habitational name from a place in Glasgow, probably a British Celtic name derived from pull-, poll- ‘pool’ + a diminutive suffix. The surname has been established in northeast Ulster since the 17th century.
German: ethnic name for someone from Poland.
Americanized form of Jewish Polak .
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