We have two Irish ancestors in our family tree...Anne Farnan and Anne McGuire.
Anne McGuire was born in August 1824 in Ireland, according to the 1900 U.S. census. Her first husband was Mr. Dunn. He died sometime before 1850. On 2 April 1850 she married Jean Baptiste Begue (1816-1904), who had come to Louisiana from Ste. Martin in the Haute Pyranees of southern France in 1841. They were living in Biloxi, Mississippi at the time. For many years they operated a grocery store and butcher shop there. Anne died 15 August 1901 at age 77. Their son John Blaise Begue (1851-1889) married Anna Amelia Hasling on 6 May 1882 in Biloxi and their son John Louis Begue (1887-1951) is our ancestor.
Anne Farnan was born in February 1827 in Ireland. She married John Gonzales on 5 August 1854 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born in Northern Spain about 1820 and came to New Orleans in 1842. He died in 1884 at age 64 and Anne died 28 November 19, 1910 at age 83. Their son John Henry Gonzales married Anna Hattaway in 1880 and their daughter Sarah Anne Gonzales (1888-1955) married John Louis Begue (1887-1951), son of John Blaise Begue, in 1907. They are my maternal grandparents and our connection to Ireland.
