County Sligo, Ireland is where this story begins. This is my family history as compiled by the TIGHE Association, c/o Charles Augustus Tighe History, P.O. Box 555, Fremont, Nebraska 68026. We are researching known ancestory in Ireland, Canada and the United States.

Please email David J. Tighe, who is the main researcher and keeper of all the knowledge or me, Teri Tighe.

1. William or Linn Tighe was born Bet. 1770 - 1780 in Ireland, and died Abt. 1830 in Ireland. He married Mary Watts Abt. 1792 in Ireland. She was born Abt. 1773 in Ireland, and died Aft. 1860 in Burritt, Winnebago County, Illinois.

Children of William/Linn Tighe and Mary Watts are:

i. Charles Tighe, born Abt. 1796 in County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland; died December 30, 1881 in Douro, Peterborough East, Ontario, Canada. He married Ellen (Tighe) ??; born Abt. 1805 in Ireland; died Bef. 1881 in ?Canada?.

ii. Edward Tighe, born Abt. 1799 in Ireland; died Aft. 1871 in Peterborough, Ontario Canada. He married Eleanor ? Unknown in ?Ireland?; born Abt. 1803 in Ireland; died Aft. 1881 in Peterborough, Canada?.

iii. James Tighe, born Abt. 1800 in Ireland; died February 10, 1878 in Douro Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He married (1) Mary Ann ?? Bef. 1837; born Bef. 1822 in Ireland; died Unknown in ?Canada?. He married (2) Elizabeth Boyd Abt. 1840 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; born Abt. 1809 in ?Ireland?; died June 10, 1887 in Douro Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

iv. John (nmn) Tighe, born June 23, 1809 in County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland; died January 19, 1892 in Manley, Cass County, Nebraska. He married Mary Anne Rowan Abt. 1832 in Ireland or Canada; born April 23, 1817 in Dublin, Leinster Province, Ireland; died January 01, 1895 in Manley, Cass County, Nebraska.

v. Watts Tigh, born Abt. 1811 in County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland; died Aft. 1860 in Burritt, Winnebago County, Illinois. He married Elizabeth Marshall January 31, 1842 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; born Abt. 1821 in Canada/New York; died Aft. 1860 in Burritt, Winnebago County, Illinois.

vi. Kim Tighe, born November 04, 1813 in County Sligo, Ireland; died October 18, 1894 in Thomson, Illinois. He married Catharine Middleton April 06, 1839 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; born Abt. 1808 in Ireland; died 1883 in Thomson, Illinois.

vii. Mary Ann Tighe, born Abt. 1816 in County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland; died July 27, 1877 in Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan. She married Christopher Couch May 01, 1841 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; born September 27, 1809 in Ireland; died December 27, 1894 in Resort Township, Emmet County, Michigan.

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My GGG Grandparents

John Tighe
b. 1809
d. 1892

Mary Ann (Rowan) Tighe
b. 1817
d. 1895

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