John and Mary McGeehan
The fragments we know about John and Mary McGeehan and their family come largely from the 1903 obituary of their son, Hugh McGeehan. John and Mary lived in County Donegal, Ireland, and had at least six children: Patrick (who lived in Ireland all his life), Rose, Hugh, Susan, James and Daniel, who all emigrated to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania in the general Hazleton area. The five who emigrated appear frequently in US census records throughout the second half of the 19th century.
Hugh McGeehan's 1903 obituary says that his brother, Patrick, was still alive and living in Ireland. The transcription for the 1901 census for Boyoughter townland in Lettermacaward parish, Co. Donegal, includes a Patrick McGeehin (80 years old, Roman Catholic, farmer), his wife Anne McGeehin (76) and son Patrick McGeehin (25, single, "farmer's son"). Of course, we have no way of knowing, but it is at least possible that this Patrick is Hugh's brother.
John McGeehan (b. ca 1800, Co. Donegal, Ireland - d. aft 1843)
m. ? ca. 1822 in Ireland
Mary (last name unknown) (b. ca 1805, Co. Donegal, Ireland - d. aft 1843)
Children:
i. Patrick McGeehan (b. ?1823, Co. Donegal, Ireland - d. aft 1903, Ireland, Co. Donegal)
ii. Rose McGeehan (b. Apr 1825, Co. Donegal, Ireland - d. aft 1903), m. Peter McGlynn
iii. Hugh McGeehan (b. Apr 1826, Co Donegal, Ireland - d. 17 Apr 1903, Hazleton, Luzerne, PA), m. Mary Kiernan
iv. Susan McGeehan (b. Nov 1829, Co. Donegal, Ireland - d. aft 1903); m. Thomas Laughlin
v. James McGeehan (b. Sep 1836, Co. Donegal, Ireland - d. aft 1903)
vi. Daniel McGeehan (b. Nov. 1843, Co. Donegal, Ireland - d. aft 1903)