That is an enlightenment I had not considered, that the land belonged to David the son and not to Bartholomew and Hanorah, so when Bartholomew went back to Chicopee, he was working there. Except. David Twohig was only six years old in 1850, so the land was probably his parents. According to family records though, David should have been 13 years old in 1850, making him proably 11 when they came from Ireland.
David married Bridget Hardgrove. Bridget is the Irish form of the name. I can send a text of their family, with sources.
There is no confusion between the name of Bartholomew. Our Bartholomew, born 1795, is oldest of them all. So far, we don't know which side of the family the name of Bartholomew came from. The other families in Chicopee also have Bartholomew. Without the exact ages of some of them, it is hard to say there, who belongs to who. Irish naming pattern:
First boy - named after husband's father.
Second boy - named after mother's father.
Third boy - named after his father.
David and Bridget married in Osceola. Here is an account from a county history:
From the History of Fond du Lac County -submitted by Cherie Pennau:
TWOHIG, DAVID, farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Armstrong's Corners; born Feb 14, 1837 in County Cork, Ireland; is a son of Bartholomew and Hanorah T., who emigrated to America in 1848, and remained in Chicopee, Mass., until 1852, when the family made a brief visit to Wisconsin and bought the farm. After the return to Massachusetts, Mr. Twohig, Sr., died and, in 1855, the family settled on the farm of eighty acres, now owned by David Twohig, he having built good barns and a handsome modern residence. He married, Feb 6, 1877, Miss Bridget Hargrove, a native of County Clare, Ireland, her people having reached America in 1846, and settled in 1852 in Forest. Mr. and Mrs. T. have five children--Bartholomew, Norah E., Henry F., David J., and George R. The family are Roman Catholics. Mr. Twohig is officially identified with his town, as he was elected Supervisor at 22 years of age, and has been elected Assessor four years.
Here are some notes I have for Bartholomew, including the 1850 census. There were still children at home when Bartholomew passed away.
13 September 1850 Census, Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts p195 2798/3040 Bartholomew Twage 54 m laborer b IRE, Honora Twage 50 f b IRE, Johanna Twage 15 f b IRE, Honora Twage 11 f b IRE school, Bartholomew Twage 8 m b IRE school, David Twohig 6 m b IRE school, Mary Twage 4 f b IRE, Catharine Twage 2 f b Mass.
David Patrick Twohig - Naturalization plea for the Common Court of Hampden County - Springfield Mass states he came to America of January 7, 1848.
Film #1479801 Intents: Bartholomew Twohig primary declaration March term book 25 #822 p230. Respectfully Represents Bartholomew Twohig of Chicopee in said county that he was born at the parish of Gloutane in the County of Cork Ireland on or about the Twenty fourth day of August A. D. Seventeen hundred and ninety-five and is now abt Fifty four years of age; that he arrived at Boston in the District of Massachusetts in the United States of America, on or about the seventh day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and Forty Eight; that it then was, and still is his bona fide intention to become a citizen of the United States of America, and to renounce all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Pontentate and Sovereignty whatsoever-more especially to Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland whose subject he has heretofore been. He therefore prays, that this his Declaration and intention may become a record of this Honorable Court, agreeably to the laws in such case made and provided. Bartholomew Twohig signed.
Chicopee Vital Records Deaths film #2027070:
10 Oct 1852 #789 Bartholomew Twohig 57y d Chicopee Park St. male married laborer b Monontragat (or it could be Monontagrat) Ireland parents James Twohig and Johanna typhus fever Roman Catholic Cemetery (he was buried Holyoke) informant or undertaker Wm. L. Bemis.
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