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James Doyle

James Doyle

Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in Australia

James Doyle married Judith/Judy/Julia Mooney (Moony) in Rochfortbridge on January 1, 1834.  They had five children.  Here are their names and baptism dates. 

  • James (December 8, 1834)
  •  Ann (April 22, 1836) 
  • Eliza (July 7, 1838) 
  • Catherine (May 18, 1841)
  • Judy (7 December, 1846)

James and Judy are my great-greatgrandparents.  Eliza emigrated to Australia (date unknown) and married John Fenton in Mansfield, Victoria, in the 'Rites of the Roman Catholic Church' on September 9, 1868.  On their marriage certificate, she is listed as 'Elizabeth', aged 29, born in Westmeath and her parents as James Doyle, Labourer, and Julia Doyle/Julia Mooney.

I can't find any information about James and Judith's ancestors and wondered if anyone had any suggestions about this.  There appears to be no actual marriage certificate for them - only the record in the 'Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915, for James Doyle, Meath > Rochfortbridge > 1816-1855'. With thanks, Adrienne Beattie

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Co. Westmeath, or An Iarmhí in Irish, is located in the midlands region of Ireland.  It is home to Athlone Castle which, after a multi-million euro renovation, reopened in 2012 as a state-of-the-art, multi-sensory visitor experience.  Our county town is Mullingar and we have a population of approximately 88,396.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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Timeline events in this community

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Castlelost (Westmeath)

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Timeline events in this community

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    1950-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

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    1848-11-11 12:00:00

James Doyle