Hi, I am trying to locate any living family of my grandmothers in Monaghan. Her name is Mary Finnegan and she was born there but left for Southern Ireland after her mother died when she was 7. We are also trying to find where her brother is buried, he died in bray in 1970 and his name was Patrick j Finnegan. Any help or info would be greatly appreciated . Dee
Hi Dee,
How old was Patrick when he died and do you know his exact birth date.
The Mother, any informaton about her please.
Margot
Hi Margot,
His mother is Bridget connelly and his father is Bernard. We think he was born 5th July 1935. The family are from corbrack
Hi Dee,
You are in between available records on line. Births up to 1919 in Ireland.
After that date you can pick most up in familysearch.org up to 1958.
Mary Finnegan has she got her birth certificate......check the year I saw please.
Who did she come to England with?
I am picking up Patrick J Finnegan, her brother born in July 1936 registered in Monaghan, I see Mary B Finnegan born in July 1935 registered in Castleblaney, County Monaghan.
I aslo see
Teresa E Finnegan in January 1938 registered in Monaghan.
Thomas E Finnegan born in Castleblaney July 1941
Are these names known to Mary?
Just in case you havn't got these records...........
Bernard Finnegan and Bridget Connolly marriage
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1934/08971/5247004.pdf
Bernard’s birth
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1910/01586/1638072.pdf
Bridget’s birth
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1913/01460/1596323.pdf
Bridget’s death
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1942/04689/4250565.pdf
1911 Census shows Bernard as one year old.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Monaghan/Ballybay_Rural/Corbrack/800076/
The next Census in Ireland was in 1925, so we have a while to wait for that.
I am waiting for our Library to open and I will look at the marriages in Ancestry. Also see if I can pick up other information.
Please confirm the above names.
There is a site called Find a Grave. It is only when people add photographs of headstones or people put information in that you find buriels.
There are several cemeteries in Bray, I have checked them all for a Patrick Finnegan death 1970 and none listed, sorry.
Margot