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Annie Fitzgerald Kelly

Hello all!

Looking for any information on Annie Fitzgerald Kelly or her parents.

Oral history is that she was from Ballyhaunis.

Born Dec 9, 1869 to John Fitzgerald and Cecelia or Celia Heneghan.

She emigrated to New York, NY, US in 1887.

Married Malachy J Kelly 1897 in NY.

Passed away Mar 8, 1947, Bronx NY.

Annie was my wife's Great Grandmother.

Her parents named were sourced from her Death Certificate.

DNA shows Heneghan relatives from Ballyhaunis area, but have not been able to connect to Cecelia as of yet.

Any held is greatly appreciated.

Michael Tobin

BigMikeT57

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Michael:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

The baptismal records for Ballyhaunis parish start in 1864 which is the same year as when civil registration of births began.

I searched on the subcription site Roots Ireland and also on the free Irish government site www.irishgenealogy.ie ; and it appears that Anne and all of her siblings were born before 1864 which means no church or civil records for them.It is not uncommon for an immigrant to make themselves younger when they came to their new country. By searching on www.irishgenealogy.ie I think I located the death records for Cecelia and John in 1897 (a month apart). See two links below. You have to page down to find the record. I think John is the 5th record down and Cecelia 7th or 8th on her page. On Cecelia's record her son Mark is the informant. The townland is Feamore in Annagh civil parish. This matches a record in the 1855 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Annagh civil parish  which shows a John Fitzgerald in Feamore townland.   https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/mayo/annagh.htm

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1897/05861/4661277.pdf

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1897/05853/4658550.pdf

The 1901 census for Feamore shows Mark Fitzgerald and his family  http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Mayo/Culnacleha/Feamore/1587382/  

1911 census NOTE daughter Celia  http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Mayo/Culnacleha/Feamore/723421/  

Let me know if you have any questions.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Roger,

 

Thank you so much for your help.  Now I have a couple more names linked to Annie.  

Seeds for future discoveries!

 

Michael Tobin

BigMikeT57

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