Bowes-Downey

Hi . . . 

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out  . . . 

You pose a tough query . . . specially going that far back in time . . . 

I did a little tracing . . on " Roots " (paid) . . . and found . . proof of your findings . . . Birth of Mary Downey 1802 Durrow  (see below)

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Then I searched for her Parents . . . Patrick / Ally . . . with NO results . . . 

Next I went to our NLI (National Library )   https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0968 .. where all the R.C. Parish records are listed . . . 

BUT . . . as you will see . . . Marriage records for DURROW . . . only begin in 1811 . . . 

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Next my Roots . . . had NO record of the Birth of . . .Richard BOWE(s)  born . . . 1800  +/- 10 years . . . first in Laoise .. then ALL Ireland

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Proof of Marriage . . . 1819 . . Durrow . . . (see below) . . . BUT . . . unfortunately . . . no further info. on Parents of the pair.

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Best I could do . . . 

Cheers  . . . Eamonn

 

Further search . . . 

Tithes Applotment . . . is a Tax Roll  . . .from that time    1823- 1837

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=Downey&firstname=&county=Laois&parish=Durrow&townland=&search=Search

NO results for either name . . . 

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Next . . . another Tax Roll . . . Griffiths Valuatioin 1847 - 1864 . . . 

HERE . . . you will find 14 BOWE hits for that area  . . . at that time . . .

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http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

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Had a look at the National Census . . . Bowe ... . in 1901 . . . 

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?searchMoreVisible=false&census_year=1901&surname=Bowe&firstname=&county19011911=Queen%27s+Co.&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&parish=&ward=&barony=&townland=&houseNumber=&ded=Durrow&age=&sex=&search=Search&ageInMonths=&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&yearsMarried=&birthplace=&nativeCountry=&language=&deafdumb=&causeOfDeath=&yearOfDeath=&familiesNumber=&malesNumber=&femalesNumber=&maleServNumber=&femaleServNumber=&estChurchNumber=&romanCatNumber=&presbNumber=&protNumber=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=

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Jill:

Eamonn has done a lot of research for you. I did check Roots Ireland for the baptismal records for John and Timothy but found no record. However, I did locate an 1822 record for a son name James.See below. The parish register index shows a 2 + year gap in baptismal records from January 1820-Mary 1822. and then another gap from February 1827-May 1832    https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0968 Possibly John was born/baptized during the first gap period.

Rog

Name:James BoweDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:11-Jul-1822Address:DurrowParish/District:DURROWGender:MaleCountyCo. Laois
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Richard BoweMother:Mary DowneyOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Philip BoweSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Nancy Bowe