Hello Martine: Thank you for your reply. Yes, that marriage record is correct for John and Elizabeth. I have that, too. And that one child, John, in 1889 to this couple is my grandfather, an only child, but had 2 half sisters and 1 half brother.I have that birth,baptism record also. I have included the link for the 1911 Tralee Census below in my note to Jane.
Dear Jane: The man who is 90 is not my grandfather, nor great grandfather, and I have their death certificate and death record. They didn't live that long.
Elizabeth O'Neill was born in Tralee in 1855, not John. I should have been more clear. Her birthday was 07Dec1855. I have the church record.
I have the death register for Elizabeth Coleman, that is where I found her date of death, 27Nov1933, Cork District Hospital.
John and Elizabeth Coleman were in Boston in 1901.
I found John and Elizabeth Coleman in the Tralee Census of 1911. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Tralee_Urban__pa…
I know for sure, 100% that this is correct. The two little boys with them are their grandsons, who were born in the US. But where are the parents of these little boys? I can't find them in the U.S.
I do not know what year they moved to Cork, but I do know that they lived at 110 High Street until they went to the hospital and died.
I had a genealogist help me many years ago, and I just located some of the papers she sent me. She went to the Cork County Library, and found some info in the Guy & Co directories. It shows that John Coleman was not at 110 High Street in 1920, but he was there in 1923, 1927. John died in 1928 and Elizabeth died in 1933, and in 1938 J. O'Neill and J. O'Leary are listed. William O'Neill is there in 1944 and 1945. Perhaps this O'Neill is one of Elizabeth's relatives. Her maiden name was O'Neill. I could not find any brothers of Elizabeth, but about 6 sisters.
The genealogist sent me the electoral register. Mary Coleman is at 110 High Street from 1942 - 1957. I have her death register 25Jul1957, 75 years old, a widow at 110 High Street. I'm not sure who she is. She could be Elizabeth's daughter, Mary, whose father was Jeremiah McCarthey, but he died when she was very young, and John Coleman raised her as his own, so she took the name Coleman, although she was married at one time and had children. Or perhaps she may be the sister in law or niece of John Coleman. John had two brothers, Mike and Pat Coleman, who lived in Cork, but I don't know where.
Then, in the electoral registers, in 1947 there is a John McCarthy and Beatrice Rooney along with Mary Coleman. Then in 1958 Beatrice is listed as McCarthy, so she and John got married. I have not found their marriage record, which might help by indicating their parents.
So far no luck with cemetaries.
Thank you both for all you research and help. I wonder how I could find out more about the couple, John McCarthy and his wife Beatrice Rooney, who was living at the house in the early 1960s. I wonder if they had any children. I looked on the Irish Genealogy website in civil and parish records, but they did not show up.
Ann
