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Crowly/Crowley, Mahony/Mahoney County Cork

My 3x great grandparents, Daniel Mahony and Jane Crowly indicated on their gravestone one or both were from County Cork. They both died in Stelleraton (aka Albion Mines), Nova Scotia Canada. Daniel was born in 1811 and I am not sure about Jane. According to 1861 Nova Scotia Census, Daniel lived on the same street as Matthew Mahony but I have not yet found his birth record. I have had a DNA match with a Skibbereen O'Mahoney who has indicated their oldest known relative is George O'Mahoney of Drimoleague. With that information, I suspect that Daniel Mahony probably lived somewhere in that area. I have not been able to find a reference to their birth or marriage nor have I found when they arrived in Canada. My great great grandmother Mary Mahony was listed as born in Nova Scotia in the 1840 or 60's - it is not clear.

If anyone can help, I would love to hear information.

Pat Kane Yeo

Pat Kane Yeo

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Hi Pat,

Here is a baptism from www.rootsireland.ie/ - it is the only one from 1811 - (but Lisgoold is 100km from Drimoleague & Skibbereen):

Name:Daniel MahonyDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:28-Jul-1811Address:
Parish/District:LISGOOLDGender:MaleCountyCo. Cork
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:John MahonyMother:Mary Not RecordedOccupation:
Informant 1:James Mannix
Informant 2:Abigail Mannix

Here's a couple from www.irishgenealogy.ie/ (good for Cork records & free at 

Area - CORK & ROSS (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - SKIBBEREEN (CREAGH & SULLON)

Baptism of DANIEL MAHONY of N/R on 21 January 1816

NameDANIEL MAHONYDate of BirthN/R N/R N/RAddressN/RFatherDANIEL MAHONYMotherHONOR MAHONY

(It was quite common for birth years to be inaccurate & these are baptisms not births)

Area - CORK & ROSS (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - SKIBBEREEN (CREAGH & SULLON)

Baptism of DANIEL MAHONY of MALLIRONE on 10 June 1814

NameDANIEL MAHONYDate of BirthN/R N/R N/RAddressMALLIRONEFatherJEREMIAH MAHONYMotherCATHARINE SULLIVAN

Area - CORK & ROSS (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - SKIBBEREEN (CREAGH & SULLON)

Baptism of DANIEL MAHONY of DRISSANE on 13 November 1814

NameDANIEL MAHONYDate of BirthN/R N/R N/RAddressDRISSANEFatherJOHN MAHONYMotherMARY SULLIVAN

IF by chance they named their children by the Irish naming pattern it may give a clue as to whether any of the above are correct (first son named after father's father; second daughter after father's mather

Neither rootsireland or irishgenealogy has records for Jane Crowley before 1829

You might want to have a look at the Tithe Applotments (free at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/) which have 1154 Mahonys in Cork in the 1820's but Skibbereen & Drimoleague aren't in the list of parishes

rootsireland has 2 Daniel Mahonys in the Passenger Lists (no Jane Crowleys) who went to New York in 1851 aged early twenties

Col

 

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