Looking for information on Daniel D Conway from Limerick born between 1848 and 1854, but thought to be 1854. Parents, Daniel Conway and C(K)atherine Dempsey/Dempster remained in Ireland. Daniel D Conway immigrated to the United States around 1887.
Baconway:
I searched on the subscription site Roots Ireland for Daniel Conway baptismal records in Co. Limerick with father Daniel Conway.
Two leads came up. Daniel Conway baptized July 5 1852 at St. John's church in Limerick city father Daniel Conway and mother Catherine Kennedy. Second record was a Daniel Conway baptized March 13th 1856 at the Ardagh RC parish father Daniel Conway mother Mary Sheahan.
Roger McDonnell
Thank you so much.
Records tell us he was born in Limerick. One lead says birthday of Feb 1848 and another of 1854.
Daniel D Conway born to Daniel Conway and Katherine (catherine) Dempsey or Dempster.
Death Certificate puts him born 2/28/54 but grave stone here in Missouri says 1848. We're beginning to think the grave stone is wrong and he was born in 1854, according to his obituary in our local paper that cites him as being 77 in 1931. .
Baconway,
It is common in Irish genealogy to find a variety of birth years in records for the same person. The gravestone date is the one the stonemason was given. The newspaper date is likely the one the family gave. It is possible that neither one was correct.
--I had a look at some records on Ancestry--censuses and Daniel's passenger ship record. The dates given for his birth on these are 1848 (3 times), 1850 (once), and 1852 (twice).
--Do you have a document showing the names of Daniel's parents? Parents' names on death records are sometimes incorrect. The person giving the info for the death certificate could be mistaken, confused, grieving, etc. My own g-grandfather's name was given as William on his daughter's death record, but his name was actually Daniel. And I've seen a death record where the deceased stepmother's name was given instead of his mother's. Mentioning this in case the only place Daniel's parents' names appear is his death record.
--I saw on a tree on Ancestry that at least one of Daniel's daughters was a nun. You may have already researched her, but if not, you might want to. Religious orders keep extensive records and the daughter's record probably has info about Daniel.
--I hope something here is helpful!