Hi , I am looking for any information on the Devonshire family who lived in the townlands of Ballyshane, Coolbay, and Ballymacuidick in East Cork, the parish of Aghada.
Mike Barry
Local volunteer contacted.
Would you be able to give further information? First names? Spouses? Children? Time period?
Hi Patricia,
Thank you for your prompt reply.
My great-grandmother was Mary Barry (nee Devonshire). She married Michael Barry, a widower, in July 1882. She is registered as a servant and lived in Coolbay at the time of her marriage. Her father was Thomas Devonshire a farmer. Thomas was born in 1839 and died in 1919. Her mother's maiden name was Mary O'Brien and she was from Ballymacuidick. She was born in 1861. I don't have any record of her death.
Mary, my great grandmother had 3 sisters, Johanna born in 1863, sister Bridget born in 1871, and Margaret born in 1872.
She also had 3 brothers, Patrick born in 1865, William born in 1868, and Thomas born in 1867.
Thomas and Mary Devonshire appear in the 1901/1911 Irish cenuses, as follows:
1901: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Rostillan/Knockan…
1911: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cork/Rostellan/Knockan…
Note that Mary Devonshire states she had 9 children.