Carolyn,
Yes, my objective was to find Anne (Hanora) Manning nee Dillane birth registration/baptism and mother’s name. I have made a few attempts on Ireland XO and other helpful groups, but after research they turned into rabbit holes. The newer information I have is her mother’s given name very possibly Johanna, that her parents lived in Newcastle in 1901, that her sister Mary married Patrick Wall, that she had a brother James and maybe a sister Joanna.
Regarding Anne’s given name most records starting with her 1899 RC Shanagolden marriage to Patrick Manning refer to her as some variation of Anne. But, the four births of her children that she was the informant, her name is documented as Hanorah. So thought Anne might be a familiar name used by her husband and others and when registering births she used her formal name.
From Patrick and Anne’s marriage I knew Anne was a servant, her father’s name was Edward Dillane, and one of the witnesses was Mary Dillane. Her “residence at the time of marriage” written on registration as Waterpark Shanagolden was not that helpful. After my own research I presumed it might be “Waterpark House” a Manor house with servants in Shanid, which bordered Ballyane where her husband Patrick Manning lived, and they settled.
After following a few false trails, the newer clues came from 1) Roots Ireland which reflected baptism sponsors Mary, James, and Joanna Dillane, as well as a few of the Wall family and 2) after connecting with the great granddaughter (DNA match) of Mary Wall nee Dillane (Hanora’s sister) who knew some about her great grandmother. Doing my own research, I was able to confirm much about Mary and find more. That she married Patrick Wall in 1906 at RC Kilcolman, that at the time of Mary’s 1906 marriage her parents were noted as living in Newcastle, Limerick. That her first born daughter was born in Briskaugh, District Shanagolden, but shortly after the Wall family moved to Newcastle Limerick. Mary Wall, daughter was the informant on widower Edward Dillane’s 1910 Rathina, Newcastle death registration. That in the 1911 census the Wall family with brother-in-law James Dillane lived in Rathina, Newcastle a few houses away from where in the 1901 census Edward and Johannah Dillane lived. This gave me a possible given name of Anne and Mary’s mother Johannah and the area of Newcastle.
Johanna ties in since Anne’s first 3 daughters were Mary (her sister), witness at her wedding and sponsor at two baptisms and her next two daughters were twins named Nora and Johanna. These twins would have been named for the two grandmothers – Hanora Manning nee Reidy and Johanna Dillane nee possibly Gibbons. Also, my great grandmother’s sister Mary Wall nee Dillane named her second daughter Johanna.
I started searching for Edward Dillane with wife named Johannah and children named Anne (Hanora), James, and Mary likely born in Limerick in the 1870s. While I didn’t find Anne, I did find Johanna Dillane nee Fitzgibbons/Gibbons. This is the only Johanna I found matching most criteria.
Regarding Broadford, it is a Registrars District on the civil birth registrations, but using Logainmn.ie as a reference it also shows Broadford as a town with Tullaha and Farrihy abutting. Probably where the pub and the post office were. LOL. So, Broadford appears to be the name of a Village/Town and the District that contains the Town of Broadford and the Townlands of Tullaha, Farrihy, and Boola. I don’t think this is a key issue, but educational.
Regarding Edward I have not done much research without knowing his wife’s name or where they were from originally. There were too many Edward Dillane’s in Limerick and nearby county Kerry and now it seems possible mine are near the border of county Cork. However, while searching I did find an Edward Dillon was the witness at James Gibbon (looks miswritten as Gillon) and Mary Shaughnessy 10 Feb 1872 civil marriage registration solemnized at RC Drumcollagher and also at RC Drumcollagher I found 12 July 1872 baptism of John Gibbon with sponsors Edmond Dillon and Anna Fitzgibbon.
Sorry so long took a lot to get to this point.
As always, I appreciate the feedback.
Bill
