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Elizabeth and Catherine Cahill

CorkWatergrasshill (Cork)

Looking for Elizabeth and Catherine Cahill possibly born in County Cork: Watergrasshill/Rathcormac area. Catherine's birth date 1824. She married a John Broderick and emigrated to Ontario, Canada. She died in 1853. I believe Elizabeth Cahill became Elizabeth Cuffe. Don't know birthdate.

Catherine and John Broderick married in Ireland and had two sons Cornelius (b. 1841 or 1843) and Thomas (b 1846-1848?) I have no record of that.

Another possibility would be set of parents named:Thomas and Eliza Scanlin both born about 1795.

Thanks for any help you might provide!

Jennye Broderick

Prairiegirl

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Jennye:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

The RC baptismal records for Watergrasshill RC parish start in 1834 and can be found on the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie ; Here is a link to the parish register from 1834-1880 https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0099 ; Marriage records are not available for the 19th century. In any event, I searched for the baptismal records for the two Broderick sons in your note and was not able to find a record.

I would add a story regarding Catherine and John to our XO Chronicles site and possibly someone will recognize a connection. https://www.irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-dat…

Have you considered DNA testing?

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

My great grandfather was also a John Broderick (John Arthur Broderick).  He was was born in Essex (Windsor) Ontario.  It turns out his parents were Patrick Joseph Broderick and Margaret.  But I think when they first got to Windsor, they lived in Sandwich.  I suspect they were working on the docks. But I found a bunch of Broderick families living all next door to each other.  Do you think your Brodericks would have been in Windsor (Detroit area) or more so in Sandwich?  

JB Broderick

JB Broderick: So your Brodericks may have been born in Ontario and possibly worked in the Detroit area? From the info I got about John the sons and daughters all stayed in Canada. There was a Henry Broderick who went to the west of USA but returned to Ontario where he died. You found clusters of this family? May I ask where and when?

Prairiegirl

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