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Flaherty family

Galway

I'm researching Bernard Flaherty whose obituary states he was from Clifden, Galway, Ireland. He died in Cincinnati, OH in 1883. None of the census records here in the US have the same age so the best guess he was born about 1830. The only other clue I have about his family is a possible sister named Mary. 

Mary was born about 1840, she married Patrick Joyce on Feb 6, 1862. I could not find a marriage record on your site for Mary and Patrick but there is one on Ancestry. The record doesn't list any parents' names, just the witnesses.

Could you please see if you can find any names for Mary's parents? If you do can you see if they had a son named Bernard. there's possibly another son name Martin.

I don't know where Bernard was married but his first child of record was born in Maysville, KY in 1856. There is no marriage record for Bernard at the local catholic church so I don't know if he married before he came to the US or after he arrived. So far I haven't been able to find any marriage record for him. His wife's name was Bridget Ward.

Thank you for your help,

Mary Jo

Mary Jo Strauss

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Mary Jo:

The marriage record is also on the subscription site Roots Ireland. Clifden RC records start in 1838. I searched for Mary Flaherty baptismal records around 1840 and found three possible records (There were no records for a Martin that was from any of the three families and no records for a Bernard Flaherty in Clifden). Parents names were vary rarely shown on church marriage records before 1864.

April 8 1840 Clifden   father Patrick Flaherty mother Honor Malley

July 23 1840 Clifden  father John Flaherty mother Mary Joyce

October 3 1841 Clifden father Thomas Flaherty mother Mary Kilpatrick

No marriage record for a Bernard Flaherty to a Bridget Ward.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Thank you for checking.

Mary Jo

Mary Jo Strauss

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