Gleeson Newport Tipperary
Hi.
I've been reviewing research I made some months ago when I first started to look at my ancestry. One item I'd not particularly looked at was a birth record in Newport. At the time my ancestry pointed towards Ballyhaunis but the birth record links a few names to other pieces of information I've found:
| Henry Gleeson (for some reason changed to Michael on various records) born in 1798 in Newport to Michael (Michaelis) Gleeson and Ellen Wixstead. The reason I'm revisiting this is because one of the sponsors is an Elizabeth Burke. The connection for Gleesons to the Burke family is quite strong. We have a DNA link to Denis Gleeson who was transported to Australia for murder along with his associate Cornelius Burke. Cornelius was from Pallasgreen East County Limerick, not a massive distance. Cornelius and Denis were imprisoned in Nenagh jail before transport to Australia. It's a close link but as yet no DNA connections have been made to Pallasgreen (haven't found anyone with a Gedmatch Kit as yet). |
Casimirengine
