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HEHIR/MURPHY from Kilmihil Co Clare

Hi, I am looking for confirmation that I have the correct marriage between John HEHIR b1828 and Margaret MURPHY in Kilmihil. Two sons of this couple emigrated to Australia and Margaret MURPHY is the name given on the death certificate of one of the sons, John (bpt 1856) as being the mother. John came to Australia via the Dilharree in 1876. Other children were Thomas (came to Australia), Patrick and Bridget.

I have a Catholic marriage record from Ancestry 8 Jan 1855 at Drumclift between John HEHIR and Margaret HEHIR. Is there anywhere else I can look to prove this is the correct record.

I am also looking for Margaret's death, some time after the birth of her last child in 1867.

Thank you for any help. 

 

kaypageancestr…

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Kay,

On the free site clarelibrary.ie. there are records for the births of their four children: John, 14 Jun 1856; Thomas, 21 Oct 1858; Patrick, 24 Mar 1861; and Bridget, 30 Jun 1867. Their mother is given as Margaret Murphy, not Hehir. The townland is Ahaga, Kilmihil. I could not locate a marriage record, but I think the one you found on 8 Jan 1855 in Drumclift is for another couple that both have the surname Hehir...unless, of course, there was an error made when recording the name. I checked the 1901/1911 census records for Ahaga...no Hehirs, but there are Murphys. 

Regards,

 

carolyntoohey@…

Carolyn,

Thank you for your reply and assistance.

The Clare library site is truly amazing. Thank you for recommending it.

Best wishes,

Kay

kaypageancestr…

Kay. May I ask if you have done dna testing, so we could check kits. Hehir and Murphy are very common names in Clare.

michaelhehir

Hi Michael, Yes the person who is connected with this mystery has been DNA tested and results are at Ancestry & My Heritage. Your name does not come up but HEHIR brothers from Australia do. Other surnames which appear relevant are BREW/BOLAND.

Kay

kaypageancestr…

Hi Kay. My combined Kit is HQ354449C1 May I ask if you would check it off your kits, even for a small match. My brick wall is the Hare / Hehir/ O'Hehir side due to lack of records. I know for certain from the Ancestry time line that multiple members of my Paternal side immigrated to Australia. 

regards

Michael

michaelhehir

Hi Michael,

Sorry I don't have better news. I ran two kits that I have access to and an Hehir to yours and there was no match on the autosomal one-to-one.

I did a cluster report and grouped them as best I could. I would need your email address to send you those, so that you could see if anything looks familiar.

There are several brick walls within these DNA matches and they are relatively recent so its hard to get back to those minor matches.

I have 8 matches placed going back to John HEHIR b1828/Margaret MURPHYb1830. 

Kay

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