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Help in finding information on my Great Grandparents Kenny's Ratra Frenchpark Roscommon

I am hoping someone can help me with tracing my ancestors,  I have the following information;

My 3rd GF was Mark Kenny (1810-1881) The Griffith Valuation for Ratra Frenchpark - Lord John de-Freyne shows he had land/house at 7a/b.  He married a Bridget Lyden on the 13th February 1832, they had 5 children.  I am trying to trace his parents, I think i have found his father Patrick Kenny, although I cant find any information about him or a wife.

One of the children Charles Kenny (1842-1924) who was born Tibohine Fairymount Elphin is my 2nd GF he married a lady called Anne Birmingham on 9th February 1874 and it shows on the 1901 census them living at 16 Ratra and on the 1911 census census living at number 14 Ratra,  They had 10 children of which I can account for although I can only find a small bit of information on 6 of them.

My 2nd great grandfather was only 4 at the time of the famine, I would really like to find out, how he and his family survived such a horrific period of time and live to a grand old age of 82.  One of his children Mark my Great Grandfather left Ireland to Wales and then to Consett Co Durham.

If anyone has any information on my family I would be extremely grateful

Thank you

Melanie

 

 

 

melriches0

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Mel,

There is a Tithe Applotment record for Pat Kenny in Ratra and Cartrow Morrisroe, Tibohine parish, Roscommon, 1825.

Additionally, rootsireland shows the two witnesses to the marriage of Mark Kenny & Bridget Leyden to be John Leyden & Patrick Kenny. There is no way of knowing the witnesses' relationships to the couple though.

Regards,

carolyntoohey@…

Thank you very much Carolyn, much appreciated I will go and take a look, Kindest Mel

melriches0

Hi Melanie, I’m Simon kenny , my great grandad was mark kenny , his son John V kenny was my granddad,

mark in his later life lived with my dad family at a shop in concett, Co Durham, he passed in 1956. How are you related to mark kenny, we must be distant cousins,

thanks Simon Kenny

Kennysj

Here is a bit of info on mark kenny 1877-1956. His parents were Anne B BERMINGHAM June 1855- march 1938, his dad was called Charles kenny sept 1842 Roscommon Ireland and passed at Ratra, Frenchpark , Roscommon 1924,

mark kenny. Married Winifred Elizabeth Blackmore in Glamorgan wales in 1903 they had 14 children she died at 60 in 1945 ,

so is it Charles f kenny your great grandad , I’ve been trying to do research on him thanks simon

Kennysj

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