I am looking for more information about Thomas Casey.

Liz:

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It was actually John that was born in March 1864 in Monasterboice RC parish. See transcription below. I can't find a townland called Tenure in Co. Louth. John had at least three siblings Patt 1846 Joseph 1851 Mary 1856 I was unable to find a marriage record.

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Roger McDonnell

Name:John CaseyDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:20-Mar-1864Address:TenureParish/District:MONASTERBOICEGender:UnknownCountyCo. Louth
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Thomas CaseyMother:Margaret GarlandOccupation:
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Hi Liz

sorry for the delay but this site has beeen acting up and is very slow recently. There is another query on the site re Garland or Gartland which I will check later. Civil registration commenced in Ireland in 1864 but was not fully complied wiht inititally but you can search here https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ click on civil records, church records are not fully on, the registration district would be Drogheda but you will only get the childs name so without parents you are really guessing. Certificates can be purchased here but be sure to ask for the photocopy of the entry for €4 about the same in dollars plus 10%. You must download the form and post with money or money order and it cn be emailed back, they have a 5 day turnaround once received. See https://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Apply-for-Certificates.aspx

I checked the census and found only one Casey in the area in 1901, first available census, others mostly destroyed. He was 47 and a servant in another house, there are a number of Caseys in the Louth census, some in Drogheda but most in North Louth. Census defaults to 1911. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ Tenure is properly spelled Tinure but both spellings are found. Louth is in the church diocese of Armagh which is also a separate county and can be confusing.

A land survey was done in the area in 1854 here, http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameS… 136 Casey head of house in Louth here http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameS… Most likely family are in Tullyallen, last hit. 

I asked some locals living in the area if there were Caseys and while there are Caseys in the general area there are none in Monasterboice that anyone was aware of. There are some in the phone book in Drogheda. http://m.eirphonebook.ie/

An interesting site about Louth is here but no certificates. http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/

A real peaceful spot near in Monasterboice and still in use as a local graveyard is here, http://www.megalithicireland.com/High%20Cross%20Monasterboice.htm

I will search some sites for more births tomorrow or Thursday but have to be up early to get to the airport so signing off for now.

Regards
Pat

 

Hi Liz

found a Mary Casey born or actually baptised 1856 on 3rd August in Monasterbice to same parents as John born 1864 but none in between, maybe the had a disagreement, (joke) you can see Johns birth baptism on this site, on right hand side of page in March 1864, as all writing is similar assume the priest wrote it, did not look for Mary but you can if it s as clear as the one I saw all good as some are very poor, partly in Latin but can be understood after a look, did not figure an address though.  http://registers.nli.ie/ put Monasterboice in parish area and it will return as Armagh diocese but is in Louth. 

By the way the name you give Foy is unusual but Fay is found here, not common but local here. There is a Sliabh Foy in Carlingford in North Louth, Sliabh is a mountain i Gaelic language. 

Where in the US are you, what state, a number of people form the Monasterboice / Dunleer area where given assisted pasage to the US in the 1850s from the Foster lands, there is a small census of his tenants and I will check it for Casey but do not think they are on it, if they are I will post it on the site tomorrow.

I live in Drogheda about 8 miles from Monasterboice.

Regards
Pat OHalloran

Hi Liz

I was at a local history walk and talking to a gentleman who has ancestry in Tullyallen, beside Monasterboice and he appears to have more info from previously visiting the priest to see the registers and I can only find some of his stuff online but her mentioned a parish of Mellifont which I was unaware had a separate church, records are sparse though but have a look, http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0231 baptisms up to 1848 only. Sometimes people went to different churches nearby.

Also Garland was mentioned before and I see it is sometimes Gartland, mostly in North Louth but the last person looking was in Termonfeckin (Well of Feckin) which is a name. One Garland hit on this site, which is close to Monasterboice see http://www.termonfeckinhistory.ie/ It appears to me that the names Gartland and Gartlandy are also the same person. 

I notice you mention a Mary Gordon Foy, Gordon is a surname found in Dundalk and Cooley penisula north east of Dundalk in North Louth.

When on the above website I saw a reference to Caseys Brewery and discovered it was in Mell, Drogheda, about 3 miles from Monasterboice, hardly your Caseys but I was told a bottle of the beer is in the local museum. Oddly when you Googel Caseys Brewery you get one in Colorado I think.

Regards

Pat

Hi Liz

I see a query on Ancestry website under Louth about Casey from Drogheda to Iowa in 1850 I think in case you are interested.

 

Pat