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Information required on Cummins, Cutler, Moran and Halvey Families

Greetings,

I asking for assistance please in order to find out information on 4 Ancestors (2 married couples), as follows.

I have limited information on these people but would like to know more about their Forbears.

I have Membership to Ancestry.com but have gone as far as I can with investigating the following 4 people.

I have asked many relatives for assistance but have come up against a "brick wall".

I have tried to purchase Certificates from Ireland but it appears a lot of Irish Documentation was burnt during "The Troubles".

Ellen Cummins, born 11/05/1829, Kilrush, Kildare, died about 1933 in Queensland, Australia. Ellen came to Australia about 1850 and married James Cutler in 1853 in Wellington, New South Wales. They had the following children, Mary, Thomas, Ellen, Martha, Ann and Joseph.

Joseph Cutler (husband of above Ellen Cummins) born about 1824 in Dublin and died 27/07/1890 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. His parents were Joseph Cutler and Ellen Heard and I do not know their dates of birth or death.

Michael Halvey, born 1838 in Funshinmore, Galway and died 17/02/1899 in Funshinmore, Galway. His father was James Halvey but his mother in unknown. Michael married Ellen Anorah Moran about 1856 in Funshinmore, Galway and they had the following children --- Mary, James, Catherine, Michael, Martin, Thomas and Patrick.

Ellen Anorah Moran (wife of above Michael Halvey) born 20/07/1836 in Funshinmore, Galway and died September 1923 in Funshinmore, Galway. The names of Ellen's parents are unknown.

Thank-you in advance for your help.

Regards

Teresa Watson

Teresa Watson

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Birth of Michael Halvey son of Michael and Ellen (Moran) 1865 https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1865/03569/2315029.pdf

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Birth of Thomas 1876 https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1876/03040/2114696.pdf

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Birth of Patrick 1873 https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1873/03205/2175422.pdf

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I did not find birth records for Mary, Catherine or James with parents Michael and Ellen. Other family members likely brothers of Michael had children with these names and same names as Michael and Ellen 's children.

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Death of Ellen Halvey 1932

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Teresa:

The RC parish of Kinvara has baptismal records starting in 1831 https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0632?locale=en There is a gap in records from May 1837 thru June 1843 and likely the baptisms for Michael and Ellen occurred in the gap period. You have July 20th 1836 as the baptismal date for Ellen. I checked the register and there was only one baptism on July 20th and it was not Ellen. As an aside, the surname Moran was very common in the RC parish of Kinvara in the 1th century,

Roger McDonnell

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