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James Buckley/Mary O'Brien

Newmarket North Cork (Cork)Churchtown North Cork (Cork)

My family were Peter Robinson settlers from 1823. My 3rd great grandparents were James Buckley (~1791-1881) and Mary Bridget O'Brien (~1811-1878).

James was from Churchtown and went to Canada with his mother, Mary, his brother Daniel and a sister, Ellen. It is believed he also had two other brothers from Churchtown, Patrick and Timothy.

Mary was from Newmarket, went with her parents Timothy O'Brien and Mary McKibban, and siblings Margaret, Denis, Timothy and Julia.Her brothers William and Patrick were said to be transported to Australia for 7 years, and another possible brother named John also went to Canada.

I'd appreciate any information, if any is to be found. My wife and I will be visiting next March and we plan on staying in the nearby area for a few days, it would be interesting to meet any distant cousins.

JPettit

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J. Petit:

Welcome to Irish Reaching Out!

I will alert our parish liaison for Churchtown and Newmarket that you have posted a message.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Thank you, Roger. If it's helpful, in case they named their children to any traditions, I will provide their children's names in order.

Mary Ann, Bridget, Daniel, Judith Ann, Timothy, Catherine, Elizabeth, John, Rachael.

Other family info, although much may only be attributed to after emigration, I wonder if there could have been any familiarity prior.

Timothy O'Brien married Katherine Leary from Liscarrol (brother - John Leary) .
Hartnett - Actor Josh Hartnett is from this line.

Other connected families through marriage...

Fitzgerald - Co.Cork - Mary and brother indentured servants. Father, Michael evicted from farm .

Curran - (arrived under someone else's tickets - name of Green) James and Sarah (of William Butler and Margaret O'Brien)

Sheehan & McAuliffe - Buttevant, Co. Cork

JPettit

Dear JPetit,

 

My name is Anne Marie and I am the parish liason for Churchtown, unfortunately the records for Churchtown do not start till after 1800, the earliest records are between 1805 and 1820

I have checked the Peter Robinson settlers list but can not find any James Buckley in the 1823 ships manifest, both the Hebe and the Stakesby sailed in 1823, do you know when they arrived?

Mallow CorkIrelandXO Volunteer

James should be on the list for The Hebe in 1823 and grouped with Daniel, Mary (listed as wife) and Ellen (some listings show Hellen).

JPettit

In the book by Carol Bennett on Robinson settlers, it says though James' origin is listed as Churchtown, "other documents say that his birthplace was Mallow, Cork." I have not seen any other such documents myself.

JPettit

Timothy O'Brien and Catherine Leary had a daughter Ellen, born in Canada and died in 1844.  She was a godparent to John McAuliffe, born in Ramsay in 1841, son of John McAuliffe and Margaret Fitzgerald.  John McAuliffe and Margaret Fitzgerald were married in New Market in 1838.  They went to Ramsay, Ontario, Canada in 1840.   John McAuliffe died shortly before 1861 and on the 1861 census Margaret was living with widow Mary Sheehan. Her deceased husband was James.   I suspect John Sheehan who  married Mary McAuliffe in Buttevant may have been related to James Sheehan.  Dorothy Payne  dcpayne@shaw.ca

 

 

Dorothy Payne

Dorothy, I just saw your reply. I do recognize some of these names, as well as locations. When my family emigrated to Canada, these surnames are prevalent in many marriages. Because of them all being so close knit, I had long believed they were connected when they still lived in Ireland.

Jeremy

Jeremy Pettit

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