James Farrell Family - Porterstown

Thank you Roger for this information.   You have provided me with additional data, John H Farrell's death date.     When I use these websites, what would you advise using for the Diocese, Parish or Location when looking these records?     Porterstown is shown as Electoral Division of Rodanstown, in Civil Parish of Moyglare, in the Barony of Upper Deece, in the County of Meath.   I am confused as to the location needed for the best search.       Would you have any suggestions as to finding the birth dates and names of the Farrell children.      I did try the earlier census' but no luck.

Thanks again,

Chris Kraffert  

Good afternoon Roger,       I apologize for the delayed response.    My computer had to go in for repairs and I have just gotten it back.

Thank you for the information regarding using Dunshauglin as the registration district.    

I did have Ancestry Pro-genealogists research my Farrell family in Ireland.    After a costly session,  they provided information regarding my 3rd great grandfather, James Farrell who married Mary Unknown and they had 8 children residing in Porterstown.   Ancestry provide me with my relatives names of Edward, Patrick, John, a unknown son and 3 unknown daughters. No birth dates were discovered and why 1830 was chosen, I do not know.  The birth order is a mystery and 4 unnamed children.     Ancestry did tell me Baptismal records were not located for the children due to the time period and that many parish records did not survive for that period.   Not sure what parish Church they reviewed.     

Christopher, my 2nd great grandfather,  settled in Buffalo, New York.   Christopher's death certificate only provides his date of death Feb 6, 1888, he was 56 years old and was born in Ireland.    The data involving Mary Farrell wife of James Farrell dying in October 1830 was taken from a picture of the Farrell tombstone in Kilclone Cemetery given to me by a Larkin descendent of John H Farrell and Frances Larkin.  He happened to contact me via Ancestry.com and gave me information regarding the children of John Farrell and Frances Larkin (Mary Josephine Farrell Smyth 1886-1957, Edward Joseph Farrell 1888-?, Gretta Farrell 1890-1976 and Bridget Farrell 1893-1975).    He has visited Ireland 2-3 times.   I have tried to locate Kilclone Cemetery in Ireland  and seems it is not found, are you familiar with this cemetery name or location?  

I remember my grandmother, Mary Margaret Farrell Peterson, telling me that her family came from County Cork.    When the family came to the US they dropped the O' from Farrell to make it more Americanized.   Should I be looking for O'Farrell's?       Any insight would be appreciated.    

Thanks again,   Chris

Roger,    

Again, I appreciate your information.  It is very interesting to discover that the family may have traveled from Queenstown, County Cork but lived in County Meath.   You have given me valuable information.  

In Ancestry, for Rev. James Farrall, the Parish is shown as Dunboyne,  County of Meath, death date June 5, 1819.   Farrell is misspelled.  

I am confused by your sentence - 'Booterstown was actually to the northeast of that area'.    Did you mean Porterstown?                                                                                                                            

Also, are the Parish names Kilclone, Kilcloon, Kilclune used interchangeably or are these different city/county names?  

I will continue to search the early records to see what I can discover.  

Have a good day,     Chris

Roger,   Can I continue to reach out to you for assistance?   Should I join a Parish Group on Ireland Reach Out?  

I do find a Parish Kilclone (Meath) group but not one for Porterstown.    What do you suggest please?