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James Henry Casey; Mary Bailey; ca. 1860; Cork

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James Henry Casey and Mary Bailey were both listed as 35 in the 1900 US census, making them born in Cork in 1865.  We don't know if they were married in Ireland but family lore has some of their children born there, others in the US.

They married around 1885 and resided in in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, US.  Family lore has James coming as a young man from Mitchelstown, but we have nothing solid.  Family lore again says that Mary may have come from Kerry, not Cork.

We would be enormously grateful for any information.  They had three sons and two daughters: Ellen Casey, James Henry Jr. William J. Casey, Mary L. Casey and John Casey.

Go raibh mile mhaith agaibh.

Bill Casey

whcasey

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Bill:

I looked at the 1900 census and all children of James and Mary were born in New Jersey. According to the 1900 census both James and Mary came to America in 1885. I did not locate a marriage record in Ireland.

On Ancestry.com , there is a private tree for James H. Casey. The owner is K Houghton. I would contact the tree owner and ask for access to the tree.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Roger--

Thank you for your help---it is enormously appreciated.

Karen Houghton is my second cousin and is one of two cousins trying to find the Ireland source of James Henry Casey and Mary Bailey on Ancestry.com.  I strongly suspect that her 'James Henry Casey' is my grandfather, the son of the James Henry Casey' from Cork, who was born in New Jersey. 

I will contact Karen immediately as you suggest, but my other cousin can't find anything about them in Ireland. 

We have information about his parents, James Henry Casey and Mary Bailey in the US but only 'Cork' indicated on their death certificates and family lore that James Henry the father, was from Mitchelstown. 

Some of this lore originated in his grandson, also William Casey, who was a colorful pilot in World War 2 who was interviewed and spoke of Cork.  We have nothing firm.

Bill

P.S. My grandfather, the son, was a colorful pilot after WW-1 until he accidentally killed a woman and chopped off her brother's arm in an accident.  My grandfather then fled to San Francisco to become a policeman.

 

 

whcasey

Bill:

Karen Houghton shows Carrignavar as the "Home place" of James Henry Casey.

Co. Cork RC church records are complicated to research. There are two dioceses in Co. Cork. Cloyne which covers parishes in the north and east and Cork and Ross which covers south and west. The records for the Diocese of Cloyne parishes are only available on subscription sites such as Roots Ireland, Ancestry.com and FindMyPast.ie  The records for the parishes in the Diocese of Cork and Ross are available (at least up to 1880) on the free site irishgenealogy.ie

Likely the age 72 on the death record for Mary Bailey/Baily/Bailly is understated and she was more than likely born in the late 1850s or 1860. I see a few possibilities for Mary but without having her parents names, you can't confirm a record.

Likewise for James Casey, I searched the Mitchelstown RC baptismal records and there were two records in 1853, two in 1858, two in 1862 and two in 1863. Irish RC baptismal records rarely showed middle names. The father's names on the eight records were as follows: Patrick, William (twice), Michael(twice) John (three times)

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

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