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James Kane or Anthony Kane -1830s

I am trying to find information on my great, great grandfather James Kane. Here is what I know about him: he was born in Ireland around 1837-1839 and he left Ireland during the potato famine and ultimately landed in Illinois. We dont have any information on who he came to the United States with and who his parents or siblings were. Based off his wifes obituarty, they raised a nephew Anothony Tim Kane, but we only have limited information on Anthony. My Ancestry DNA shows our Irish roots were established in the Connaught region of Ireland. Any help or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

James married Katherine Kearney in Joliet, IL on February 15, 1863

They had 3 sons in Beloit Wisconsin/Rockton, Illinois - John, William, Frank. James was born in Warren County near Kirkwood, Illinois.

We know they raised Anthony and his birth record shows he was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1872 and we think we found his dad Anthony, but we dont have any specific details connecting him to James.

jkane_77@yahoo.com

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Jeremy:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

Civil registration of births started in 1864 in Ireland so we rely on any existing pre-1864 church records. Unfortunately, many churches in the counties in Connaught province (Mayo. Galway, Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim) do not have available records back to 1838. I did search on the subscription site Roots Ireland and there are about ten James Kane/Kain/Cain baptismal records in the 1830s on their data base but since you do not have his parents names there is no way to confirm any of these records. I also looked for Anthony Kain/Kane and there was one record but there was no connection to the possible James Kain/Kane records.

You may want to add the emigration story (and picture) for James to our XO Chronicles site. https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-database

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Hi Roger,

Thank you very much for the information.  I will post this on the XO Chronicles.  I'm confident we will get the information but it's going to take a lot of time and energy.

Thanks,

Jeremy

 

jkane_77@yahoo.com

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