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Jeremiah Casey born in Co. Limerick about 1829

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I am looking for the parents of my Great-great grandfather Jeremiah Casey.  The only thing I know is that he was born in County Limerick.  That information comes from his death certificate.  He died in Chicago, 1902.  He was married to Margaret Meade of County Clare. I don't know if they were married in Ireland or in the US.  There was a Margaret Meade and Jeremiah Casey who were married in Baltimore, but this is not them.  They stayed in Baltimore.  They had children, Timothy born about 1851, John born about 1853, Patrick b. 1856, Mary about 1860, Margaret born about 1863 and Daniel born in 1870.  All of those dates come from the 1870 census all of the Children except Daniel were born in Virgina, Daniel was born in Chicago, IL. 

I thought possibly Jeremiah's father might have been Timothy because of the naming order.  I haven't been able to find anything at Ancestry, Family Search.or any of the Irish sites that I know about.  I'll be so thankful for any help.  --Gail

 

Gail Henry

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Gail:

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I checked the subscription site Roots Ireland and there were no Jeremiah Casey baptismal records around 1829 in Co. Limerick. There was a record in 1819 and then the next record was in 1858. There are a good number of RC parishes in Co. Limerick which have records starting later than 1829 so perhaps he was baptized in one of those parishes. No marriage record to a Margaret Meade either.

You may want to add Jeremiah's emigration story to our XO Chronicles site. https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-database

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Thank you for looking, Roger.  Jeremy may be destined to remain a brick wall.

Gail Henry

Hello there Gail, I was just looking thu' your request for info on Jeremiah Casey as I have another query for Maurice Casey from the Limerick area - I thought that maybe there was/is a connection: however records are being updated daily and there is well over 70 port records for a Jeremiah in Limerick; many court appearances too. However I have found a marriage and the only one with the surname Meade but it is Catherine and not Margaret - the marriage was dated February 1856 which would make him about 27 years. Also there is three transport entries for the name all going from Liverpool (that was the area for the Americas)) you might like to check them out to see if he was travelling as a single person or married, this might help you.

Kilmallock is -a townland in Limerick, you might find some luck there in your search if you go to Griffiths valuations. also if you check with Roots.ie or the National Library of Ireland, they have some invaluable information and again, they are updating almost daily.

Take care not to go by the first born boy's name as often, that would have been the grandfather rather than the father. If you read thru' the pages of IrelandXo, there is a good explanation of the name procedure

I wish you the very best in your search, do let us know how you get on, we are always interested

Jennifer Jean

Volunteer - killeedy1@irelandxo.com 

Killeedy1 LimerickIrelandXO Volunteer

I am just finding this now.  Thank you for your work and for this information, Jennifer Jean.

 

Gail Henry

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