Johanna Reidy

Hi Jean,

Your post peaked my interest as I too have a Joanna Reidy in my tree, but born later in 1838 in Tralee, County Kerry. I looked on the RootsIreland.ie (paid site) and found Michael's Baptism date of 2 Sep 1832 in Castleisland, and yes, his parents are listed as Cornelius Reidy and Joanna Reidy. It also says their address is Fahaduffe.  There were no birth records on the site for Cornelius nor Joanna because they are too early..the dates.  You can also check out the Irishgenealogy.ie (free) for more information on Kerry in their Church Records tab on the site.

I have not been able to find any siblings of Bartholomew Reidy who is the father of my Joanna, but perhaps "your" Joanna and he were siblings!

 

Carolyn Toohey

Correction to above post.....Cornelius NOLAN, not Reidy.

Caroly,

Thank you for your post.  I do believe that Johanna Reidy and Cornelius Nolan are my Michael Nolan's parents and I did locate Michael's Baptism record but haven't found anything else to connect him to Johanna and Cornelius.  I believe he came to New Orleans in early to mid 1850s as he married Deborah White in New Orleans on 14 Febr1858.   I think he may also have had a brother, Thomas, but I have not found a Baptism record for him.  I believe that he also came to New Orleans because there was a Thomas Nolan who was a witness at Michael and Deborah's wedding.  Unfortunately, neither their marriage license nor marriage recordation listed his parent's names.

I have never seen the address "Fahaduffe".  I guess that would be the name of the Townland?

I guess it could be possible that my Johanna and your Bartholomew Reidy wwere siblings. Unfortunately, we will probably never be able to find out because of the shortage of records the early 1800s and prior to that time.  

If I come across any information on Bartholomew Reidy, I'll pass it on to you.

Thanks,

Jean O. Turner 

 

Jean,

Yes, Fahaduff(e) is the townland, in the Barony of Trughanacmy, the Civil Parish of Castleisland, and Poor Law Union of Tralee.

Carolyn

Jean,

I found a brother for Michael. The Church Baptisms on the Roots Ireland site show a Denis Nolan baptized on 22 Sep 1823, Castleisland, Co. Kerry. Parents are Cornelius and Johanna. The sponsors are Cornelius Horan and Honora Nolan. Their townland is shown as Leamidoody in the record. I did not locate a brother Thomas.

Carolyn

 

Carolyn,

Thank you!

Jean

Hi Jean,

I too found the information on Michael and Denis but could find no record of any other siblings or further information on the parents, Johanna and Cornelius. I checked the 1901 Census and found no Nolans or Reidys living in Fahaduff or Leamidoody at that time. However, there were some in nearby townlands - Tooreenard and Dooneen. I then turned to the land records and found no listing for either family in Fahaduff or Leamidoody in Griffith's Valuation of around 1850. However, on searching the Tithe Applotment records of 1827 I found a number of Nolans in Fahaduff - John, Darby (Jeremiah), Pat and Dan, but no Cornelius http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/reels/tab//004587414/00….

It's likely that they lived in Leamidoody first and then moved to Fahaduff. They were probably related to the other Nolans already living there. These two townlands, though in different Civil Parishes - Leamydoody in Ballincuslane and Fahaduff in Castleisland, are quite close geographically. You can check the locations on this site http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlker/civparlist.html.

Hope this helps,

Joan Holland