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John Heaney, born 24 Jun 1809 in Leitrim, Ireland

Greetings! I discovered through a local newspaper article dated in 1880, that my gg grandfather, John Heaney, was from Leitrim, Ireland and that he emigrated to Auburn, New York in early June of 1830. He was a farmer in Auburn, NY and died with a great deal of property (the newspaper article indicated he had$80K worth of assets in 1880). I will guess that his father's name was James in accordance with the traditional way of naming first born sons but I have no record to verify this.

I'm at the beginning stage of researching the Ireland history of John Heaney and I hope to find great help here!

Thanks!

Kathleen Heagney

(Funny story, my dad's family name was Hagney (later changed to Heagney) and my mother's mother's name was Heaney. The Hagney'sare from County Tipperary, Parish Emly.)

KathleenHeagney

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Kathleen:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

Unfortunately, there are no RC records in Co. Leitrim that go back to 1809. I searched on the subscription site Roots Ireland and the earliest John Heaney baptismal record was in 1843.

In looking at the 1857 Griffiths Valuation head of household listings for Co. Leitrim, the Heaneys appear to be located in the southern part of Co. Leitrim in Fenagh, Cloone and Mohill parish.

Let me know what questions you have.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Hello Roger, So sad to hear that there may not be any records for John Heaney from Leitrim and born in 1809 (give or take I suppose) as it is my understanding he immigrated to NY on 3 June 1830.  I have found something that may be an indication of his Parish; however, it is difficult to read and I'm not positive that this record belongs to his family.  It appears I can upload a document so I will try that and perhaps you will be able to help me figure out the Parish.  I am not certain this is referring to John Heaney as the applicant's father, but I am making a guess that it might be.

Cheers!

Kathleen Heagney

 

 

KathleenHeagney

Kathleen:

The spelling appears to be Balancan or Balanan which does not match a parish or townland name in Co. Leitrim. If you have a different translation of what is written let me know and I will see if I can find a match.

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Hello again, thanks for your help.  It was suggested that perhaps it states " Ballinamore."  What do you think?  

 

Thanks.

Kathleen

KathleenHeagney

Kathleen:

Ballinamore is possible. Ballinamore is in Oughteragh civil parish. I looked at the 1857 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Oughteragh parish but there were no Heany/Heaneys listed https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/leitrim/oughterragh.htm

I went further back to the Tithe listings for Co. Leitrim from 1833-1834 and found one Heaney record http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=heaney&firstname=&county=Leitrim&parish=&townland=&search=Search  and five Heany records  http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=heany&firstname=&county=Leitrim&parish=&townland=&search=Search  They are spread out in various parishes.

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

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