John McKenna and Honora (Norah) Ahern- Ballygologue, near Listowel, Kerry. Cannot find marriage or daughter Mary and maybe another daughter.
Maureen & Ken
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Maureen and Ken:
Can you provide a timeframe for the marriage? I looked on www.irishgenealogy.ie both church and civil records and did not see a record.
I checked the 1901 census for Ballygowloge townland and there were no McKenna families.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer
Children for John and Honora McKenna - Mary (?); Ellen born 1852 and Margaret 1856 in Listowel.
On death certificate for John (1894) it said he was married with 2 females alive and 2 deceased. Ellen died in Queensland in 1886. It said he was married to Honora Ahern at age 22 at Listowel. (He died at age 81 years. We worked out he was married about 1835 but not sure about that. They emigrated to Queensland in 1881. We are not sure about Norah (Honora) - could have died about 1887.
Maureen & Ken
Maureen and Ken:
Unfortunately, there are gaps in records for Listowel RC parish https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0678 ; It appears there are no marriage records for Listowel from May 1838 to June 1856. The baptismal records stop at July 1855 (at least on this register).
I searched the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie (Church records) but did not find a baptismal record for Mary McKenna or Ellen McKenna or any other child. You may want to scan the Listowel register possibly when the records were transcribed, your records were missed due to illegibility.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer