John Thomas Clarke
Searching for family of John Thomas Clarke b. abt 1823-25 in Carrowntleva, Bohola Parrish, County Mayo. He came to New York in late 1840s and married into the Scanlan family.
katie0450@cent…
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Katie:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
The RC baptismal records for Bohola parish do not start until 1857. So if John Thomas was baptized in that parish, no record would exist.
The 1856 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Bohola civil parish https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/mayo/bohola.php shows many Clarke records including four in Carrowntleva: John, Patrick, Thomas and Walter.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer
Thanks Roger. We kind of had this but we thought since his middle name was Thomas we'd go for that for his father. Any type of church or census records?
Thanks for any information.
katie0450@cent…
Katie:
Census records start in 1901 and church records start in 1857.
Roger
Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer
Any other records possibly? He married into a Scanla(o)n family in Durhamville, NY. Where there any Scanlons in that region?
Thanks for your patience in helping me.
Katie
katie0450@cent…
Katie:
If you go to the Griffiths Valuation link that I provided above, you will see two Scanlan listings in Bohola civil parish. They both lived in Carrowcastle townland.
When did John Thomas die and does his death record show any info on his parents?
Roger
Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer
I know he died of consumption in NY. His father in law wa Patrick Scanlon and mother in law Mary Mulroy. Patrick and Mary came to NY from Ireland in the early 1800s to work on the Erie Canal.
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