I am looking for information on the Conboy family, Catherine Conboy came to America as a child around 1880. there were a few other children with them, Patrick, Mary, Anna and a baby, Frank. Parents names were Catherine and John Conboy. I can't seem to get much further than this in my research. There are references to Fenagh, and Molehill in family stories.
Any Help would be appreciated
There are civil birth records at irishgenealogy.ie.
At rootsireland, there are records for the abovenamed children, including Francis, as below. They lived in Fenagh in Co. Leitrim.
Name:Francis Conboy
Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism:29-May-1879
Address:FenaghParish/District:FENAGH ROMAN CATHOLIC
Gender:Male
CountyCo. Leitrim
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:John Conboy
Mother:Catherine Donnelly
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:
Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:
Notes:
Marriage record, from rootsireland.ie:
Date of Marriage:16-Sep-1869
Parish / District:ROWAN CIVIL REGISTRATION DISTRICT
County:Co. Leitrim
HusbandWife
Name:JohnConboy CatherineDonnelly
Address:Fenagh Glostermin
Denomination:Not RecordedNot Recorded
Occupation:SHOPKEEPER HOUSEKEEPER
Age:Full Age (Over 21) Full Age (Over 21)
Status:Bachelor (Previously unmarried)Spinster (Previously unmarried)
Husband's Father Wife's Father
Name:PatrickConboy PatrickDonnelly
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation:FARMER COOPER
Husband's Mother Wife's Mother
Name:
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation:
Witness 1Witness 2
Name:OwenOneil MargaretDonnelly
Address:
Notes:
MARRIED IN FOXFIELD RC CHURCH
I see that Catherine Donnelly came from Glasdrumman, parish of Fenagh, and that there was a Patrick Conboy farming there in Griffiths Valuation (1857). So I suspect that may be John’s father. Patrick Conboy farmed plot 2 and Patrick Donnelly farmed plot 8, so John married the girl next door, as so often happened. Actually the 2 properties look to be about 500 yards apart. Either side of the modern R202.
Griffith's Valuation (askaboutireland.ie)
Incidentally Molehill is likely Mohill, the local registration district.