I'm related to Clan Lynch on my maternal side. My great grandmother was named Margaret "Maggie" Lynch (1864- c. 1934). She emigrated to Connecticut (USA) around 1880. I'm pretty sure Clan Lynch is mainly from County Kerry, and as far as I can tell, they may be on Valentia Island
Mark:
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This site https://www.swilson.info/sdist.php operated by one of our volunteers shows where surnames were found in the mid-19th century based on Griffiths Valuation data. Although there were a lot of Lynch households in Co. Kerry, there were actually more in Co. Cork and Co. Cavan.
I also searched on the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie ; and the only Margaret Lynch baptismal record on Valentia Island was the 1862 record below. Do you know the names of Margaret's parents? Any siblings?
Roger McDonnell
Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - VALENTIA
Baptism of MARGARET LYNCH of DOUGHILLA on 16 February 1862
NameMARGARET LYNCHDate of Birth16 February 1862 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)AddressDOUGHILLAFatherJOHN LYNCHMotherMARY DONOHUE
Sponsor 1MICHAEL SHEASponsor 1 AddressNRSponsor 2JOHANNA CURRANSponsor 2 AddressNRPriestNR
Thanks very much for this info. I have no info on my maternal great grandmother Maggie beyond knowing that she emigrated to CT around 1880, and married James Bagley (from Killorglin, County Kerry) in 1884. I thought she might also be from Kerry, emmigrating from the same area as her future spouse, but I really don't know.
Mark:
If they were living in New Haven, I think I located them on the 1900 census. James last name was Bagley and he emigrated in 1879. Margaret came over in 1880 as you indicated. They were amrried in 1883 and had six living children in 1900: Mary Jennie Katie James Margaret Gertrude.
I then found this citation on Ancestry.
James J. Bagley was born in Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland, in June of 1862, to Michael (1832-1936) and Margaret (McCrohan) Begley (1838-1934). He emigrated to Connecticut in 1879, and married Margaret Lynch (1864-c. 1939) in 1884.
Although he was born with the surname, Begley, for unknown reasons, possibly at the time he entered the U.S., James Begley's surname was changed to Bagley. He and all his descendants used the name Bagley, while the rest of his extended family, including many who emigrated to the U.S., continued to use the name Begley.
Oscar-winning American actor Ed Begley, Sr. (1901-1970), was James Bagley's nephew.
James and Margaret Bagley lived in Waterbury and New Haven, CT, and later in Boston. They had eight children: five daughters - Jane "Jennie" (1886-1966); Mary Katherine "Katie" (1888-1971), Catherine (b.1893), Margaret (1895-1974) and Gertrude (1898-1909); and three sons - James (1892-1937), Joseph (1901-1978) and Francis "Bunny" (1903-1980).
Mr. Bagley worked in the construction business (as a stone mason), and moved his family to Boston sometime around 1900, in search of work. He was employed with a number of construction projects around the city, including the famous Little Building, at the corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets, which was built in 1917.
James Bagley died suddenly, on June 7, 1918, in Miami, FL, at age 56. He was preceded in death by daughter, Gertrude, and was survived by his wife and remaining seven children.
Roger
Thanks again very much for the info. I have all this info on my great grandfather, James J. Bagley. I don't have nearly as much on his wife (my great grandmother), Margaret (Lynch) Bagley. As you point out, the census has a lot on what became of James and Margaret Bagley, once they got to New Haven and got married. It's been difficult tracing Margaret back to the exact place she came from in Ireland. The census info, birth/death and marriage records I've seen, only say that she came from "Ireland." No county or city.