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Looking for Information on Peter William Kennedy Glenmore County Kilkenney

Hi,

Looking for Information on my Great great grandfather Peter William Kennedy.

Parents, records of birth etc. 

I have hit a dead end on Ancestry and other sites. I was always told they were from the Waterford area.

I have birth date as 19 Oct 1851 in Rathinure, Glenmore, County Kilkenny, Ireland

His Death date is 20 Oct 1945 In Oak Park IL

His wifes name was Annie G. Pope. They were married  25 Oct 1892 in Chicago.

They had 7 children: James J, Francis G, Emma, Emmett E, (not sure if Emma and Emmett are the same person, the infomation I have is confusing), William Peter (my grandfather - though he  went by Peter William), Raymond J and Mary Lorraine.

Thank you.

 

 

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BK1962:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

The subscription site Roots Ireland has an October 19th 1852 baptismal record for a Peter Kennedy in the Glenmore RC church in Co. Kilkenny. Parents were Peter Kennedy and Brid Walsh. Sponsors were John Kennedy and Ellen Kennedy. The family lived in Raheenmere which is not an offical townland so I'm wondering if it was Rathinure which is in Kilcolumb civil parish.

Peter had at least nine siblings James 1841 Margaret 1842 Thomas 1845 Mary 1846 Honor 1851 Bridget 1854 Judith 1855 Catherine 1857 John 1860

The parents were married February 26 1840 in the RC parish of Mooncoin. Both were living in Ballatarsna

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

BK1962:

The 1901 census for Rathinure townland has four Kennedy families. Not sure how they all connect.

This record http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kilkenny/Kilcolumb/Rathinure/1457183/   is likely for the Thomas born in 1845.

Civil death records are available on the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie ; Actual images are available start in 1878 and index records are available from 1864-1877. There are a few possible records for Peter and Bridget Kennedy but I'm not sure if they are for your ancestors. 

The family lived on the border with Co. Waterford which explains why you had heard about Waterford.

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Roger

Thank your for the information. This helps me.

When I went on Irish Geneology I couldn't seem to find any Peter Kennedy's in the time frame I  was looking for.

But I didn't have the town or county info that you gave me.

Appreciate it a lot.

Bryan

 

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