Looking for my Ancestral Home Name is Power

If you go to RootsIreland, you can see a baptism for John Power in July 1855; parents John and "Ally" (Elly) Hagen ini Tinniscully, Co. Kilkenny.

You may already be aware of them, but there are records for what appears to be your family in the Family Search database [https://www.familysearch.org]. ; If you create a (free) account there, you can find John Power(s) under ID number LRH8-YT2, and can access the records for the others easily through that record, as you will see.  John is  shown as being baptized 8 April 1861 and as having died 9 Feb 1902 in NY.  His parents' names are as you stated, and his sister Mary is listed, along with her husband, John Hetherington, and another sister, named Catharine.  No brothers are listed, but the creator of those records may not have known about them.

John and his siblings are shown as being baptized in in the "Diocese of Ossory and Ferns and Leighlin, Leinster".  That covers several counties, including Wexford and Kilkenny (mentioned above), but the info given is not more specific, and It's not clear where the creator of  the record got the baptismal info. 

Due to the structure of the database at Family Search, duplicate and conflicting records sometimes get created, though there is a process for reconciling and merging them as needed.  Something is apparently wrong with the records for the Powers family.  John (senior) is shown as being born in Newfoundland, which seems unlikely unless he was a fisherman, since many Irish settled there.  He is also shown as having been married two or three times.  Perhaps someone from another Power(s) family has gotten the records confused..  Also, Catharine and Mary are shown as both being born in 1864, only a couple of months apart.  In each record, at the right hand side of the record you can see the screen names of those who have created or modified the record, and can send them private messages, so you might be able to get more info by contacting them and clarify things (and perhaps also locate some relatives that way).

In case Tinnascolly (mentioned above) is the right townland, you can see more info about it here (note that it is in Kilkenny, but just across the river from Wexford):

https://www.townlands.ie/kilkenny/ida/the-rower/the-rower/tinnascolly/

The Catholic parish there is Inistioge, and the parish records which are available online can be found here:

https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0980

Since you have some dates to try checking, you may want to look there.  The records go back as far as 1810.  The further links and interactive maps at each of those sites will also allow you to look around in nearby areas.

Thank you so much. I will work on this later today. I do have an account on Family Search so i will focus on that. I'll let you know. This would be great and help us visit later this year!

Dennis

Is any of your Power family shown as living in New York? I have a short family history that includes a Edmond born in 1910, father Michael Powers married to Margaret Quinlan.

Yes, my Power family all settled in NYC beginning in the 1880's. The names you mention i have not heard before however. 

Dennis

This is for Patricia. Thank you so much. This is the first time in all these years the Ellen (Elly) Hagen name has actually shown up. The area in Kilkenny sounds correct also. The only issue is the year. 1955 would make my Great Grandfather's age inconsistent with the information on the US census and his death certificate but I have learned over the years to not always believe that data. So i will focus on these names and information. I also subscribe to "Follow my Past" which sometimes provides some excellent information if I am lucky.

Thank YOu 

Dennis

Thank you to kevin45sfl. Some of the Family Search information you suggest is from me and some is not. I will go back and focus again as I began yesterday. Yes, the Newfoundland information cannot be accurate as you suggest. As you can see I have a good amount of information but when I head back to Ireland things fall apart and I do understand the situation with historical records.  So, i will focus on correcting and updating this information over the next few days. I want to thank you for taking the time and doing this research. 

Dennis

I'm not sure it this helps but using Patricia and Kevins information, I have tried to adjust the document from 1855 as best i could. I have attached it. I see John Power twice and Hagan. Not positive about the Ally/Elly. Your thoughts?  I see the town name. Are the sponsors what is written on line two?

Hi Dennis,

I think you are wise not to place too much emphasis on the age you saw in the census record. Try to look at all records, including his children's birth records--what age did he give there? and on his marriage record?

I often think that death records can have so much inaccurate info that the only thing you can be sure about is that the person is dead.

Good luck,

Patricia

Thank you. I am digging into all the information. Should have it all put together shortly.