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Malloy (Maloy, Molloy, Mulloy) 1850s from County Mayo to Chester, Delaware County, PA

I recently took a chunk out of a brick wall. I discovered that Bernard Maloy (Malloy, Mulloy, Molloy) was born in County Mayo. Id love to discover from which town in County Mayo he came. Please contact me if you can help or if you have info about the families below. Thank you!

Bernard Maloy

Born 1832 County Mayo, Ireland

Migrated from Liverpool to US, arrived Philadelphia on or about May 1, 1851

Bernard married Esther Smith January 24, 1858 St Michaels RC Church, Chester, Delaware County, PA. Esther was born Ireland February 5, 1831. Her father was Patrick Smith. Esther died April 26, 1917 Chester, Delaware County, PA.

Bernard died January 1880 Chester, Delaware County, PA

Possible siblings of Bernard who also settled in Chester, PA (they were marriage witnesses, baptism sponsors for each others children, and neighbors):

Bridget Maloy, born Ireland ca 1821

Bridget married Michael McLaughlin June 7, 1853 St Michaels RC Church, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Anna Maloy, born Ireland ca 1835

Anna married James Mellon September 23, 1855 St Michaels RC Church, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Catherine (Kate) Maloy, born Ireland ca 1836

Kate married Richard Himsworth February 15, 1857 St Michaels RC Church, Chester, Delaware county, PA

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Liz:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I searched on Roots Ireland and they did not have any Bernard Malloy (or variant spellings) baptismal records around 1830. Many of the Mayo RC churches do not have records back to 1830. I also looked on the 1856 Griffiths Valuation head of household listings for Co. Mayo just to see if there was an area in Mayo where the Malloys tended to be located and unfortunately the surname is very common in Mayo and there were 195 records in many parishes in the county. The most common spelling of the surname was Molloy.

Have you had a DNA test? If not, you may want to consider a test. Possibly you will match someone who has Malloy connections and has more info on where in Mayo they were from.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Thank you, Roger. I appreciate your quick reply. I have tested with FamilyTree DNA and am hopeful that I will connect with someone who knows more about the family’s roots in Mayo.

I should have mentioned this in my first message - Bernard Malloy and Esther Smith had seven sons (Patrick, Terence, Matthew, Michael, Joseph, Bernard, John). It seems to me that Terence is the least common name, so I searched for it in the Tithe Applotment Books and Griffith’s Valuation. There is one Terence Malloy in Mayo, specifically Kinnaff, Kilconduff. Assuming Terence is a Malloy family name, rather than a Smith family name, this may be a clue. It could also be a coincidence but I’m throwing it out there in case anyone has a connection.

 

 

 

genhist@verizon.net

Liz:

If you add your raw DNA data from Family Tree DNA to Gedmatch  www.gedmatch.com  you can see if you match someone who tested their DNA with Ancestry and also loaded their data to Gedmatch.

Also, baptismal records for Kilconduff/Swinford RC parish start in 1822 (gap June 1826-April 1841) and marriages in 1808

http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0133

Roger

 

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Hello Liz:  Although your Bridget does not match my Bridget Mulloy, maybe there is a connection?  My Bridget was born sometime prior to her marriage in Feb of 1835 to Dominick Roach in Killedan, County Mayo, Ireland.  She must of had a brother or other relative named Patrick since he witnessed the wedding.  There was also a Mary Mulloy.

That is all I have on the Mulloy side; not much---and I do not think she left Ireland.

Their son James Roach, born in July of 1842 was my great grandfather.  He came to the USA with his sister Bridget when he was in his 20s.

Jean

J M Roach

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