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Mary Larke

Mary Larke would be my great-great grandmother. She would be born around 1819 and died at 61 years old in 1880 andher death was supposedly registered at Mountmellick, Laois. I know that her husband was William Larke. She had a son, Robert and another son, Thomas Larke, my great-grandfather who immigrated to the United States, New York City around 1870. Thomas was a plasterer who died at 40 years old on March 18, 1892. Thomas said that he came from county Cork. I see that there were quite a few Larkes in county Laois so I'm questioning county Cork as Thomas's birth place. I asked for a phocopy of Mary Larke's death in the first quarter of 1880 at Mountmellick and what came back surprised me. It said she was a spinster who died at Maryborough asylum. Would anyone have information on this Larke family ? I'm not even sure in which parish or county to place this family.

bedjer@videotron.ca

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Hi Suhum . . . 

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out  . . . 

Your query is complex . . and answers are equally complex . . . 

I am not the local Mountmellick Volunteer . . of I.R.O. . . but I will try and bring that individual into the picture . . 

 

Question . . . have you considered that there have been a misspelling of the Surname . . in passing thru. Ellis Island ??

A quick search . . of the name given by you . . . on Roots.ie . . . it throws up the following

 

Church Baptism Record

Name:William ClarkeDate of Birth:  Date of Baptism:01-Jul-1818Address:Parish/District:MOUNTMELLICKGender:MaleCountyCo. LaoisDenomination:Roman CatholicFather:Hyacinth ClarkeMother:"n/r" "n/r"Occupation:Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:
Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:
Notes:

Eamonn M. HoranIrelandXO Volunteer

 

Contact 

 Kevin Byrne  . . . 

mountmellick@irelandxo.com

Put your query directly to Kevin . . He may be able to assist . .  

 

Cheers

Eamonn M. HoranIrelandXO Volunteer

Thanks, Eamonn  for your kind reply.  This site sounds so friendly and helpful!  I definitely know that the family name is LARKE though I suppose some people could spell it without the E.  But it is not Clark.  Thanks for the reference to Kevin !  I'll email him.

 

 

bedjer@videotron.ca

Hi Suhum  . . . 

There are 'scraps' of Census in 1841/1851 . . which I searched for that surname . . in Queens County ( i.e. Laoise )

but . . there were no hits . . . 

So I moved on to the next ' full' National Census . . of 1901 . . 

and . . yes . . that name is there . . as follows . . . 

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=19…

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in 1911 Census . . . they appear as follows . . . . 

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SurnameForenameTownland/StreetDEDCountyAgeSexLarkeMary AnneCuffsboroughCuffsboroughQueen's Co.62FLarkeRebeccaKillinureJamestownQueen's Co.13FLarkeLizzieClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.17FLarkeJohnClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.15MLarkeThomasBorraghaunRathsaranQueen's Co.68MLarkeJamesCuffsboroughCuffsboroughQueen's Co.70MLarkeEmily FClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.7FLarkeGeorgeKillinureJamestownQueen's Co.22MLarkeJaneKillinureJamestownQueen's Co.20FLarkeJohnClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.51MLarkeMargaretClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.48FLarkeLillieKillinureJamestownQueen's Co.17FLarkeCarolineClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.13FLarkeSara AnneCuffsboroughCuffsboroughQueen's Co.22FLarkeElizabethKillinureJamestownQueen's Co.45FLarkeMary JClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.19FLarkeMichaelKillinureJamestownQueen's Co.50MLarkeRichardOldtownRathsaranQueen's Co.79M

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I'm guessing . . that this has to be family relations of your search . . . 

I'm also guessing . . that they have been " farming " lands in this area for a century . . 

Their religion would be " Church of Ireland " . . . and mostly inter-related . . . 

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http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=19…

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SurnameForenameTownland/StreetDEDCountyAgeSexLarkeGeorgeKillinureJamestownQueen's Co.28MLarkeMary AnneCuffsboroughCuffsboroughQueen's Co.74FLarkeElizabethKillinureJamestownQueen's Co.24FLarkeRebecca FrancesKillinureJamestownQueen's Co.21FLarkeMary JaneClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.29FLarkeEmily FClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.17FLarkeThomasBorraghaunRathsaranQueen's Co.78MLarkeElizabethKillinureJamestownQueen's Co.56FLarkeMichaelKillinureJamestownQueen's Co.60MLarkeJohnClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.69MLarkeJohnClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.25MLarkeCarolineClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.22FLarkeMargaretClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.65FLarkeElizabethClonannyKilmullenQueen's Co.27F

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I'm also guessing . . that their families continue to farm those lands up to now . . . 

and that . . . hopefully . . the Mountmellick Volunteer . . may be able to put you in contact with them 

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One listing in the phone book . . as follows . . . 

https://www.eirphonebook.ie/q/name/where/County%20Laois/who/Larke/?cust…

County Laois and nearby

 

 

 

 

Larke Patrick Haulage Limited 

Killinure Ballybrittas Portlaoise Co. Laois

(045)529735      International dialling that would become . . +35345529735

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Cheers . .. Eamonn.

 

 

 

Eamonn M. HoranIrelandXO Volunteer

Thanks Eamonn for that research.  I forgot to mention that my Larke family was catholic.  So I went through the censuses available for all years in all counties and jotted down the catholic Larkes.  No names correspond (Thomas, Mary, William, Robert) but it's a beginning.  I'll try and search the towns mentioned.

 

bedjer@videotron.ca

Hi . . . 

 

Have you tried the Mountmellick volunteer  ????

Eamonn M. HoranIrelandXO Volunteer

 

Hi Eamonn, 

Is the Mountmellick volunteer Kevin Byrne?  If so, I already emailed him and have had no reply so far.  If not, how do I reach this volunteer? 

Thanks, 

Susie.

 

 

 

 

bedjer@videotron.ca

Hi I have a great grandmother born in Queens County Mary Larke married an Edward Bradish born 1862  the marraige cert I have in front of me  right now says Attananagh Cuffborugh Queens County father James Larke listed as Farmer also  there is still some  in area of Larkes  but many emigrated she had 8 children my grandfather was the 2nd son Jmes Thomas Bradish

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