Great-Grandfather Daniel O'Connor married my Great-Grandmother Catherine O'Callaghan. They had 3 daughtersthat I know of (Catherine, Anne & Bridget) who immigrated to Australia. Would appreciate any information on my great-grandparents back in Listowel and any other family members. Thankyou. Roz Parsons
Roz:
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When did the marriage occur? I'm looking at the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie and I located some possible baptismal records for the children but not in Listowel. Also, the Listowel records stop in 1855.
Roger McDonnell
Hi Roger, unfortunately I don't know when the marriage occurred, only that my grandmother was born on 9 February 1876 in Listowel as far as I know, and her sister Anne on 6 Nov 1867 in BallyLongford and her other sister Catherine around 1860. Apparently the 3 girls emigrated to Australia at some stage (I can't find in immigration lists) and am not sure whether they came together or separately. They all ended up in Broken Hill NSW and married there. I am interested in knowing what you have found. Thanks, Roz Parsons.
Roz:
Below are the three records I previously mentioned. They were found on the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie ; Maybe the 1861 Anne is the sister of Bridget. The same site has civil birth records starting in 1864. I looked for Anne 1864-1868 and did not find a record. However, if she was born in 1861 there would be no civil record. I looked at a number of Bridget Connor records in the 1870s in the Listowel registration district and did not find her birth record but you shouls also search and maybe you will find her record possibly in the 1860s.
Roger
Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - BALLYLONGFORD
Baptism of MICHAEL CONNOR of CORRIGANE on 9 May 1864
NameMICHAEL CONNORDate of Birth9 May 1864 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)AddressCORRIGANEFatherDANIEL CONNORMotherCATHERINE CALLAGHAN
Sponsor 1DELIA EDGEWORTHSponsor 2NR NRPriestREV.W.BRICK
Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - BALLYLONGFORD
Baptism of ANN CONNOR of CARRIGANE on 10 November 1861
NameANN CONNORDate of Birth10 November 1861 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)AddressCARRIGANEFatherDANIEL CONNORMotherCATHERINE CALLAGHAN
Sponsor 1ELLEN WRENSponsor 2NR NRPriestREV.W.BRICK
Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - BALLYLONGFORD
Baptism of MARY CONNOR of NR on 1 May 1848 (ASSUMED)
NameMARY CONNORDate of Birth1 May 1848 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)AddressNRFatherDANIEL CONNORMotherCATHERINE CALLAGHAN
Sponsor 1MICHAEL CONNORSponsor 2MARGARET DENIHANPriestREV.D.MCMAHON
A very belated thankyou for your information Roger. I am only just getting back into researching and came across this reply from you 18 months ago. Anne's date of birth is definitely 6 November 1867 and Bridget was definitely born on 9 February 1876. We think Catherine's was around 1860 but don't have a definite date for her. Unfortunately all my follow-ups haven't produced anymore information.
Regards,
Roz
Roz:
Thank you for your note! Let us know if we can help further. All the best!
Roger