O'Shea family Lishenpower / Russell Family Clonmel
Hello,
I have several questions not necessarily related to documentattion and would appreciate any insight on a few items which seem like mysteries.
I have been researching my Great grandfather's family. He was Patrick O'Shea bapt 27 Jul 1870 Lodge parents Henry Shea and Bridget Maher (Frehans) Married 10 Feb 1859 and had 14 siblings. Shortly after Patrick's birth it appears they moved to Henry's father James home in Lisheenpower. According to the Griffiths valuations it appears to be a neighboring farm. I have not been able to determine what they farmed. Animals, Food or crops for animals. Farm is still in existance in same family. Can you advise how I would address a letter to the family if that would be appropriate?
I am wondering how I can search land records to see when the farms were purchased. I remember reading that when the owner of Cahir Castle went bankrupt that many of the tenants purchased their farms but I have lost those notes.
James O'Shea, Bridget & Henry O'Shea and James Maher are buried at Ballybacon cathloic Church Graveyard and have pictures of the stones and transcriptions. Are memorial stones or gravestones always marking where the person is buried? I ask this as sometimes when they say "In memory of" to me that means they may be buried elsewhere but this is the place of memorialization?
Patrick moved to Clonmel by 1900 and in 1901 he opened a pub at 76 Joyces Lane in Irishtown with a partner or co owner J Belshaw who appears to also own a grocers across the street. He marries Esther Eliz. Mulcahy Russell in Jan 1902 and my great aunt is born in Nov of 1902. She is bapt Bridget but is called Margaret. Patrick appears in cort several times according to Find my Past. One notable for opening the pub on a Sunday. The others for nonpayment of burough taxes as well as non payment for the gas to run the taps.
He moves to Peabody Mass USA in June of 1904, Esther, Bridget and Margaret Russell join him in Oct of 1904. I found a shipping list for all of them Esther is on two and it appears she doesn't make the first ship The Republic where it is noted she has $25. The following week she sails on The Cymric and has $65.00. He told my mother he owned both a pub and a farm but could never go home again and exhibited fear when saying this. My mother found a letter and my grandmother destroyed it telling my mother she was afraid they would take her father away. I cannot find anything that terrifing. Can you help me with this?
I can also not find any evidence of him owning a farm in Clonmel.
This is my first post so my apologies if I am doing this incorrectly. The post I have seen have requests where little is known. I do have records mostly through Roots Ireland.
Thank you,
Ryann Flynn