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Owen Tighe/Mary Grogan Family

Mayo

Hello!

Owen Tighe was my great-great grandfather. I believe he was born in the early 1800's. I have recently found information that he was the schoolmaster at Creevagh.His daughter Catherine (born 1852) married in 1872 and listed her father's work as "schoolmaster." I then found (on Ancestry) an old document that listed schools and their condition and location, Owen Tighe was listed at Creevagh.

Catherine Tighe (his daughter) married Peter Hegarty, son of William. I think they had three daughters. Elizabeth wound up in Chicago, I don't believe Catherine immigrated, and I am unsure about Peter.On the transcription of her marriage, it shows Catherine's residence as Beltra.I don't know if this is where Owen and Mary were living as well.

Catherine's siblings (James, Patrick, and Eleanor) came to Brooklyn.James was my great grandfather, married to Bridget Walsh or Welch. I cannot find any record of their marriage. They married in Ireland. James was born in 1850.

Patrick was a bit younger. He came with a wife, Julia. I do not know her last name or anything about their marriage.

Eleanor (Ellen) married Patrick Gunning, of Roscommon. Not sure if she married in U.S. or Ireland.

I am especially interested to find out about Owen and Mary, if possible.Also, the marriages of James and Julia.I know almost nothng about Bridget Walsh, my great-grandmother.

Owen and Mary married in 1849.

Any information about this family would be greatly appreciated!

Linda Miklich

Denver, Colorado

lmmiklich@gmail.com

4 replies

Linda:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I was unable to locate church or civil marriage records for James, Patrick or Eleanor so I presume they married in the States.

I found a likely civil death index record for Owen in 1875. Currently, www.irishgenealogy.ie has civil death record images starting in 1878. They plan to add the earlier images at some point likely this year or next and at that point you can view the record. In the interim, if you really want a copy of the record, you can write to the General Register Office and get a copy for around 4-5 euros plus postage. if you want to go this route, let mke know and I can provide the instructions.

NameOWEN TIGHEYear of Death1875Group Registration IDN/RSR District/Reg AreaKillalaDeceased Age at Death70Returns Year1875Returns Quarter1Returns Volume No4Returns Page No279

Unable to find a good civil death record for Mary Tighe.

You can add Catherine's story to our XO Chronicles site https://www.irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-dat…

You may also want to consider autosomal DNA testing.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Thank you so much for your quick reply.

I also came across a record for Owen Tighe (his death) and thought it could be a possible match. I would be happy to send away for it if I thought there would be any additional informatin--for instance: names of parents, address at time of death, place of birth. These are facts that are sometimes on death certificates in the U.S. What do you think? Will I learn anything to conclude this was indeed my relative?

I have taken 2 DNA tests--Ancestry and 23andme. Is there any way thee could be useful? The sad truth is that I have gotten very few "hits" on the Irish side.

I can find no record of James or Patrick marrying here, but I can find two women with matching children's names on passenger lists from Ireland--that is why I concluded they married in Ireland. Is there any further route to pursue?

Would it be possible to determine if there are any Tighes still in the area around Beltra?

I would be happy to post what little I know about Catherine. I know more about one of her daughters, who immigrated here and married a Thomas Kenny.

Thank you again.

Linda M

lmmiklich@gmail.com

Linda:

A death record would show: date of death, age of deceased (as provided by informant),where the deceased lived, cause of death, name of informant and usually the relationship of the informant to the deceased. Here is a page of death records. The fourth one down (Charles Phillips) was one of my great-great grandfathers.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_retu…

You may want to look into Gedmatch www.gedmatch.com ; Gedmatch is a volunteer run site where you can load your raw DNA data (from either Ancestry or 23 and Me) and see if you match someone who tested with another company (and also loaded their data to Gedmatch). It expands your matching pool. You may not match someone in Ireland but you may match someone in England, Canada, Australia etc who has more infomation on your Irish families.

Roger

 

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Where did Owen and Mary marry in 1849?  

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