Ireland XO
Back to Message Board

Patrick Gibbons from The Neale?

Mayo

My wife's 2x great-grandfather Patrick Gibbons appears in Washington County, New York State, in 1863. His 1901 death certificate states his parents were William and Julia, but gives no place of origin in Ireland. An Irish researcher told me that he was likely from The Neale in Mayo, but had no documentation for this assertion. Patrick supposedly had a brother who went to England while their father remarried. Various New York census records list his approximate birth year as anywhere from 1833 to 1841. Does any of this very sparse information lead anywhere? Any information appreciated.

vonstudnitz@sb…

3 replies

G. V. Studnitz:

If your researcher is correct about the parish for Patrick Gibbons, no baptismal record will be available since the records for that parish start in 1870. There are a number of RC parishes in the west of Mayo and Galway which start much later than the 1830s.

I searched the subscription site Roots Ireland and found one family that I would consider a lead. The parents were William Gibbons and Julia Brogan and there parish was Balla which is about three parishes north of the Neale. Unfortunately, the records for this parish start in 1837 and the children I located of the aforementioned couple were: Bridget 1839 (she likely died in young) Michael 1840 Mary 1843 and the second Bridget in 1846, They lived in Lakeland townland in Manulla civil parish. Possibly Patrick was an older brother and baptized before records start in that parish.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Hi,

Records for the Ballinrobe area of Co. Mayo have a William Gibbons in Roxboro (Roxborough) - Petty Sessions - Ballinrobe January 22nd 1855, William Gibbons, leasing House & Land from Col. Charles Knox in the townland of Roxborough, Civil parish of Ballinrobe and Barony of Kilmaine 1857 - Griffith's Valuations - www.askaboutireland.ie

William Gibbons, Ballyernmore (Possibly - Partry) - Ballinrobe Petty Sessions August 11th 1863, William Gibbons, Cloonlagheen, Barony of Carra, Civil parish of Ballyovey, Union of Ballinrobe - purchase of dog licence in Ballinrobe 1868.

Credits: www.findmypast.ie

Regards,

McCoy

Thanks to Roger McDonnell and McCoy for their assistance in my search for Patrick Gibbons and his antecedents, I appreciate the help, and hope for good results.

vonstudnitz@sb…

Reply

Reply
One image file up to 2 MB.