Searching for information about ancestors from County Westmeath

Kaprov:

John died December 15th 1899. See third record at the link. https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1899/05779/4633854.pdf

Here is the 1907 death record for Bridget. Last record at the link https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1907/05538/4552463.pdf

Roger McDonnell

Kaprov:

John and Bridget had at least eight children based on the data from the subscription site Roots Ireland. Patrick 1852 James 1854 (likely died young) Joseph 1858 Mary 1860 Ann 1862 Michael 1865 Bridget 1867 James 1870. All baptized at Ballymore RC parish.

Roger

Kaprov,

Your attachment mentions some doubt about the ownership of the Pottiaghan property which is shown in Griffiths as “free.” If it helps, here’s an explanation of free, taken from an article on Griffiths by James Reilly. (James R. Reilly, CGRS resides in Salt Lake City, Utah and is the Associate Editor of The Irish At Home and Abroad):

“Free” is an infrequent but curious term found in rural and urban listings of the Valuation. The Instructions manual states that “persons who hold by right of possession, and recognize no landlord, their tenure shall be entered as free.”