Tymons or Tymmons

Dear Toole:

Thank you for your post to the Ireland Reaching Out message board and welcome to te site!

The Clare Library website is a good place to look for any information and you will find a number of great sources for further research.  The website link is below:

http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm

Taking a very quick look at the Griffith's Valuation list of surnames from 1855, I note that the surname Tymons is located in 2 places:  Kilrush and Drumcliff, Ennis. 

http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/griffiths/griffitht2.htm

Both listings refer to a James Tymons and it may be a good place to start.  The parish registers for Drumcliff are online through the Ennis parish website.  Their link is below:

http://www.ennisparish.com/genealogy/

Even though the parish registers only begin in 1841, they are still worth a look for the family name. 

The Kilrush parish registers are available for free through the National Library of Ireland.  The website link is below:

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634783#page/1/mode/1up

You will note that those registers only begin in 1827 and they do have a number of gaps.  In addition, if you have difficulty finding information, you might take a look at the surrounding parish registers, which may often contain baptism records for the family.

You commented that James' wife was Mary Howlett.  This is an unusual name for County Clare, and I note that the only Howlett is Rev. Hugh B. Howlett who is noted in the Newtown townland of the civil parish of Drumcreehy.  It is possible that Mary was not a Catholic, and that James and Mary might have married in a Church of Ireland locally.  If that is the case, you may want to research the Church of Ireland records for Ballyvaughan which are listed under the parish of Rathbourney and held at the RCB Library in Dublin.  You can make enquiries there.

https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/list-of-parish-registers

You also mentioned that you believe that your ancestor James Tymons' father was John.  If that is the case, you may be able to find a civil death record for him (if he died after 1864) on the Irish Genealogy website.  You can search for free below:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp

If you have any questions about the above, please feel free to contact me directly and I will assist you further.  My direct email address is:  jhalloranryan@irelandxo.com.

The very best of luck with your research.  Please consider creating an Ancestor profile for James Timmons and his wife, Mary on the XO Chronicles tab located at the top of this page.

Kind regards,

Jane.

Some of my previous information may have been incorrect. According to the Marriage record for James Tymons & Honora Blake, his father was listed as James Tymons and her father as Michael Blake. They were married in 1859 at St Patrick's Church, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. They fact that James & Honora married so soon after the death of James first wife, Mary (not sure of surname), makes me wonder whether they were previously known to each other, perhaps in Clare, Ireland. Honora died in 1888 aged 51 year, at the Elephant & Castle on West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, where James was the Publican. James died at his residence in Adelaide, South Australia in 1889. There were buried in the Catholic section of the West Terrace Cemetery in Adelaide. Perhaps their children's names are a clue to their parents/family members: Patrick William, John, Kate Teresa, Nora Agnes, Ellen Julia, James, Mary Ann Louise, Margaret Lucy & Lillian Rose. On some records the name is spelt Tymons or Tymmons.

There was a John Tymons age 29 yrs, his wife Ann 24 yrs & son James 2 yrs of age that came to South Australia aboard the Morning Star in 1863 and settled in Adelaide, South Australia. We believe that John was Jame's brother.

If anybody knows of this family or is related and wishes to share any further information, it would be greatly appreciated. We know their Australian story, but would love to know more about their lives in Ireland.

Kind regards,

Kerri