William Franklin - is he from Cahir Tipperary?

Dear Paul:

Thank you for your updated post.  I believe that you saw the documentatiion that Tom, our Cahir volunteer posted on the message board.  Is that correct?  

Please let me know and I will follow up with this.  You can email me directly at:  jhalloranryan@irelandxo.com

Kind regards,

Jane

Hi Jane,

This is my first query on this board and no, I have not seen the documentation that you refer to or any reply by someone called Tom.

I have emailed directly.

Regards

Paul

Dear Paul:

 

I'm going to forward this query to Tom.  He has done a lot of work on this family and he may be able to assist you with further research.

 

Kind regards,

 

Jane

Hi Jane,

Following up as I have not heard from anyone on this.

I am still none the wiser with respect to the origin of my William Franklin and even knowing that I am barking up the wrong tree here will help me :) 

Regards

Paul

Hi Paul:

 

I will follow up with Tom.  He is very knowledgeable and very good to reply.  

 

Kind regards,

 

Jane

Paul.

I have attempted to respond to your query on a number of occasions , but in my opinion your query is too openended to have any defined answers.One standard recomendation  is that you must start fron a 'known present state' ie some known relative of yourself and expand backward and forward from that known position.

I have attached records for three generations of  William Franklin from Cahir ,if you can establish any connections to this family I may be able to identify other relevant records relating to this family.

Regards,

Thomas Hussey (native of Cahir)

 

Hi Thomas,

Thanks for getting back to me - hopefully I'll be able to use the information to help me out :)

The paper trail of what I do know for certain of my family starts with the marriage of William in 1860 in Dungarvan so I applied a bit of conjecture regarding his origins to test against to see what sticks. The birth date and location make sense but without further evidence either way it remains as a possibility - I have one other lead to follow which looks even less likely but you never know!

What I do know, which I will summarise here in case it leads to a new piece of info from a reader, is:

• William Franklin RC, A Soldier, marries Mary Hannigan 6 Feb 1858 st Marys Dungarvan, witnesses Patrick Ryan, Catherine Roche (He may be unrelated!)
• My William Franklin married Catherine Meaney in Dungarvan, 23 Sept 1860, witness James Power, Honor Neville (Is he a son of the William above?)
• William & Catherine have a child - William Franklin, b. 26 Aug 1861 Dungarvan, Informant: Brigid Franklin, This William later moves to Clonmel and has his family there.
• Mary Franklin at age 50 dies in 1866 in Dungarvan, informed by Mary Anne Franklin (Is this the same Mary that was married above?)
• Mary Anne Franklin marries John Mulligan in Dungarvan 29 Nov 1873 (possibly the same Mary Anne that reported Mary Franklin's death)
• William is aged 55 on the death record in 1901 and aged 60 on 1901 Census - DOB range is 1841 - 1846 hence speculating on 1843 ...

Regards

Paul

 

 

Hi, I just read your post. My great grandparents were Catherine Meaney and William Franklin.

 

Hello Mary, nice to hear from you - they are GG Grandparents to me .. that makes us second cousins 1x removed I'd say :)

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HI, May I join in the party?  I am also descendant from the Franklins listed in the pdf attached and working on my Geneology.  I would very much like to find present day descendants so that I may correspond with distant cousins.

 

Hope all are safe and well in these turbulent times.

 

Jeanne 

 

Hi Jeanne!

I haven't found a definitive link yet to the Franklin line I refer to here - it is quite possible but not certain as the paperwork runs out for me.

I think that my best chance is to find DNA matches that link in - there are quite a few DNA matches I have identifed linking to William Franklin abt 1840 but not back further unfortunately ...

If you would like to see if there is something that we can wortk out then feel free to contact me on thisisourdna at gmail dot com

 

Cheers

Paul

Hi Paul, 

 

I am directly descended from the Franklins reference in the attachment but as of yet do not find any overlap with the Franklins you mentions.  My family lived on Wellington St.

I will check back as I dig farther and when I do DNA.

 

Jeanne