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Denis McKee & Mary McMahon or Carter

ClareFeakle (Clare)

I'm having trouble finding any Irish details of Denis McKee who married Mary McMahon or Mary Carter in the 1800s (I have conflicting records - shipping record and a Death Certificate for one of her sons giving both possible maiden names). I've used Immigration Deposits and shipping records to identify family members. Fortunately the shipping records have the useful and hopefully unique identifier "Denis & Mary. Father dead. Mother …". I've used this to find the following children:

Name                        Age on Shipping Record     Ship                           Arrived New South Wales          Relevant Comment on Shipping Record

Honora McRee        25                          Matoaka                  17/05/1855                                   Denis & Mary. Father dead. Mother living Parish of Feakle, Co. Clare

 

Dennis McKee or Timothy McKee      17                                           Glen Isla                    02/07/1857                                   Denis & Mary. Father dead. Mother living at Isle(?) Clare. He came from Annaghneal, Clare, Ireland

 

William McKee        19                                           Glen Isla                    02/07/1857                                   Denis & Mary. Father dead. Mother living at Isle(?) Clare. He came from Annaghneal, Clare, Ireland

 

Bridget McKee        17                                           Telegraph                 15/10/1860                               Immigration Deposit paid by Honora McKee. Bridget came from Kilnoe Parish, Co. Clare, Ireland

 

Mary McKee            46                                           Spitfire                      24/08/1863                                   Denis & Mary. Father dead. Mother on board; Feakle, County Clare also Facal (sic), Tulla, Co. Clare; Two sons & two daughters, Bridget McKee. Morpeth; Immigration deposit paid for Mary & Patrick by Bridget McKee

 

Patrick McKee         19                                           Spitfire                      24/08/1863                                   Denis & Mary. Father dead. Mother on board; Patrick came from Feakle, Tulla, Clare, Ireland.

 

Patrick McKee      22           Star of Brunswick 18/12/1865          Immigration Deposit paid by Honora McKee. Patrick came from Feakle.

Using rough calculations based on Patrick’s birth (Denis’ and Mary’s apparently youngest child), Denis was probably still alive around 1843-1855. Patrick was 19 when he emigrated in 1863 (1863-19=1844) and when Patrick died in 1887 he was said to be 42 (1887-42=1845) – so born around 1844, given a 9-month gestation would means Denis would have probably been alive in 1843 and the shipping record of Honora (his eldest child I've been able to identify) says Denis had already died prior to her migrating in May 1855.

I don't know when Denis was born, married and died nor what his death was attributable to.

 

 

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Hi Philip,

Thank you very much for your message. I hope that someone with information makes a connection with you and helps you to further your research.

Have you looked in the land records for any record of McKee?s in the parish you mention? I did a quick search in Griffith?s Valuation (1848-64) There was a Patrick recorded in Kilnoe and Tulla parish in 1855:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=46&Submit.y=16&Submit=Submit&familyname=MCKEE&firstname=First+Name&baronyname=&countyname=CLARE&unionname=&parishname=

Here are the McKees recorded in Clare in the earlier record called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38):

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=MCKEE&firstname=&county=Clare&parish=&townland=&search=Search

Have you tried looking at church records? Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For records in Tulla follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Clare&parish=Tulla&churchid=813

For Kilnoe:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Clare&parish=Kilnoe&churchid=764

For Feakle:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Clare&parish=Feakle&churchid=784

Clare Heritage Centre have copies of lots of records so it may be an idea to contact them, however a fee may apply. Here is their email:

clareheritage@eircom.net

I also suggest that you have a look at the Clare County Library?s genealogy web page. They have a great collection available. It may be worth your while to check the ?Donated Materials? section on the right hand side of the page, you may be lucky and find some records pertaining to the family:

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

Some other websites that you may find useful are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/clare/index.html

From Ireland: www.from-ireland.net

Kind regards,

 

Genealogy Support

 

 

 

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I know it's been a long time, I wanted to ask have you found a way to fix this problem? 

 

 

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