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My grandfather William John McCarthy was born in Aghada on13th November 1895. I have his birth certificate. His father's name was John and his mother's name was Elizabeth. That is where he grew up. I looked at the 1901 and 1911 census records ans can't find him. He had a brother named John, and at leastthree sisters (Eileen, Jo and not sure of third). His sister Jo remained in Aghada and was married to a Mr, Meehan. I remember visiting there as a child. Wondering if anyone can shed some light on why I can't locate them. All of them besides my grandfather remained in Cork.

Geraldine

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Hi Geraldine

Here they are in 1911:

Residents of a house 32 in Aghada Town Upper (Corkbeg, Cork)

SurnameForenameAgeSexRelation to headReligionBirthplaceOccupationLiteracyIrish LanguageMarital StatusSpecified IllnessesYears MarriedChildren BornChildren Living

MurrayMary45FemaleHead of FamilyRoman CatholicCo Cork-Read and write-Single----McCarthyElizabeth43FemaleSisterRoman CatholicCo Cork-Read and write-Married-1744

McCarthyWilliam J15MaleNephewRoman CatholicCo CorkScholarRead and write-Single----

McCarthyJosephine F13FemaleNieceRoman CatholicCo CorkScholarRead and write-----

McCarthyJohn J11MaleNephewRoman CatholicCo CorkScholarRead and write------

McCarthyEileen G7FemaleNieceRoman Catholic

Col

ColCaffIrelandXO Volunteer

and 1901 census, also in Aghada Upper
 

shanew147IrelandXO Volunteer

Gosh, thank you!  I don't know why I was unable to find him. I'm with the Kansas City Irish Center and Mike Federick came to speak about about your organization. Such a great organization.  Thank you again!

Geraldine

They way I found them was by searching for the location - select Cork, the enter Aghada in the Townland/Street field, and then looked for any McCarthys. Mc/Mac names can be difficult to find as they may be recorded with a variety of spelling, with or without a space, or without the Mc/Mac.

shanew147IrelandXO Volunteer

Thanks again :)  I'm not sure what I was doing wrong, but I tried today and it seemed to work. Interesting that there is no sign of my great grandfather. It looks like he was still around as more children were born between 1901 and 1911 and I believe my grandfather had one more sister.  I vaguely remember hearing he was at sea.  His occupation on my grandfather's birth cert said  "Petty Officer RN".  I wonder did they live in my great grandparent's family home with the unmarried sister.  I guess we will never know :)  Too bad that there's a gap in the prior census. Thanks again for your help!  Just now starting on the genealogy and it quickly becomes addicting!  

Geraldine

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