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Timothy and Katherine O'Sullivan

CorkCastlehaven (Cork)

Timothy O'Sullivan, died Aug 11, 1875 in Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, Canada, aged 98(born 1777). Grave stone says: Baerhaven c Cork ILD 

Katherine, wife of Timothy, died Mar 10, 1880, age 102, born 1778. Grave stone says: Baerhaven c Cork ILD.

Michael O'Sullivan, died Dec. 2, 1854, aged 39 years. Born in 1815. Grave stone says: Baerhaven c Cork ILD. I believe he was the son of Timothy and Katherine and died at sea. They immigrated with at least one child, possibly two. Katherine was a midwife. They lost the "O" when land was granted in Nova Scotia(land still known as Sullivan's Hill). Possibly a clerical error as the "O" was on their grave stones.

I am decendant of Timothy and Katherine, Kathleen Sullivan-Dunlop and looking for information and or relatives still in Ireland. They settled in Ketch Harbour and then Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, outside Halifax, NS.

KathleenT

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Hi Kathleen,

Thank you very much for your message.

?Baerhaven? refers to Castletown Bearhaven on the Beara Peninsula in CO. Cork.

https://goo.gl/maps/BCdgQ

Castletown Bearhaven is the name of a town and also a Catholic parish. You can see the parish on the map here:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/corkswrc.htm

In terms of civil parish divisions, the town falls under the parish of Killaconenagh:http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=241&civilparish=Killaconenagh&citycounty=Cork

Catholic church records from Castletown Bearhaven are actually available online free of charge here:

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/

You can see what records are available from the parish here:

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/

You could also try searching for O? Sullivans in the land records pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century, using the civil parish name.

There are two:

The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) found at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

and Griffith?s Valuation (1848-1864) found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

 

You could also try looking in the census records of 1901/1911 to see if there were any O?SUllivan?s still in the area at that time

 

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

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

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

West Cork: www.westcorkgenealogy.com

Irish Genealogy Tool kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/

From Ireland: www.from-ireland.net

Failte Romhat: www.failteromhat.com

All the best,

Genealogy Support

 

IrelandXO member

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