James Collins and Catherine Driscoll (Cadogan) of Russagh
Hello, I am researching the family of James Collins (b.c. 1838 - d. 1907) and Catherine Driscollof Russagh, south of Skibbereen. They were in Russagh in the 1901 census and were both deceased by 1911, though their son Michael was still in Russagh then.
I am looking for more information on the origins of James and of Catherine. James may have known my great-grandfather Humphrey Michael Collins (1858 - 1910) of Lower Lissane and I am wondering if they were related.
Catherine's Driscoll family apparently also went byCadogan.
James and Catherine married 4-Mar-1862, the marriage record is under Skibbereen & Rath. Witnesses Humphrey Collins, Jeremiah Driscoll. This Humphrey Collins was not my same-named great-grandfather, who would have been only four at the time, and I am unsure exactly which Humphrey this is.
Known children of James and Catherine, all baptism records in Skibbereen Creagh & Sullon:
Johanna 1863
Nancy 1865
Mary 1867
Hanora 1869
Michael 1871
Patrick 1874
Catherine 1876 (mother recorded as Cadogan on the baptism)
Denis 1879 (Godfather was a Humphrey Collins, who could have been my 21 year old great-grandfather)
John circa 1886
I have tried "placing" James with a few families in Lower Lissane but for a few reasons he wasn't particularly a good fit. Since the first son of James and Catherine was named Michael, my theory for now is that James was the son of a Michael, and I think he might have been the son of Michael Collins and Ellen McCarthy from Baunnahow South near Drimoleague.
In the 1901 census there was a girl named Juliann Driscoll staying with James and Catherine. She was listed as a niece. I have traced Juliann back to Currabeg, Castlehaven. She was the daughter of Michael Driscoll and Johanna Collins (another Collins out of Lower Lissane - my great-grandfather's oldest sister). So Catherine Driscoll of Russagh and Michael Driscoll of Currabeg were probably siblings but I have not yet found baptism records convincing me I have found this Driscoll/Cadogan family.
If anybody can shed some light on the origins of James and of Catherine I would be very grateful.