I wonder if there is anyone in this area, particularly Keale, with knowledge of the Hickeys and Murphy's of The 1800s. I am looking for Denis Hickey and wife Mary Murphy, who married in 1836 in Keale. Irishgenealogy records only go back that far; I wonder if anyone has any family records that might be older.
Hi Susan
The marraige record of Dennis & Mary on www.irishgenealogy.ie/ has no parents' names as you probably know.
There is no record on www.rootsireland.ie/
The Tithe Applotments (free site) 1823-37 have 180 Hickeys in Cork but only 1 in Keale - Dennis
Hickey Denis Keale Cullen Cork
There is also only 1 Murphy in Keale in the Tithes (below)
Murphy William Keale Cullen Cork
The Gibson Family Tree on ancestry (owner Josephine Stacy) has a Dennis Hickey born abt 1820 in Ireland, arrived in USA age 4 maiired Mary Murphy in Ohio 1856.
His parents were William Hickey & Florence Carnell; I assume this is not your peo[ple.
Col
Hi Col, yes, I think you are right on all accounts. I did wonder about the William Murphy since he was so much involved with Denis and Mary Murphy Hickey's young married life - some one else suggested that he was her father,though I can find no record of her birth. I wondered about him being her brother, but then lately I wondered if he was the priest? But I can't figure out how to "prove" any of these theories. I agreee that my Denis Hickey very, very likely was not the one who went to Ohio (my family went to CT), but I am curious as my family seems to alternate the names Denis and William, and here again is another William- Denis pair. I will look into that tree. Thank you very much.