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Looking for parent information for Thomas Clancy

CorkKildorrery (Cork)

I have been able to find that my greatgreat grandfather, Thomas Clancy, was born March 13,1834 in Aghacross, Kildorrey, Cork, Ireland.  His parents are John and Joanna (Murphy) Clancy but we don't know anything else about John and Joanna, eg  place of birth, date and place of marriage  or even their parents.  We know Thomas came to the US in 1849 and one of his 5 sisters also came to the US.  Any help or suggestions?

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Hi

Greetings from Kildorrery.  I don't know of any Clancys in the parish at present but I will make enquiries and get back to you.

Brenda

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  • UPDATE;
  • I recently learned that when witnessing a wedding the maid of honor's name uses her maiden name.  Thomas was married in St Louis, MO in 1873  Anne Clancy was listed as a witness.  Thomas emegrated to the USA in 1848.  If Anne came over at the same time she was probably married at the time.  They were baptized at St Barthomew RC church.  Anne (1829) and Thomas (1834).  Any chance someone could check to see a marriage record exist for Anne?

Thank you.

Bob Clancy

Bob Clancy

Bob, I am not a member of the Kildorrery volunteer team but happened to check the Kildorrery boards today. I thought you might be interested in scrolling through marriage records to see if you can find a marriage record for Anne. I usually think of age 20 as a target age to be married so I begin my search when the person would be 16 in case they married younger. If you go to this page: https://registers.nli.ie, a web page will come up that leads you to Catholic parish records held on microfilm at the National Library in Dublin. If you put Kildorrery in the search box, those parish records will come up. You can then search the marriage records. Good luck.

Seashore

My ancestors also came from Kildorrey.

I have looked at the baptism register and John Clancy and Johanna Murphy and found 6 baptism entries in the Kildorrey Roman Catholic register

Mary Clancy 6 Aug 1826 Address Ahacrafs Witnesses: Rev J Lawton and Mary Courtney

Ann Clancy 23 April 1829 Address Ahacrofs Witnesses: Daniel Murphy and Ann McCarthy

Johanna Clancy 27 March 1831 Address: Ahacross Witnesses: Michael Clancy and Mary Murphy

Thomas Clancy 13 March 1834, Address: Ahacrofs  Witnesses: Edmond Murphy and Mary Leo

Margaret Clancy 17 April 1836  Address: Ahacross  Witnesses: David Clancy and Catherine Murphy

Catherine Clancy 20 February 1838 Address: Ahererolfs Witnesses: Denis Murphy and Ann Murphy

The address and details are the transcriptions - there is a place nearby called Aghacross https://www.townlands.ie/cork/condons-and-clangibbon/aghacross/derryvil…

I hope this helps you, Best wishes, Jillian

Jillian Van Turnhout

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