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Brooks family

CorkKilroe (Cork)

Hello - I am trying to trace my great-great-great grandfather's family. His name was Thomas Brooks, born circa 1820s, died in New Zealand in 1865. His wife was Mary Jane Sweeny. A DNA match, who also matches to other Brooks descendants in New Zealand, is a descendant of Joseph Brooks who married Johannah Harrington in Kilroe, 18 October,1855. His father's name was John. One of Joseph's children was named Thomas.

Going by the amount of shared DNA I have with this match, I suspect my Thomas Brooks may have been a brother of her Joseph Brooks. Is there anyone who is able to help find out more about this family. I do not know anything more about my Thomas Brooks unfortunately.

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Hello G, I am looking at older queries, I see records of baptism of 6 Thomas Brookes in Ireland , this is from surviving records so there may be others, most are RC but one Church of Ireland so religion assists if you know it. Four of the baptisms are in Tipperary and one each Dublin and Armagh. (1810 to 1830)

I do not see the marriage in Ireland, you can see church records for Cork; Dublin and Kerry here, free to search https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ click on church and civil records for all from 1864.

You can see surname distribution here https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ a subscription site but free to search surnames.

Good Luck

Pat

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