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Flynn's from Cork to Liverpool to Pawtucket, RI USA

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Hello, I've been trying for a very long time to locate the homeland of my ancestorswho left during the great hunger. I've already search everything available online and am still at an impasse. Their were my 3x great grandparents James Flynn born about 1815 and Alice (maiden unknown) born about 1819. They had four children with them when the departed, Patrick born about 1839, Thomas born about 1841, my 2x great grandfather Michael born September 29, 1843, and Sarah born about 1847. I think they probably left around 1847/8.The family ended up in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England and later my 2x great grandfather Michael emigrated with his wife (also Irish, Mary Swift/Foody)and children to Pawtucket,RI USA. James isburied in a pauper's grave in Liverpool, he died in 1869. The family alway just said they came from Cork. I'm not sure if that meant the city or just the general county. I'd appreciate any help in learning where they lived! Thanks! -Becky

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Becky:

Hello again!

I looked on www.irishgenealogy.ie which has the church records for the Diocese of Cork and Ross but did not see a record for Thomas. I then looked at Roots Ireland for the parishes in the Diocese of Cloyne and searched from 1836-1846 and found two 1845 baptismal records for a Thomas Flynn with father James but in netiher case was the mother Alice.

When I hear that someone came from Cork, I always wonder did they live in another county and just departed from Cork. In any event, I expanded the search on Roots for all of Ireland and added the the first name of Alice for the mother and also ended up with no record.

Hopefully, with the DNA testing you did, you will get some clues on where your Flynns came from. 

Roger

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Thank you so much for checking, Roger! I'm really beginning to doubt the Cork connection. I think my Nana did research a long time ago and maybe made a mistake in the birth of Michael. I don't believe she had the information of his parents names, I was able to push back one generation further than she was. I think you saw my other post about the swifts in Toxteth Liverpool but this is also where the Flynn's lived and they were neighbors (and clearly friends) before Michael Flynn and Mary Swift married. I'm beginning to think all these families came from and were connected by areas in Mayo, maybe near or in Ballina. Most of the DNA seems to link me to those related to the Swifts or Foody's but nobody seems to have knowledge of the Flynn's though some do have the name in their trees. I wonder if you wouldn't mind checking for a Michael Flynn in mayo with parents James and Alice? Or for a marriage with those names? Thank you so much for your time. I understand if there is not enough information for you to warrant a search. I'll try and keep digging.

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