Looking for my ancestor's parish, birth records

Cork

My ancestor's name is William Owens. This is the information I have on him so far, all from U.S.-based records:

William Owens, b. May 12, 1785, Co. Cork; d. December 30, 161, Louisa County, Iowa, USA.

Married Nancy Pollock (Abt 1794-1841) in 1811 or 1812 in Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA.

Nancy's father James Pollock (Abt 1762-1848) left Ireland in 1788.

Children: Ferguson Forgay (1813-1887), James B. (1816-1870), Sarah Ann (1821-1904), Daniel Scott (1826-1889), Robert (1829-1909), David (1831-1897), Joseph (1835- 1898), Jesse Stansbury (1837-1906)

Married Nancy Ann Blair (1794-1878) December 8, 1842, in Preble, Ohio, USA. I have a record source for this marriage.

I don't have his parents' names, but one very tentative piece of info is that his mother's maiden name was Forgay.

Thank you in advance for any possible insight or research tip!

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12 years ago

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Hi Lisa

Here is the only Cork birth/baptism record I could find for Owens in Cork 1785 + - 10 years on ww.rootsireland.ie/ (subscription site)

Patrick Owens Date of Birth: Date of Baptism: 17-May-1792 Address: Parish/District: BLARNEY Gender: Male County Co. Cork Denomination: Roman Catholic Father: Cornelius Owens Mother: Catherine Barry Occupation: Sponsor 1 / Informant 1: Daniel Sullivan Sponsor 2 / Informant 2: Catherine Collins

A possible sibling of William's perhaps?

www.rirshgenealogy.ie/ has a lot of Cork records & is free

Col

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12 years ago

Thank you so much, Col, that's so very kind. I will follow up. —Lisa

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Looking for my ancestor's parish, birth records

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