Information I have is; Great grandfather- Francis Gerald or Grattan Esmonde. Great grandmother-Eva Mandeville. Grandfather; Francis Harris Esmonde, b 13 Sept 1873 in Dublin, (county or city?) Info obtained from USA marriage certificate 1907.I'm looking to confirm all info, hoping to find birth record for grandfather.
Hi Gloria
The only record I could find is the baptism of JOHN GEOFFREY ESMONDE 1873 Dublin on www.irishgenealogy.ie/ (free site)
Col
I've come across this name in my research; think that Eve c/b nickname for Louisa, Grattan fits with some records, but why would my grandfather take the name Francis Harris in place of John Geoffry???It doesn't make sense to me.
He told my mother he left Ireland in 1893 under duress due to a girl/boy/catholic/protestant situation. Her name was (C?)Sissy Doyle.He stayed aboard ship working on the boilers & sailed around the world for 10 yrs before grounding himself in New York City. The 1st US recordof him is 1905 NYS census. I can find no ship records for him. My cousins say it was the Cunard line he worked for. How can I get employee records from them? Is that possible?
This obituary was kept in a photo album by my uncle for some unknown reason; Sir Osmond Grattan Esmonde died today, July 22,193(torn off). Prominent Republican (torn) of the Dail.
The last bit of info I have is this note found in his papers; for baptism information & certificate write to Father Nolan, PP, Ballow Tullow, county Carlow, Careow. It was dated Sept.27,1891.
I even wrote to Sir Bartholemew Esmonde in 1999 to no avail. He did write a short note back saying he knew of no connect between his family & my grandfather.
This is long-winded, sorry, I've been at this for a long time. Thanks again, Gloria V. Esmonde Fleming.
Hi Gloria
I 'googled' Cunard crew records and found this: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/archive/links.aspx
The National Archives - UK government and national records based at Kew near ... University of Liverpool - special collections and archives - holds the Cunard Steam ... Holds crew lists and other merchant service records; National Maritime ...
I checked again for Esmondes on www.irishgenealogy (free site) and found a Grattan baptism 7 Nov 1863:
LAWRENCE GRATTAN ESMONDE
Date of Birth 3 November 1863
Address 84 STEPHEN GREEN
Father JOHN ESMONDE
Mother LOUISA GRATTAN
Further details in the record
Sponsor 1 LAWRENCE ESMOND
Sponsor 2 MARGARET ?
Priest E MC CABE
There is another with these parents:
LOUISE ELLIS BENEDICTE ESMONDE
Date of Birth N/R N/R 1869
Address 40 UPPER MOUNT ST
Father JOHN ESMONDE
Mother LOUISE GRATEAN
Further details in the record
Child Denomination ROMAN CATHOLIC
Sponsor 1 ESMONDE JAMES
Sponsor 2 MARY DEASE
You might want to have a look on the site as there are lots of Esmonde marriages also + other Esmonde births (just search Esmonde Dublin)
Col