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Heanue and Connelly in Renvyle

GalwayBallinakill Derrybrien (Galway)

I am interested in finding information on Anne Heanue and Thomas Connelly. Records available from the LDS centers show the marriage of Thomas Connelly and Anne Heanue in the district of Clifden on Jan. 1st 1867. She is shown as being 23 years of age and he as 24 years of age. The marriage record shows her father being Martin Heanue and his father being Michael Connelly. The witnesses were Gregory Mullen and Mary Maley. And, the priest was Hubert Feneran. This occurred at the Roman Catholic Church of Tully. There are four marriages registered on the page; all the others have a residence at time of marriage which is local and in the Renvyle area. But, this marriage between Thomas Connelly and Anne Heaue has an illegible scribble in the field for Thomas and what would appear as a ditto symbol for Anne. I wish I could decipher what this is.
Our family story has it that Thomas Connelly went to American some time before, made some money, and came back to marry his childhood girlfriend Anne, and then leave with her and his entire family back to the United States. They are all listed on the passenger list for the ship Iowa, arriving in New York on Jan. 26th 1867.
If these two knew each other as children growing up, I have assumed they probably lived near each other. Well, in Griffiths Valuation, there is a listing for Michael Conneely and Owen Heany (Martin) in Tonadooravaun in plots almost next to each other. Is this where they were born and grew up? Is there anyone with in-depth knowledge of life in the Renvyle area in the 1840s to late 1860s?

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At least one of the couple had to be resident in the parish to marry there. So the address that you cannot make out is almost certainly within that parish. If you put the townlands on this site as an attachment, possibly people may be able to assist in determining where it was.

Also what were the father's occupations on the marriage certs? (That may affect whether you would expect them to be in Griffiths. Not everyone was listed in Griffiths).

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~Both are listed as farmers. If this works, I have attached a copy of a close up of theirs. All the others give place names of: Cloonlooaun, Mullaghglass, Derryherbert and Tullybeg.  Thanks a lot.

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It looks to be the name of a townland but I must admit I can?t make it out either. The note underneath seems to be ?Do? ie ditto, so I?d say that both families come from the same townland, whatever it is. Here?s a list of all the townland sin the RC parish of Ballynakill. So it should be one of those. I just can?t see anything that fits:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=987&civilparish=Ballynakill%20(Ballynahinch)&citycounty=Galway

If both fathers are farmers then you would expect them to be in Griffith?s at that time. So that?s helpful.

I?d be inclined to get in touch with the local registrar today to see if she can help you determine what it is. Her local knowledge might be the way to solve it.

Mary Carey, Sky Road, Clifden Co. Galway ?Opening Hours: Tues & Thurs 6.30 - 8.00 pm? Contact: 095 21383

I note that the marriage appears to have been registered twice. Both names come up on familysearch as possible matches for marriages registered in Clifden 1867 Volume 9, page 93 and again in volume 4, page 423. I don?t know why that would be but if it is registered twice, then it might be worth getting a copy of the other certificate to see if it provides any different clearer information.

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Thanks for the information. Yes, I think it is a ditto symbol for Ann, but where it says they come from, I have no idea.

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Very interesting.  My great great grandfather was Thomas Conneely (born about 1810?) in Renvyle and his father Gregory Conneely was married to Cathernine Henue (born 1790). He was a hedge master teaching children at various locations in the 1830's and 1840's behind the backs of the English. My gg grandfather Gregory brought a spainish sailor, who was shipped wrecked off the cashleen beach,  into his home about 1841. The sailor infected the family with typhoid ot another fever most of whom died except my gg grandmother Kathernine Henue, Thomas and my g grand father Stephen. Thomas left for Waltham Mass. around 1842 and became the Secretary of the Lyman Estate owned by the Governor of Massachusetts and tudor to his children.  Based on being a hedge master he knew many languages, mathematics and other academic disciplines. Stephen (who could not write) and Kathernine followed a few years later to Waltham and the son's of Stephen's marriage to an Anne Dyer founded the Connolly Brother's Construction Company in Beverly Massachusetts. This company became quite successful.

Conneely's from Renvyle would emigrate to Waltham or Beverley from 1880 on and were employed by the Company.

I believe my gg grandfather was brother to a Patrick Conneely (b around 1810?) whose children included Thomas (died in Ireland), John and Patrick. John's decendents still live in Renvyle in and Cashleen. This is based on one of Patrick's descendents, Martin Connolly stsating that he was the second cousin to my garnfather Michael Connolly.   Throughout both trees there are many marriages between Conneely's and Henue's.

I have fairly good histories on Gregory and am trying to merge these with Patrick's heirs.

I's be curious if your Thomas' father was a brother to Gregory and Patrick born around 1790- 1800

Gregory Connolly

 

 

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Very interesting.  My great great grandfather was Thomas Conneely (born about 1810?) in Renvyle and his father Gregory Conneely was married to Cathernine Henue (born 1790). He was a hedge master teaching children at various locations in the 1830's and 1840's behind the backs of the English. My gg grandfather Gregory brought a spainish sailor, who was shipped wrecked off the cashleen beach,  into his home about 1841. The sailor infected the family with typhoid ot another fever most of whom died except my gg grandmother Kathernine Henue, Thomas and my g grand father Stephen. Thomas left for Waltham Mass. around 1842 and became the Secretary of the Lyman Estate owned by the Governor of Massachusetts and tudor to his children.  Based on being a hedge master he knew many languages, mathematics and other academic disciplines. Stephen (who could not write) and Kathernine followed a few years later to Waltham and the son's of Stephen's marriage to an Anne Dyer founded the Connolly Brother's Construction Company in Beverly Massachusetts. This company became quite successful.

Conneely's from Renvyle would emigrate to Waltham or Beverley from 1880 on and were employed by the Company.

I believe my gg grandfather was brother to a Patrick Conneely (b around 1810?) whose children included Thomas (died in Ireland), John and Patrick. John's decendents still live in Renvyle in and Cashleen. This is based on one of Patrick's descendents, Martin Connolly stsating that he was the second cousin to my garnfather Michael Connolly.   Throughout both trees there are many marriages between Conneely's and Henue's.

I have fairly good histories on Gregory and am trying to merge these with Patrick's heirs.

I's be curious if your Thomas' father was a brother to Gregory and Patrick born around 1790- 1800

Gregory Connolly

 

 

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Hello Gregory. Thanks for your comments, and, maybe there is some connection here. My name is Tom Connelly. The Michael Connelly I referred to as the father of Thomas Connelly who married Ann Heanue would be my gg grandfather and he was born in Renvyle in 1818. According to our family records, he had a brother named Gregory. These brothers had as their father a James Connelly who was married to an Ann Mullan. I think the Mullen name is also a common name in Renvyle, and, if you looked at the copy of the marrieage record from Tully, one of the witnesses was a Gregory Mullen. If you do have any better information on any of these people, including the Heanue's, I would certainly be interested in seeing that. Thanks a lot.

tjc

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