I am trying to find out ANYTHING about my gtgt grandad,DENIS MAHON,b.c1837/8. His father was JOSEPH MAHON.
Denis m CATHERINE RICE,in 1861,in Ashton in Makerfield.,Lancashire.,England. She died Mar 17th 1868,three days after giving birth to their 4th child.
In Jul of that year,Denis remarried to BRIDGET FARRELL,and they went on to have a further 6 children. Denis died in Tyldesley.,Lancashire in 1877,aged just 39.
Catherine Rices father was called PETER RICE,and a possible sibling of Catherine's is a MICHAEL RICE,who lived in the same house as Denis,in the 1861census,just prior to his marriage to Catherine.
My late dad told me for the past 60 years,that his family comes from Mayo and Dublin....his surviving sister,who is 91 yrs of age,also told me this,so,obviously,someone must have told them?
However,through searching on various Genealogy sites and groups,I made contact with a lady who was researching her husbands tree....he is descended from Denis and Bridget,whereas I'm descended from Denis and Catherine. Now this lady says that it's common knowledge in her hubby's family that Joseph and Denis were from Tuam.,Galway!
I have checked Tuam Baptisms and Marriages,and didn't find one Joseph Mahon and only one Denis,but it wasn't the right one...the one I found stayed in Ireland.
I would dearly love to batter one of my brick walls down!
Is it possible that either Joseph or Denis could be related to your Mahons?
Elaine
