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Seymour/Seymore

GalwayRahoon (Galway)

Good morning...actually it's snowing like crazy outside...which makes it a great day for an ancestor search!

I'm looking for all and any information about my great great-grandmother Margaret Seymour/Seymore. She was married to Thomas Seymour and her first child, Ann Hyneswas baptized in Rahoon on the 3rd of June 1838 (RC). The family then moved to the Clontuskert parish where Patrick and my Great grandmother Jane were baptized. Ann married David Cooke in Ballinasloe in 1863. In 1864 Margaret, Jane, Ann, David and their son John came to the United States and settled in Jersey City New Jersey.

If any of this sounds even vaguely familiar let me know?

Thanks in advance for your help...time for a coffee break

Bob

IrelandXO member

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Bob:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

Can you clarify if Margaret's maiden name was Seymour since you indicated she married Thomas Seymour. I searched on Roots Ireland and there did not have a baptismal record for a Margaret Seymour or a marriage record for a Margaret Seymour or Thomas Seymour. The Rahoon records on Roots Ireland start in 1806 although the parish register has records starting in 1819.

Roger McDonnell

http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0635

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Sorry about that Roger,

I must have checked my post 20 times for spelling and dates only to miss a very important mistake. My great great-grandmother Margaret Seymour married Thomas Hynes. I don't have a date or location for their marriage but have been working on the assumption that it was shortly before the birth og their first daughter Anne in 1838. Thanks for the quick responnse and the important catch on my mistake in Thomas' last name.

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Bob:

No other baptismal records show up for Thomas Hynes and Margaret Seymour. No marriage records for a Thomas Hynes to a Seymour. I previously checked on Margaret Seymour. So the explanation is that the marriage and Margaret's baptism occurred in parishes which no longer have records back to the early 1800s.

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Thank you for looking. The Hynes portion of my family have been consistently difficult to pin down. Roscommon seems to be a possibility but if joining any and all parish sites in Galway result in meeting helpful people like yourself...I'm in!

Thanks again,

Bob

IrelandXO member

Bob:

Thanks!

I work on messages across all the counties in Ireland but mainly in the Republic.

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

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