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John Thompson Head Constable Kemare

KerryKenmare (Kerry)

Looking for anyinfo on John Thompson or his wife Mary Anne Johnson. He held the post of Head Constable from about1830 to1849. He died in 1872 - Registration District Kenmare. though he retired to be a tennant farmer with a small plot in Old Dromore, very near Blackwater Bridge. Poss buried Templenoe??? C of Ireland.
his wife Mary Anne died in 1899 and was buried in Templenoe. Is there a C of Ire graveyard still there? I am traveling to Ireland fromNew Zealand in May 2016 and would love to see anything connected to the family

Cheers Don Bertram

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Don,

For information, RIC policy was not to post an Officer to a county where he or his wife had connections, so if he served in Kerry, he wouldn’t have been a native of that county. And normally neither would his wife. His RIC service records should however tell you which county he did come from, and probably where his wife originated.

You can get a copy of his RIC service record from a variety of sources eg the Garda Museum in Dublin, National Archives in Dublin or London (the originals are in London). If it doesn’t suit you to go there, the PSNI (police) museum in Belfast will provide you with a copy for a £25 fee.

https://www.psni.police.uk/inside-psni/our-history/genealogy/

John would have had to be 19 to join the RIC (18 if his father had served with them) and he had to have served 7 years before he could marry.

If you search for John on findmypast, they have the Irish Petty Sessions records and so you may be able to find court cases he was involved in by searching on his name plus Irish Petty Sessions.

Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer

Thanks for your efforts Elwyn and Roger. Most helpful
Don

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