Seeking information on the descendants of Timothy O'Shea and Mary O'Riordan. Their son James Denis was baptised on 7 Apr 1844 in the Catholic Church of St Crohan, Caherdaniel, Kerry. He arrived with his brother Thomas in Australia in 1863.
Thank you
Judith O'Shea
Judith:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
We have a parish liaison in Kilcrohane and I will alert her to your message.
If you have not heard anything in about ten days, let me know.
Roger McDonnell
Hi Roger,
Thank you. I haven't had a reply as yet. Any information on this O'Shea family would be gratefully received as we don't know much more than this. We believe James and Thomas also had a brother Michael but have not been able to confirm this.
Regards
Judith O'Shea
Judith:
Sorry that no one got back to you.
I searched on www.irishgenealogy.ie which has Co. Kerry church records. I located records for possible siblings to James as follows: Mary May 4 1847 Bridget October 1 1849 Catherine November 29 1852 Thomas January 30 1859 Record for Thomas below. All of the records located were in the Glenbeigh/Glencar RC parish which is two parishes north of Caherdaniel. The other conern is the record I located was for 1859 so was he 4 when he came with James Denis in 1863? Maybe this is not the correct Timothy O'Shea/Mary O'Riordan family. Appreciate your comments.
Roger McDonnell
Area - KERRY (RC) ,cR
Baptism of THOMAS SHEA of CLAHANE on 30 January 1859
NameTHOMAS SHEADate of Birth30 January 1859 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)AddressCLAHANEFatherTIMOTHY SHEAMotherMARY RIORDAN
Further details in the record
Father OccupationNRSponsor 1DENIS DONAVANSponsor 2BRIDGET SHEAPriestREV. T. HALLINAN
Judith:
I went back and modified my search criteria and located the 1844 record for James but no other recordsfor the family. Here is the link to the Caherdaniel parish register http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0659
Roger
Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - CAHERDANIEL
Baptism of JAMES O SHEA of LISS on 7 April 1844
NameJAMES O SHEADate of Birth7 April 1844 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)AddressLISSFatherTIMOTHY NRMotherMARY RIORDAN
Further details in the record
Father OccupationNRSponsor 1TIMOTHY REARDONSponsor 2GOBNET RIORPriestREV P O CONNELL
Hi Roger,
Thank you.
Based on marriage and death certificates for Thomas , his birth would have been between 1837 and 1840. What is the
'other information" used to estabish a date of birth for the Thomas SHEA baptism you found? Could we assume he was baptised as an adult?
Regards
Judith
Judith:
I have seen that annotation a number of times and it appears to me that this child was born and baptized on the same day and was not an adult.
Roger
Thank You for taking the time to check Roger.
Judith