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Family of Joseph Welch

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Ggrandfather Joseph Welch emmigrated to USA about 1867 with his wife Bridget (nee Millerick). On his death certificate, Joseph Welch's parents are cited as Thomas Welch and Ellen Bright.

I can find no such pairing of names anywhere in Ireland. Cannot locate place of birth for my ggrandfather. His bride, Bridget Millerick, was from Ballynona North in County Cork. I have also not been able to find the record of their marriage.

I now suspect that the Welch family may have been based in County Kerry, as their is a strong DNA connection to that location.

Thoughts?

Herself44

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Hi Herself44,

We sometimes see this problem when people lived on the border of Kerry and Cork. But it is most likely (but not always the case) that women married in their home Church Parish.

There are 8 entries in Griffith's Valuation for the surname Bright ~7 in the Civil Parish of Ballymodan and ~1 in Kilbrogan.

18 entries for the surname Millerick, Civil Parishes of Kilmacdonagh, Shandrum and Holy Trinity.

All these are in County Cork. 

Here is a link to some Cork records http://www.from-ireland.net/county-cork-genealogy/

I suggest you post on the County Cork page on this site as someone there may recognise the names. It will be helpful to the volunteers if you post the name of the place the family settled in the US and a link to any records especially the Death Certs of the couple when you post.

Wishing you great good luck

Martine

mbrennankerry@…IrelandXO Volunteer

Walsh, Welsh, Welch and close variants are extremely common names in Ireland and the US. The original Irish bearers of the name had their roots in Wales reflected in the name. If you are looking for ancestors and relatives, you would do best not to confine your search to a single spelling. In my own family, I have seen baptismal records of my grandfather and his siblings spelled four different ways. And my Kerry great grandfather's mother's name was spelled Walshe, with an e on his death certificate. 

Ckane@customs-…

A very long-overdue to those who've responded.

 

I recently came across an account of my ggrandfather Joseph Welch (Welsh/Walsh) death and his birthplace is listed as "Sligo."

This comes as a shock, really, since he married his bride in Ballynona North in County Cork ... AND because all of my Irish DNA derives from Munster (especially Dingle and West Dingle).

I suspect that whomever entered that information didn't really know ... his wife was already deceased and all of this children were born in the U.S.

But just in CASE Sligo might be accurate ... why and how would someone born so far from County Cork (in mid 19-th Century) travel all the way down to southern Ireland? I thought most stayed pretty close to home.

 

Thanks for any thoughts offered.

 

 

Herself44

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