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looking for ancestors of Jeremiah Griffin

Kerry

My 2nd great grandfather, Jeremiah Griffin, was born abt 1805 in County Kerry. He married Julia McCrohan and had 2 daughters in Ireland before emigrating to Canada settling in Whitby, Ontario some time before 1848 where the 3rd of his 10 children was born.

Jeremiah died 21 Jul 1882 and is buried at St John's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Whitby, Ontario.

His wife Julia's death registration indicates that she was born in County Cork but I've found who I believe is her sister, Mary, who married Timothy Foley in Glenbeigh, County Kerry leading me to believe that Julia was also born in County Kerry.

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Thank you, Martine. Yes, I had found Mary and Ellen's baptisms and should have included that info in my previous post.

I do not have parentage details for Julia and Mary but surmise (based on the substantial number of other McCrohan individuals living in Whitby, Ontario in the 1800s, that they may be Jeremiah McCrohan and Julia Sullivan. A Denis McCrohan b 1 May 1825 County Kerry, d 9 Nov 1906 Boston, MA, USA married Mary Gallagher b abt 1828 County Fermanagh 26 May 1851 in Oshawa, Ontario (town right next to Whitby).

Here is most likely Mary's marriage to Timothy ('Foulue' appears in Canadian records as 'Foley').

 

Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - GLENBEIGH/GLENCAR

Marriage of TIMOTHY FOULUE of NR and MARY MCCROHAN of KEASE on 1 March 1843 (ASSUMED)

 

HusbandWifeName TIMOTHY FOULUEMARY MCCROHAN AddressNRKEASE OccupationNRNRFatherNR FOULUENR MCCROHANMother NR NRNR NR

Further details in the record

PriestNR Husband's Father's OccupationNR Witness 1NR NR Witness 2DENIS SHEA

About the record

Book Number Page Entry Number Record_IdentifierB 11KY-RC-MA-45554

The church register page containing this record has not yet been imaged.

 

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/fd1c180551…

 

Donna

 

 

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Dear Donna,

here is Miltown today

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milltown,_County_Kerry

Just as a matter of interest there are 8 Mc Crohans in Milltown in the 1901 Census

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1901&surname=mc+Crohan&firstname=&county=Kerry&townland=&ded=Milltown&age=&sex=&search=Search&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&birthplace=&language=&deafdumb=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=

These are the contact details for Milltown parish

http://www.milltownparish.ie/contact.html

Some parishes can be very helpful with searches in the old registers, others not so much. Do remember that many parishes are being flooded with requests this year and do not have the staff to answer all the requests. 

Also have you tried Familysearch.org Sometimes I have found records there that are not available on the Irish church records online.

Do let me know how you get on I'd love to know.

Martine

PS Don't give up!

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