Looking for information on my great-grandparents

THIS IS JUST A REVISION TO MY PREVIOUS EMAIL.  LOOKING FOR INFO ABOUT MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS..

THIS IS JUST A REVISION TO MY PREVIOUS EMAIL.  LOOKING FOR INFO ABOUT MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS..

Dear Saldad,

I have found 2 possibilities in the online records

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/8acd110275977

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/e2bca00374673

Next step would be to check if either of them married in Ireland as this would rule them out.

There are 1,219 Ellen Sheehans

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?namefm=Ellen&namel=Sheehan&exact=&name2fm=&name2l=&location=&dd=&mm=&yy=&diocese=KERRY+(RC)&parish=¢ury=&decade=&sort=&pageSize=100&ddB=&mmB=&yyB=&ddM=&mmM=&yyM=&ddD=&mmD=&yyD=&locationB=&locationM=&locationD=&member0=&member1=&member2=&member3=&member4=&member5=&member6=&member7=&member8=&member9=&namef0=&namef1=&namef2=&namef3=&namef4=&namef5=&namef6=&namef7=&namef8=&namef9=&namel0=&namel1=&namel2=&namel3=&namel4=&namel5=&namel6=&namel7=&namel8=&namel9=&keyword=&submit=Search

and 1,652 Nora Sheehans

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?namefm=Nora&namel=Sheehan&location=&dd=&mm=&yy=&submit=Search

Cross referencing them is arduous but not impossible. An easier possibility is to get a marriage certificate for William and Ellen which if it is RC should contain their parents names.

I found this link for marriages in Chicagoilliam and Ellen/Nellie

https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22William%20Patrick%22~%20%2Bsurname%3ALynch~%20%2Brecord_country%3A%22United%20States%22%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3AEllen~%20%2Bspouse_surname%3ASheehan~

Let me know if any thing pops! Did all Ellen's sibs move to Chicago or did anyone stay at home? I might have more luck finding the ones who stayed in Ireland and via them the family of origin.

Have you checked naturalisation records? and census returns?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Martine

There is someone on Ancestry.com with the same family.  I'm assuming that's you?  The family was living at 320 Oakley in 1920.  I found this 1921 death record transcription at the same address that includes William's  parents names of William and Johanna.

Unfortunately I think you have to go to Cook County and pay for the actual document these days.

I looked in the 1901 Irelland  census and didn't see any Williams old enough to be his father.  There are several Johanna's of which a few are widows. 

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=19…

As I was looking I did see the deaths of  Nellie and a couple of the sons.  If you don't have the info, let me know and I'll give you the links. 

Cathy

Chicago