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My great grandmother was Catherine Deegan born in Athy abt 1850 to Malachy Deegan and Jane Sherlock

KildareChurchtown (Kildare)

Catherine had at least two siblings Bridget born abt1842 and Thomas born abt 1843. They seem to have left there and moved to the Dublin area. Bridget married John McCarthy in Dublin at St Andrews Catholic Church in 1863. Malachydied in 1865 in Dublin of delirium tremens in Stevenson Hospital. My Catherine left for LIverpool where she was a seamstress and married James Murray from Scotland in 1869. My grandfather John was born in 1870 in Liverpool and emigrated to the US with his Mom in 1889. Would love to find out more about this family and especially Thomas and Catherine's Mom.

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Here is the record from www.rootsireland.ie/:

Name:Catherine DeeganDate of Birth:12-Nov-1850
Date of Baptism:17-Nov-1850Address:Barrack StreetParish/District:ATHYGender:FemaleCountyCo. Kildare
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Malachy DeeganMother:Jane SherlockName:Catherine DeeganDate of Birth:12-Nov-1850  Date of Baptism:17-Nov-1850Address:Barrack StreetParish/District:ATHYGender:FemaleCountyCo. KildareDenomination:Roman CatholicFather:Malachy DeeganMother:Jane Sherlock

Siblings:

Name:Bridget DeighanDate of Birth:

Date of Baptism:21-Aug-1842Address:
Parish/District:ATHYGender:FemaleCountyCo. Kildare
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Malachy DeighanMother:Jane SherlockOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:John FitzpatrickSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Catherine Dunne

Name:Thomas DeighanDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:22-Oct-1843Address:
Parish/District:ATHYGender:MaleCountyCo. Kildare
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Malachy DeighanMother:Jane SherlockOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Christy BoylanSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Rose Donnelly

I couldn't find the parents' marriage I'm afraid.

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Thank you, Always found the break between Thomas and Catherine's birth odd (for Catholics). Jane Sherlock also is a puzzle. There was a Thomas Sherlock in Griffiths in Athy on Duke Street (the same name as her son) and a Samuel Sherlock in a diferent parish- Churchtown. So the name Sherlock was in the immediate area. The only Jane Sherlock births of about the right age I found in the past were in other counties but records in that time period for Catholics are sparse ;-)

Obviously some portion of the family had emigrated to Dublin by the time Malachy died 15 years after Catherine's birth..

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