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Lawless from Gowran Parish

KilkennyGowran (Kilkenny)

Seeking information on Bridget Lawless, born c 1811, in Gowran Parish, Kilkenny, Ireland. Her parents were John Lawless and Mary Hobin. The family is Roman Catholic. In 1839,Father Edward Gordonmarried Bridget Lawless and Thomas McCarty at Niagara on the Lake, Welland County, Ontario, Canada. They had 2 sons in Canada, emigrated to the US about 1843, settling in Louisville, Jefferson, KY by 1850. Another 4 sons were born in the US.

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Marge:

I checked Roots Ireland www.rootsireland.ie and they have an 1810 baptismal record for a Bridget Lawless born to John Lawless and Mary. It looks like the surname field for Mary may be blank because I could not get any letter to work.  This record is in the Gowran RC records. I checked further and there are a total of four Lawless children born to a John and Mary between 1809-1821. Without the first names, Roots won't let you determine the parish. I did figure out that one record was a Catherine born in 1813 to the same parents in Gowran. You can work the indexes to figure out the other two siblings.

Roots is a pay site to view a transcription of a church record.

Roger McDonnell

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