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Kinsella born in Ireland

Laois

Trying to trace birthplace of my husband's 2nd great-grandfather, James Kinsella,born in Queen's County in 1795 according to his gravestone. He is buried in Dubuque, Iowa. His wife's name was Anastasia and I think her maiden name was McEvoy but that is unproven. Thank you

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Hi Janet

There are a few public member trees on ancestry that have James's marriage to Anastasia McEvoy 11 feb 1839 in St Columban Riviere do Nord Quebec

http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_db&gsfn=James&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=Kinsella&gsln_x=NS_NP_NN&msbdy=1795&uidh=rg3&msbdp=2&mssng0=Anastasia&mssng0_x=1

I couldn't find a birth/baptism record for him on www.rootsireland.ie/ or www.irishgenealogy.ie

Rootsireland has 4 baptisms about that time but none in Laois.

http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/quis.php?page=0&prevStartQuery=0

A couple of the ancestry trees have James's parent as William Kinsella & Martha Leonard but I could not find this record.

The Tithe Applotments (free online) 1823-37 have 4 Kinsellas in Queens

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=Kinsella&firstname=&county=Queen%27s&parish=&townland=&search=Search

Similarly Griffiths Valuation 1848-64 (free online) has 70 Kinsellas in Queens

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=24&Submit.y=11&Submit=Submit&familyname=Kinsella&firstname=First+Name&baronyname=&countyname=QUEEN%27S&unionname=&parishname=

The irish census of 1901 & 1911 (free online) have 104 & 127 Kinsellas in Queens respectively.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?searchMoreVisible=false&census_year=1901&surname=Kinsella&firstname=&county19011911=Queen%27s+Co.&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&parish=&ward=&barony=&townland=&houseNumber=&ded=&age=&sex

The Irish phone book 9eircom) doesn't seem to be working at the moment but it would be interesting to see if there are still Kinsellas in Laois today - who may know of your husband's family.

Col Cafferky

 

 

 

 

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