FitzMaurice family from Roscommon

Hi Bernie,

You could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) for information about Edward and Patrick. You at least have some idea of where they were from, so this will help you greatly. Griffith's is freely available online here: www.askaboutireland.com

If you knew a little more, you might be able to discover lots more information about them in the British Army through the records at the National Archives (UK). www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk If you have any more details about their service in the army, please let me know and I will try to guide you in the right direection.

Hopefully, someone living in the area will be able to offer you more information about their descendants.

Kind regards,

Sinead Cooney

Genealogist (Ireland XO)

Hi, I am looking for Edward Lavin but have almost no info. Do you have any further info on the Mary Lavin you listed that you could share? Perhaps my Edward was a relative of hers?

Thank You,

Debbie

Hi Debbie,

I haven't found anything more on Mary lavin or her family. I may have some info for you though. I looked thru the microfilm for Killukin parish looking for clues, and recorded names and records that may have been connected to my family. The records start about 1811. I recorded the baptism, marraiges etc. from this early period for Fitzmaurice , Lavins and others. I recorded a baptism for Edward Lavan, son of Patrick Lavan and Betty Paddon on 9 July, 1817. The sponsors were Bernard (possibly  Edward?) Lavan and Lira Lavan. This was the only Edward Lavan that I wrote down up to 1832. It was extremely hard to read some of these old records, and I copied what I thought it was and added a question mark and alternate interpretations if I was not sure. Do you have any other info on your Edward? Do you have names of siblings or children or spouse or parents? Also any info for dates, such as children that were born in a certain year, etc., or the townland or county they were from? There were a lot of Lavins in this part of Roscommon county. You can e-mail me at fitz1959@hotmail.com and I will check what I have.

Bernie FitzMaurice

Hi, no I really don't have any other info. Edward born in Ireland married to Margaret also born in Ireland. One known son, Edward J. (possibly Joseph) was born in Ireland most probably 1863, immigrated to America and married Ann (Annie) Flanagan in Massachuetts 7 Oct. 1883. Edward and Ann had probably 10 children all born in Massachuetts.

There are lots of Lavins out there but I'm not making a connection to this line. Everywhere leads to a dead end. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Debbie

Hi Debbie,

It looks like you are in the same situation as me. The easy parts are done and you have to start digging deep! I did some quick checks on ancestry.com and there were other Lavins in Hampden co. Massachusetts. You may have to research these other Lavins, if only to eliminate any possible connections. They may be related to yours but immigrated many years earlier. In Ireland, I would recommend concentrating on northern Roscommon, Leitrim, and Mayo counties as this seems to be where most Lavins were from. There were also some in Kilkenny county. The microfilm that I was looking thru had a lot of Lavins. In the 20 year period that I concentrated on there were at least 50 times that the name was listed in the parish record. Your Edward Lavin was born about 30 years after my ancestors left Ireland so it was later than the time I was looking at but the parish register continued on and may cover the period you want. The LDS # is 989741 and you can order it from your nearest Family history center. You also may need to check out other microfilms from surrounding areas. I would also recommend trying http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/index.shtml . There is some background material on the Lavin family that you may find helpful and there are several people who use the website that are researching Lavins. I will let you know if I come across anything.

Good Luck,

Bernie

Hi Sinead,

I have a bit more info on the military records of the people I am looking for. Edward FitzMaurice (born 1817 in Killikin) was in the 44th regiment of foot. This regiment was in Afgahanistan during the first Afghan war and the regiment was decimated in that war in 1842. There were only 2 recorded survivors but a few others were rumored to have survived. I am trying to find a muster roll that will show that he was there at that time. His brother Patrick FitzMaurice was in the 30th regiment of foot and served in Bermuda where a daughter named Anna Maria was born about 1837. I am trying to find records to verify this also. The John FitzMaurice, that I suspect was a brother of my Edward FitzMaurice, after he served with the 101st regiment of foot as Seargent Major served with the 85th Kings regiment of light infantry as Colour Seargent and spent some time in Malta. He was medically discharged in 1824 from that regiment. I don't know where he went afterward. I am sure there are muster rolls etc. in the British archives but they are not online. From inquiries I have made you can only get copies of the entire muster rolls which can be quite long and expensive. I have some records from the archives such as discharges. I think that I have to wait for more records to come online or hire someone to do the research at the archives. Do you have any suggestions ?

Thanks,

Bernie

Hi Sinead,

I have a bit more info on the military records of the people I am looking for. Edward FitzMaurice (born 1817 in Killikin) was in the 44th regiment of foot. This regiment was in Afgahanistan during the first Afghan war and the regiment was decimated in that war in 1842. There were only 2 recorded survivors but a few others were rumored to have survived. I am trying to find a muster roll that will show that he was there at that time. His brother Patrick FitzMaurice was in the 30th regiment of foot and served in Bermuda where a daughter named Anna Maria was born about 1837. I am trying to find records to verify this also. The John FitzMaurice, that I suspect was a brother of my Edward FitzMaurice, after he served with the 101st regiment of foot as Seargent Major served with the 85th Kings regiment of light infantry as Colour Seargent and spent some time in Malta. He was medically discharged in 1824 from that regiment. I don't know where he went afterward. I am sure there are muster rolls etc. in the British archives but they are not online. From inquiries I have made you can only get copies of the entire muster rolls which can be quite long and expensive. I have some records from the archives such as discharges. I think that I have to wait for more records to come online or hire someone to do the research at the archives. Do you have any suggestions ?

Thanks,

Bernie