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Patrick Kiely b.1832 and Margaret Griffin b.1832 (Co. Kerry)

Limerick

Looking for any info on the following :

PatricK Kiely b. 1832, Limerick ( My g-g-grandfather)  died pre-1882

Margaret Kiely ( born Grffin 1834 in Co. Kerry ) ( my g-g-grandmother) died 1882

 

I have fairly reliable information on 5 of their children:

Johanna Kiely b. 1853

Edmund Kiely b. 1856

Ellen Kiely b.1868

John ( k.a.Jack) Patrick Kiely b. 1869 ( my g-grandfather)

Margaret Mary Kiely b. 1878 d. 1882

The 1881 census records the family as living in st George Hanover Square at this time, and apparently John/Jack Patrick was mainly educated in London.

1882: 

  • Margaret (Griffin) Kiely and Mary Margaret both died ( registered a few months apart) . A grandaughter of hers remembers being told that their deaths were caused by a runaway horse and trap.
  • At the time of his mother's death, John ( Jack) Patrick Kiely had begun University, but had to leave and joined the Cape Mounted Rifles, a unit based in South Africa. He was stationed in Kokstad, Transkei, SA approx 1889

John Patrick Kiely ( while in S. Africa ) married...

Alicia Emily Mary Holmes b. 1873 King Williamstown, Cape, S. Africa

They had 14 children - my grandfather, Melville George Kiely, being one of them

John Patrick Kiely served in WW1 in France as a member of the SA Corps Sig. Coy, where he suffered a spinal injury as a result of a fall from a horse during battle. He returned  to SA, but in 1928 required spinal surgery, for which he had to return to London.  He died a few weeks later in Epsom, Surrey.

Any information on the above persons will be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

 

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Hi Heather

Thank you for your query. Firstly do you have any information on where in Limerick or Kerry your great great grand parents were from? Do you know much about their emigration? The dates, the reason why they left, who they may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g. Liverpool, etc.), this could be a good place to find more information. -And perhaps even find out an exact place of origin.

Here are some websites that may help you in finding this information:

http://ied.dippam.ac.uk/

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/emigration.h…

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Emigration.html

I hope that this information is of some help to you. Remember to post as much information as you can with regard to the people you are researching. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search. I wish you the best for your future research.

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Thank you very much for your reply.
I do know that
1.  Patrick Kiely was baptised in the Catholic Church, Althea, on April 2 1834
    ( parents were John Kiely and Johanna Connors )
2.  Patrick Kiely and Margaret Griffin were married in the same Catholic Church, Althea, on Nov 29 1850.
     ( Witnesses were John Foley, Cathrine Mulvihill )

regards

Heather

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