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MayoTemplemore (Mayo)

I found (through rootsireland) thatDaniel Treacy and Mary Cormack (Cormick) marriedin Templemore Co. Tipperary in 1831. These two might be my great great grandparents. They had 7 children including William; my great grandparent is a William Tracey/Tracy. He arrived in USA in 1849 according to his 1868 naturalization record (port of arrival not shown.) He lived in New Orleans LA USA until his death in 1914. An 1870 USA census record listed Mary Tracy living with children: Mary, William, Bridget and Ellen Tracy in New Orleans. I found baptism records through rootsireland for William, Bridget and Ellen in Templemore. Couldn't find one for the youngerMary shown on the censusbut she might have been a cousin or other relation. William married my great grandmother, Eliza Grady (O'Grady) in 1871 in New Orleans.

I just found Mary Tracey/Tracy's (William's mother) obituary showing she died in New Orleans on 11-30-1879. She was living with William her son at the time of her death. Obituary shows she was from Clanmore, North Riding, Tipperary. She lived in N.O. for 30 years indicating she arrived with William in 1849.

Question: Could Clanmore and Templemore be the same place in North Riding Tipperary?

I don't know what happened to Daniel Treacy. I could not find a death record in either Ireland or New Orleans. I attribute the spelling variation to inability to read/write at the time entry into USA.

3mermaids

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Mary:

Likely the obituary has a misspelling and the townland is Clonmore instead of Clanmore. There are three Clonmores in North Tipperary and one of them is in Killavinoge civil parish just to the northeast of Templemore on the other side of the River Suir. If you have access to Google Maps, enter Templemore Tipperary. Look to the northeast and you will see Clonmore across the River Suir.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Mr. McDonnell,

Thanks for the info on Clonmore/Templemore; I looked at a map and see how close these two parishes are.  I think it is quite possible that Daniel and Mary are my great great grandparents.  My great grandfather, William Tracy/Tracey, named his first born son Daniel; unfortunately, the baby died at about 6 months in New Orleans and this child's obit showed the funeral was conducted from the family home on Annunciation St. in New Orleans.  This was confirmation that the widow Mary Tracy and William Tracy as shown in a New Orleans city directory were mother and son as the residence for both was the same Annunciation St. address.

I hope there are Treacys and/or Cormacks still residing in that area of Tipperary.  I would love to connect with them.  I have been doing genealogy work on my totally Irish family for 40 years and a major reason has always been to connect with relatives in Ireland.  I am a fifth generation Irish American, 100% Irish by surnames and 93% Irish by DNA testing.  The other 7% is European/Viking. 

Thanks again.

M. E. McAuliffe

 

 

 

 

3mermaids

Mary:

We have an active parish liaison in Templemore so you will probably hear from her soon.

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

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