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Looking for Owen Meehan and Susan Keenan marriage and son Francis birth.

MonaghanTedavnet (Monaghan)

Looking for Owen Meehan and Susan Keenan and son Francis Meehan.

I am researching and cant find a marriage for them. and not sure of their births, but parish birth records and Griffiths Valuations point to Owen being born 22 Jun 1841 in Killylough to Owen and Ellen Tierney.

Susanna Keenan birth may be 23 Feb 1846 In killylough, Tedavnet to Patricius and Sarah Farrell.

Children born after 1864, when records were available, were born in Scotstown between 1865 and 1875.

I need to find their son Francis Meehan born between approximately 1859 and 1862 . No birth records of a Francis or Owen or Patrick in those years show Owen and Susan as parents, though his marriage certificate in New Jersey lists them as his parents. He is my direct ancestor.

I have searched variations of Meighan and Meegan and no luck.

thanks if any hints.

Kathy Meehan Anderson

kathanders

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Kathy:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I did not find a marriage record for Owen and Susan or the baptismal record for Francis but did find an 1865 baptismal record for Catherine and an 1870 record for John. See below. Here is the link to the parish register https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0319  Maybe you can find the record for Francis.

Roger McDonnell

Name:Catherine MeehanDate of Birth:0not liste
Date of Baptism:02-May-1865Address:KillyloughParish/District:TydavnetGender:FCountyCo. Monaghan
Denomination:[not Listed]
Father:Owen MeehanMother:Susan KeenanOccupation:[not Listed]
[not Listed]
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:James Murphy
[not Listed]Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Catherine McCarron

Name:John MeehanDate of Birth:0not listed
Date of Baptism:20-Feb-1870Address:KillyloughParish/District:TydavnetGender:MCountyCo. Monaghan
Denomination:[not Listed]
Father:Owen MeehanMother:Susan KeenanOccupation:[not Listed]
[not Listed]
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Patrick Carron
[not Listed]Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary McGuire

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Thank you for your interest in helping my research.   You confirm my inability to find results online.   I did go through many pages of film last month searching for a Francis Meehan. 

I have birth records for children Catherine and John plus  Susan, John, Bridget, Ann and Michael all born in Scotstown

but with different spellings of parents names and their last names.  

The only Franciscus Meehan born 30 Aug 1860 was to an Edvardi and Eleanor Meehan, no sponsors listed, yet I can find no

information on either anywhere online,  so dont know if there is any connection.  also, this Francis was born in Donagh, not Tedavnet.  

also found a Patricius Meehan in tydavnet parish film for 17 Mar 1859, but can't read the names of parents,  though as far as I know all of Francis' records of immigration, and marriage, and children's births and death shows his name as Francis,Frank, or Franciscus.   but can find no records of him in Ireland. 

So hopefully a researcher in the future has answers .

thanks for your research,

Kathy Meehan Anderson

kathanders

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