Information on my Great Grandmother, Mary Cummins Power
Hello,
My name is Lynne Kievan. My mother always told me I was named for an Irish saint. I learned on a visit to Ireland last year that there were two saints that probably inspired the selection of my middle name: St. Kevin and St. Kieran. Subsequent family history research revealed I also had a great uncle Kieran that my mother never met who might also have provided inspiration. Whatever help you might provide in my search for family origins would be greatly appreciated.
I am seeking information on my great grandmother, Mary Cummins and her husband James Power. I would like to learn the names of their parents and perhaps find their baptismal records. She was born about 1859, married James Power (born about 1844; died approx 1900). She resided in County Offaly (King's) at the time of the 1901 and 1911 Irish Census. The family were Catholic. On the 1901 Census, she was listed as a widow residing on Park Street in Shannon Harbour, with the following children:
Patrick Joseph born 1887; Michael Thomas born 1889; Margaret born 1892; William Martin born 1893; James born 1897;
Kieran born 1900.
On the 1911 Irish Census, she lived at Curraghavarna & Portavrolla; District: Banagher; County: King's. Children remaining at home were Michael, William, James and Kieran; daughter margaret, though younger, had preceded my grandfather Patrick in emigrating to the United States.
Sometime before 1920, Mary Cummins and her sons Michael and Kieran moved to London.
Thank you for any assistance you may be able to provide.
Lynne
