Dear Steve:
Many thanks for your post to the Ireland Reaching Out message board and welcome to the site.
There is a baptism record for John Anderson in County Offaly born about 1856. It is available on the Roots Ireland database and I have copied it below for you:
Name: John Anderson Date of Birth: 22-May-1856
Date of Baptism: cordReNo
Address: Parish/District: Lemanaghan
Gender: County Co. Offaly
Denomination:
Father: William Anderson Mother: Johann Galvin
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: Anthony Smale
Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Mary Lowe
You will note that the parish is Lemanaghan which is also known as Ballinahown. It is located very close to the West Meath and Roscommon border. The parish registers are available to view online through the National Library of Ireland at the following link:
https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0144
There did not appear to be other children listed through the database for this couple, but the registers might give you further information.
You might consider creating an Ancestor profile for John Anderson through the XO Chronicles Ancestor database. You can do so through this link:
https://www.irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy
Thank you for your interest in Ireland Reaching Out and the very best of luck with your research!
Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
Kind regards,
Jane.
