I am looking for family information on Jeremiah Carey who was from Nenagh. He was born around 1816 and joined the 58th Regiment of Foot in 1832. He married Margaret McKinnon (sometimes spelled McKenna) in 1842 in Edinburgh. After living in Australia for a few years with the regiment, they ended up settling in Auckland, New Zealand.
Alison
Hi Alison,
I would suggest you check the UK National Archives for military information about your ancestor. You will also need to check the UK/Scotland for the marriage record.
Do you know what religion he was? There are RC church records for Nenagh dating from 1792 for both baptismal and marriage records. These are available from the National Library of Ireland, Pos. 2483 (B. to 1809); 2484. If yoiu have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance.
There is also the possibility that his family are mentioned in the land record called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38).
His family may also be mentioned in the Freeholders list (1776). This is at the National Archives of Ireland, M.1321-2.
Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.
Kind regards,
Sinead Cooney
Genealogist (Ireland XO)
You could try contacting the local Genealogical Centre www.tipperarynorth.ie/genealogy - they have extensive records for all of North Tipperary and only charge a small fee for research work.
Hi Alison
I am also trying to find info on my 3x great grandfather Jeremiah Carey he had 2 daughters with Margaret McKinnon one is my great great grandmother mother Winifred Carey McCabe she had my great grandmother Ethel McCabe Stanaway & Ethel had my grandfather David Grant Stanaway & he had my mother Monica Ruth Stanaway in Northland NZ.
Margaret McKinnon (Carey) Fern
Winifred Carey McCabe
& her sister Margaret Anne Carey Roderick are all buried in Sydmonds Street Cemetary in Auckland. Is it possible
Jeremiah Carey is also buried there?
Hi,
My Grandmother is Rose Winifred Stanaway, your David's sister. With a few cousins from the extended family working together we were able to find all of the information that I shared in the 2012 post. Unfortunately, we still don't know where he was buried. We do have more things found since 2012 about the couple and their children e.g. that Margaret McKinnon Carey remarried as you saw in FindAGrave. If you want a bit more information you can find me on a genealogy database that starts with an A (Barr-2023 tree).
Hi Alison
Sorry I didn't introduce myself. I'm Maria Stanaway (Trimboli) oldest daughter of Monica Ruth. I just attended the 50 year memorial in Whananaki for the Capitaine Bougainville shipwreck 3rd September 1975. I met a Mani Barr there my 2nd cousin, is this your mother or maybe an aunt? I think she mentioned her mother was Rose Barr. You can msg me directly on astromiss23atyahoo co nz not sure if emails addy are allowed on here