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Martin Casey and Julia Walsh Married 1844 Stradbally

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I'm looking for information on the family of Martin CASEY (b about 1821) and his wife Julia WALSH (b. Aug 1825). There were married August 5 1844 in Stradbally, Waterford.  It's hard to read the witnesses, I believe they were: Robert Walsh, Anna "'hearn" and M. Power 

In Griffith's Valuation 1851 there is a Martin Casey living in Monksland; townland of Kilduane. I believe Martin may have been employed in the Bonmahon/Knockmahon copper mines. In Martin emigrated to the USA in 1864. Julia followed in 1865. 

 

According to the US Census they had 8 children, all born in Ireland.

Seven were baptized in Rossmore, Waterford:

Catherine b. Feb 1850 (no further details)

Ellen b. 1852 (no further details)

Thomas b. July 1854 (emigrated to USA)

Mary b. 1855 (emigrated to USA)

Elizabeth July 1856 (no further details)

Margaret b. Sept 1860 (emigrated to USA with mother Julia)

John January 1861 (Emigrated to USA with mother Julia)

I have no information on the 8th child, likely the first born.

Thanks for reading this. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Ophelia553

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Ophelia:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I looked at the marriage record on the register. M. Power was the priest who officiated. The name of the female witness could be Hearn or O'Hearn. Interesting that Roots Ireland did not transcribed the record.

The baptismal records I located on Roots Ireland didn't quite match your records. The first record was a Mary baptized March 20 1847 in Stradbally followed by Catherine Feb 24 1850 Ellen May 16 1852 Thomas July 31 1854 Elizabeth June 15 1856 Mary September 5 1858 ( Looked at register. Definitely Maria) Did the 1847 Mary die young? John or Joanna January 5 1861 Roots Ireland transcribed Joanna but I looked at the register and can see John. In Latin so hard to tell if ending was um or em

I did not find Margaret on the September 1860 register. Also, you can't have children in September 1860 and January 1861. Maybe another year?

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Roger,

Thank you so much for reading my post and researching the records.   I was not aware of the eldest child Mary 1847.  Therefore I don't know what happened to her.

The interesting part is that Margaret (who you couldn't find) I know for sure was a child of Martin Casey and Julia Walsh.  I have her with the family from the time of emigration in 1864  until her death in Wisconson USA in 1901. My mother remembered her aunt.  That is just so strange.  Will have to look further to find her baptism.  (I am embarrassed that I had her in 1860 and her brother John in 1861.  I was going by census records, etc.  Thank you so much for pointing that out.)    Since Margaret and John were very close in age, and Mary was baptized 1858, that would put Margaret in 1859.  It's a mystery.  

I will continue my pursuits.  

In appreciation,

Nancy

Minnesota USA 

 

Ophelia553

Dear Nancy

My ancestors were working in the copper mines in the Bunmahon area for much of the 19th century.  Their name was Gully and they all emigrated to Yonkers New York aournd 1880.  There is a book Written by a man named Des Cowman that is the history of that copper mining community.  It's called 'The Making and Braking of a Mining of a Mining Community' available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Making-Breaking-Mining-Community-Waterford/dp/0953453839.

The author Des Cowman and his email is dcowman@iol.ie  He's an authority on the Copper mines and may have a list of the people who worked there.  The Gully family of my great great grandparents lived in the Bunmahon/Knockmahon area and worked in the mines before emigrating to Yonkers New York in 1880 when the copper was running out. Another group of miners and their families went to Butte, Montana where more copper was discoverd.

Walsh and Casey are common names around the Waterford area.  I hope you find them.

Jim Thompson

Woodhouse

Stradbally, County Waterford

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Hello from California. My ancestors were also miners from Stradbally. They came to the US in 1870, when the mines were drying up. They worked on the Hoosac Tunnel, in western Mass. , & then they did quarry work, etc. They lived in parts of New Jersey, New York, & Mass. My gr-grandmother went to Hancock, Michigan, a mining town. Their names were Flaherty, Kelly/Kelley, & Veale. There was also a Downey further back. They lived in Bunmahon & Ballynasissala, Stradbally, Waterford. Any connections, anyone?

deeniesfjords@…

In response to Nancy above, I think Anna's surname in the register is Kean, but as you say, it's difficult to make out. The marriage register covers the united Catholic parishes of Stradbally and Ballylaneen, so it's not unlikely that they were married in Ballylaneen. As far as I'm aware, Bunmahon is in the parish of Ballylaneen, while Knockmahon (the portion of Bunmahon east of the River Mahon) is in the parish of Kill. The Catholic parish of Kill is united with Newtown (Rossmore/Rossmire); my guess is that the children were baptised in Faugheen Chapel, which is situated not far from Bunmahon, on the eastern side of the Mahon valley. 

In addition to Des Cowman's book, another potential source of information is the Copper Coast Geopark Centre, located in the old Monksland Church of Ireland Church: https://www.facebook.com/CoastCopper/. ;

Wishing you all the best with your research,

Cian

cflaher@tcd.ieIrelandXO Volunteer

In response to Eugenie, if you would like to drop a line to me at cianflaherty96@gmail.com I might be able to help regarding Veales and Downeys.

 

Best wishes,

Cian

cflaher@tcd.ieIrelandXO Volunteer

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