James Moran was born July 1854 in Wexford. His parents were Patrick Moran (born in Newfoundland, Canada) and Anna Fitzpatrick Born in Ireland)...I am looking for any information on where in Wexford County, siblings of James,etc.
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Co. Wexford is a very difficult county to research prior to 1864 when civil registration started. Roots Ireland only has 11 of the 48 RC parishes included on the Roots Ireland data base. I just did a search of Roots and no records for James Moran son of Patrick came up. My wife has the same issue looking for her great-grandfather's baptismal record. I've been going thru the online parish registers one by one and so far no success. The RC parish registers are at http://registers.nli.ie/
I did search the 1853 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Co. Wexford and only one Patrick Moran record came up (below). I don't know whether your Patrick Moran was leasing land in 1853 but if he was, this record in Kilgarvan civil parish could be for him. there are three possible RC parishes that correspond to Kilgarvan civil parish: Taghmon, Clongeen and Adamstown. You may want to look at those registers to see if you can find the James Moran baptismal record.
Roger McDonnell
Griffith's Valuation Record Information
TenantFamily Name 1MORANForename 1PATRICKLandlordFamily Name 2SANKEYForename 2SARAHLocationCountyWEXFORDBaronySHELMALIERE, WESTUnionNEW ROSSParishKILGARVANTownlandCAMAROSSPlace NameCAMAROSSPlace TypeTOWNLAND
Thank you So much!...definitely a lead I will follow!!