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Barry family

WexfordTaghmon (Wexford)

Hi,

My great-grandmother was Eliza Barry, who we know was born in Wexford. Her parents were John Barry and Johanna Murray, who had 5 children in Ireland, then moved to Liverpool and had 5 more:

https://www.geni.com/people/John-Barry/6000000042024322417

I've tried to nail them down in Wexford and seem to have found a marriage:

John Barry married a Judith Murray in Barntown/Glinn on 26th November 1831

And 4 of the 5 children's baptisms (the name varies, but Jody is short for Johanna, so some of that variation might be in just trying to make sense of the writing in the records):

  • Margaret, bp 12th July 1833 in Taghmon to a John Barry and Joanna Marian
  • Bridget, bp 22nd March 1835 in Taghmon to a John Barry and Judith Minnay
  • Mary, bp 30th June 1837 in Taghmon to a John Barry and Judy Murray
  • Patrick, bp 8th Jul 1839 in Taghmon to a John Barry and Judy Murray

However, I can't find Eliza's so it could always be that I'm trying to hard to make those baptisms fit andthe family came from elsewhere, with these Barrys lived out their lives in the local area, so I thought I'd throw a hook in the water here.

I've outlined some of my thinking here as part of the search for my grandfather's birth that uncovered the Barrys (a link we've ow confirmed through a DNA match with another descendant of John and Johanna):

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=747386.msg5961111#msg596

Thanks in advance for any help,

Bill

IrelandXO member

4 replies

Hi Bill,

I tried www.rootsireland.ie/ for the marriage of John Barry & Eliza's birth/baptism & only found this I'm afraid:

Name:Elizabeth BarryDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:12-Apr-1823Address:
Parish/District:PiercestownGender:FemaleCountyCo. Wexford
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:John BarryMother:Catherine Barry

I don't know which sources you've tried but the R C registers are free to access at registers.nli.ie/ and Piercetown baptisms & marraiges are there.

Col 

ColCaffIrelandXO Volunteer

Col,

Thanks for checking, but Eliza was born around 1846 according to the censuses, but it is worth noting that there is a difference of a couple of years between the census birth dates and estimates we get from the censuses. This might be a record keeping thing or it might be that I'm looking in the wrong place.

Cheers,

Bill

IrelandXO member

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