Do you know where your Hennesseys are from in Cork? I have a 4 gr Hennessey grandmother from around Skibbereen in southwest County Cork who married John Walsh of Skeagh ca 1800. Barbara in St. Louis, Missouri On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Ray Hennessy <ray@whatsinaname.net> wrote: > Hi List > > Thomas & Patrick HENNESSY, left County Cork for London sometime before 1860 > ________________________________________________ > > I am new to this List and hope someone can help us find out about the > our Irish ancestry. > > Two brothers, Thomas and Patrick HENNESSY, left County Cork sometime > before 1860 and moved into Wild Court, near Drury Lane, London, > England. Thomas was born around 1835-6 and Patrick probably in 1846, > if the ages on their marriage certificates are accurate. > > In London, Thomas HENNESSY married Johanna BRESNAHAN [born 1840-1] in > 1860 and Patrick HENNESSY married Julia SHEA [born 1849] in 1871. > Both marriage certificates give the man's father's name as Patrick > HENNESSY, a butcher. The women were both Irish; Julia SHEA is > believed to be from County Kerry. Their marriage certificates show > they were all Catholic at the time. > > Patrick and Julia had a son - my grandfather, Thomas Patrick HENNESSY - in > 1877. > > One of my cousins [Sheila] has tried to find a family in Co Cork that > matches the two sons and the original butcher but without success due > to the then unavailability of centralised parish records for Co Cork. > > We wonder if anyone on the List has any access to the various parish > records in Co Cork. Unfortunately we have no idea which parish they > were from. The main HENNESSY line in that area at that time seems to > have been based in Ballymacmoy but we have no known connection with > them or any other branch of the family. > > Any help with researching this line - useful websites, printed > records, research facilities, etc - would be very much appreciated. > > -- > Best wishes > > Ray HENNESSY > > ********************************************************** > >From Ray Hennessy > Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net > Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net > Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP > ********************************************************** > Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ > It is a good place to find information related to your family research. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

2009/9/25 Barb Bouchey <barbwalsh49@gmail.com> wrote Do you know where your Hennesseys are from in Cork? I have a 4 gr Hennessey > grandmother from around Skibbereen in southwest County Cork who married John > Walsh of Skeagh ca 1800. Barbara in St. Louis, Missouri _______________________________________________ Thanks for writing, Barb. I'm afraid we have no idea, that's our brick-wall. The only information we have about their place of origin is the family story that they came from County Cork. We have been in touch with a descendant of Thomas HENNESSY and she also had the story that their origins were in the county so we feel it is very likely to be true. This is what we "know":- Patrick HENNESSY was a butcher in County CORK in the 1830s & 40s. He was Catholic and had two sons: 1. Thomas HENNESSY born around 1835-6 2. Patrick HENNESSY born in 1846 or thereabouts. They could be related to your gggggm but until we can identify their family we have no way of knowing. We'll keep looking. -- Best wishes Ray ********************************************************** >From Ray Hennessy Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP **********************************************************