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 **********************************************************