I have debating whether and how to tell this story, but part of this mystery fits right into the age discrepancy, so here it is. I am not exactly asking for help because I don't know what to ask. my gr grandfather James Shea was born in Kerry about 1842 (1861 census), lived in Glamorgan, married Catherine O'Neil in 1864 and had one daughter Margaret Mary in 1865. Catherine died in1870. Margaret, the daughter, shows up in 1871 and 1881 censuses with maternal uncles (one in fact reported the death of James' wife,Catherine. But I can find no other obvious mention of James. In 1884 Margaret Shea went to New Haven, CT with various uncles and aunts, both maternal and paternal. Another researcher believes that her gr grandfather is the same James Shea, who remarried a Mary Quirk in Dowlais in 1875. They had many children, the first of whom was Margaret Mary ( who only lived about a year). Ultimately, this "second" family went to Yorkshire, England. This James Shea (the same or not) gave his birth as about 1850-54. Both James' gave as their job " iron wheeler". However, another discrepancy is that "my" James Shea said his father's name was Bartholomew at the time of his marriage and the second one listed his father as Michael. This other person says she thinks her family now is trying to cover some secret and that they feel their James was older than he gave people to believe. Unfortunately I have not found any James Shea in 1871. So, I don't know what to think. I am not really asking for help, partly because I have tried to make this succinct and may have left out information. if it is the same James Shea then he seems to have lowered his age, which was what got me going here in the first place. Sue

Hi, Not that I can give you much help in Glamorgan but here is the following from Co Kerry- Parish of Glenbeigh / Glencar Co KerryJames Shea (in reality it's O'Shea or in Irish O' Sé.)bap 26th Oct 1844Address Coolroeparents Bartholomew Shea & Julia Foulue > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 19:45:29 -0400 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GLA] a discrepancy etc > > I have debating whether and how to tell this story, but part of this mystery fits right into the age discrepancy, so here it is. I am not exactly asking for help because I don't know what to ask. > > my gr grandfather James Shea was born in Kerry about 1842 (1861 census), lived in Glamorgan, married Catherine O'Neil in 1864 and had one daughter Margaret Mary in 1865. Catherine died in1870. Margaret, the daughter, shows up in 1871 and 1881 censuses with maternal uncles (one in fact reported the death of James' wife,Catherine. But I can find no other obvious mention of James. In 1884 Margaret Shea went to New Haven, CT with various uncles and aunts, both maternal and paternal. > > Another researcher believes that her gr grandfather is the same James Shea, who remarried a Mary Quirk in Dowlais in 1875. They had many children, the first of whom was Margaret Mary ( who only lived about a year). Ultimately, this "second" family went to Yorkshire, England. This James Shea (the same or not) gave his birth as about 1850-54. > > Both James' gave as their job " iron wheeler". However, another discrepancy is that "my" James Shea said his father's name was Bartholomew at the time of his marriage and the second one listed his father as Michael. This other person says she thinks her family now is trying to cover some secret and that they feel their James was older than he gave people to believe. > > Unfortunately I have not found any James Shea in 1871. So, I don't know what to think. I am not really asking for help, partly because I have tried to make this succinct and may have left out information. > > if it is the same James Shea then he seems to have lowered his age, which was what got me going here in the first place. > > Sue > -- > > To send to the list send to [email protected] > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > This site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message