Catherine, I appreciate your effort and the motivation to add to the skimpy records available for our Clare families. Sharon C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine Eystad" <cadybeth@gmail.com> To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [CLARE] Re: HELP - Margaret Hillary and David Fitzgerald > Oh I do appologize! It is 100 years too late!! Mis-read it as 1827 but it > is 1927. So sorry. > Michael SCULLANE was my gr grandmother's brother. Wrong generation. > > > On 8/16/06, Catherine Eystad <cadybeth@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Sharon > > The name DUGGAN stood out to me. As you know, I am a HEHIR decendant of > > Co Clare with my townland being primarily Formoyle Oughteragh West. I have > > a HEHIR family history here with the following marrige record that lists a > > Patrick DUGGAN as a wittness. It is all I have but I thought you might be > > interested. > > > > > > > > On the* *27th of February 1927, *Michael Scullane *and *Winifred > > O'Loughlin *was shown to have been the daughter of *Michael O'Loughlin, *a > > farmer of *Ballyduff Beg, Inagh. *The witnesses at the marriage were *Patrick > > Duggan *and *Maggie Hegarty. *While *Fr. Thomas O'Reilly *was shown to > > have married the couple. > > > > > > > > On 8/16/06, Sharon Carberry <sm8carberry@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > Julie, > > > > > > You have received very considerate responses from > > > Jeanne and Ernene. I am in awe of their determination to reach out to > > > anyone seeking information on a Clare > > > ancestor. > > > > > > I too have some parish entries to share, because my people were related > > > to > > > the Fitzgeralds. You are the first Fitzgerald descendant, to my > > > knowledge > > > (I've been on this list for over 8 years) to have posted here. So, I am > > > > > > disposed to be helpful, but only to a certain extent at this time. Your > > > posting shows that you have not done the work yet to become > > > knowledgeable on > > > how to do Irish research. So, I will provide the data directly bearing > > > on > > > my ties to the Fitzgeralds and will be ready, once you are actually > > > doing > > > serious research, to share the many record references I have to other > > > Fitzgeralds in Clare. I too would like to learn more about this > > > family, > > > but simply throwing a lot of names, dates, and localities at you, when > > > you > > > have no way of doing more with those, would only take a huge chunk of my > > > time without any useful result. > > > > > > BTW the interrelationships among the East Clare > > > families are even more extensive than the below records > > > indicate. Charting the families is the only way to keep > > > clear on which Bridget and which John belongs to > > > which family in which time period. Fortunately there was in East Clare > > > only > > > one basic Carberry family and one basic Tynan family. There were > > > numerous > > > Connells, > > > Donnellans, Hehirs, and Molonys. The O'Hollarens > > > and Lenahans, so important to my Carberrys, were also > > > quite numerous and evidently fairly well off. John Roche, however, was > > > quite singular in this the civil parish of Clonlea for which Kilkishen > > > was a > > > major town, but not much was written about him although he seems to have > > > been fairly prosperous. > > > > > > I have never seen anything like a Hillary surname in East Clare. > > > > > > Hope to hear from you in the future, > > > Sharon Carberry > > > Georgia USA > > > > > > RC Parish of O'Callaghan Mills (LDS film): > > > Baptisms (surviving records start in 1835) > > > > > > 29 Feb 1835 [leap year ?] > > > Mary, of Peter Carberry and Catherine Tynan, > > > no residence noted [this is the only record of > > > this particular Carberry couple, likely residing in > > > Lakyle as did the other Carberrys of this time] > > > sponsors: Dan Linehan > > > Mary Carney > > > > > > 25 Aug 1838 Michael, of Matthias Hehir and > > > Bridget Carberry, residing Lackyle > > > sponsors: Dennis Linehan > > > Catherine Carberry > > > > > > 28/29 Feb 1839 Johanna, of John Roche and > > > Mary Tynan, Cappalaheen > > > sponsors: Patrick Carberry > > > Margaret Molony > > > > > > 27 Dec 1839 Margaret, of Michael Fitzgerald and > > > Margaret Halloran, > > > residing Cappalaheen > > > sponsors: Patrick Carberry > > > Mary B __n__ty [Bentley?] > > > > > > 6 Feb 1861 Mary, of Martin Tynan and > > > Catherine Fitzgerald, Oatfield > > > sponsors: John Tynan > > > Mary Connell > > > > > > 13 Nov 1864 Margaret, of Martin Tynan and > > > Catherine Fitzgerald, Oatfield > > > sponsors: James Fitzgerald > > > Mary Connell > > > > > > 16? Apr 1874 Edmund, of Pat Duggan and > > > Ellen Fitzgerald, Backfield > > > [also known as Gortadroma] > > > sponsors: Michael & Bridget Donnellan > > > [This Michael might be the son of > > > Thomas, apparent older brother of my > > > Michael, who was deceased as of 1849] > > > > > > One additional background note: > > > There is a Donnellan pedigree from the National Library, Dublin, which > > > has > > > generations down to two sets > > > of children (two successive marriages) of a Donnellan > > > in Clashduff (neighboring Backfield); the older children > > > shown are Cornelius/Connor and Thomas, plus a note of "other issue." > > > Cornelius (who married Mary Doogan) and Thomas appear in O'Callaghan > > > Mills > > > records with a Michael, who is my ancestor and who appears to be one of > > > the > > > unlisted younger ones on the pedigree. After my Michael died, his family > > > was > > > evicted in Dec 1849. His daughter Bridget (about age 13 in 1849) later > > > in > > > life listed Pat and Bridget Duggan as her parents even while she was > > > stating > > > her sister was Catherine Donnellan Carberry, my ancestor, also residing > > > in > > > the same old-age home where the record was made in about 1910. > > > Michael Donnellan's wife was Anne Connell, confirmed in the records of > > > their > > > last child Michael baptised Sep 1837. I have yet to find a Pat and > > > Bridget > > > Duggan, after ten-plus years of research; Anne and son Michael are > > > also still missing after the eviction.] > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ernene Smedley" <ernene@tpg.com.au> > > > ... > > > > This is the only Fitzgerald entry that I have and I thought I would > > > pass > > > on to you. > > > > > > > > Marriage 21st. October 1838 Edmund O'Brien of Kilkishen to Bridget > > > McMahon of Clonloum > > > > Witnesses were Michael Fitzgerald of Cappalaheen and Mary Carney of > > > Lakyle. > > > ... > > > > > > > > Jules Harris wrote: > > > ... > > > > What I have so far: > > > > Margaret Hillary > > > > > > > > B. 7/06/1836 > > > > > > > > County Clare > > > > > > > M. about 1858 to David Fitzgerald > > > > > > > Immigrated to Adelaide, South Australia onboard the Bee in 1858 > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== > > > If you just want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send > > > e-mail to IRL-CLARE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > or (for the digest list) IRL-CLARE-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the > > > word subscribe or unsubscribe in the message body. > > > NO VIRUS warnings to be posted to the list. > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > > last 12 months. 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