Paddy Knowing the area around Ballybunion I had thought about golf links but as the birth of Hanora Sullivan was probably in the 1840's I would think it would be much too early for the term links to be used. I could be completely wrong and I don't know the origins of the word links. Clare ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Buckley" <[email protected]> To: "Clare Tuohy" <[email protected]>; "Donna Russell" <[email protected]>; "Kerry List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Tranlated Marriage Record > May I put in a caveat? The original marriage entry was written in Latin > by a travelling French priest in Wisconsin USA. He could only write down > what he was told by the groom or bride. There were three words in the > address. The first was clearly Beall the last was Ireland; in between was > what I read as Linckei, which I took as a Latinized plural of 'Links'. > Many years ago when I was on holiday in North Kerry, I took my nieces and > nephews to swim and play on the Shannon shore at Beale, typical 'links' > terrain. There are golf links in the area but they are just south of > Ballybunion. > > Paddy Buckley > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clare Tuohy" <[email protected]> > To: "Donna Russell" <[email protected]>; "Kerry List" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Tranlated Marriage Record > > >> Donna >> I haven't come across Beal Links- in fact I wonder if Links is a >> corruption >> of another name. >> However there is a Beal townland in Listowel parish. >> Clare >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Donna Russell" <[email protected]> >> To: "Kerry List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 4:05 PM >> Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Tranlated Marriage Record >> >> >>> Hi All, >>> Thank you for helping me with my unreadable marriage record! Paddy >>> provided this translation for me--thank you again Paddy! >>> >>> >>> May 30 anno domini 1869 John Thomas Mary Russel son of John Russel & >>> Margaret Morrison in his 21st year from Linana Main Marinette; & Honora >>> Sullivan daughter of Timothy Sullivan & Anne Coffey of Beal Links >>> Ireland >>> were joined in the bonds of matrimony in the presence of John Sullivan >>> and >>> Thomas Gauze. >>> >>> I know for sure that Thomas Russell was born in Linneus, Maine in 1848. >>> Hanora and Thomas met in America sometime between 1866 and 1869, when >>> they >>> were married in Wisconsin. They ended up in South Dakota and then >>> settling >>> in Washington State. >>> >>> I also know for sure that John Sullivan was Hanora's brother. John >>> followed Thomas and Hanora across the country but stayed in South >>> Dakota. >>> On the census in Wisconsin, they all live near each other and near >>> another >>> Sullivan family but couldn't trace that family after the 1870 census. I >>> have no idea if they were related or not. >>> >>> I don't know if there were other siblings and have not been able to find >>> any record of Hanora, John or their parents in Ireland. I know that >>> Hanora >>> and John left Ireland together to come to America in 1866, per the >>> census >>> records. The only mention of a specific place in Ireland was Killarney, >>> which was listed as the place of birth for John Sullivan, but he died >>> after his wife and without children, so not sure how accurate that >>> information really is. >>> >>> I searched the online records (thanks for sending me the links!), and >>> found a marriage between a Timothy Sullivan and Joanna Coffey in 1832 in >>> Kilcummen, but couldn't find Hanora or John's baptism upon further >>> searching. I'm not even sure this is her parents. >>> >>> Does anyone know what Parish I should search to try to find them in Beal >>> Links? Or if there is another 'next search' I should try? >>> >>> Thanks so much everyone! >>> >>> Best, >>> Donna >>> _______________ >>> --------------- >>> >>> Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.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. >>> >>> To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message. >>> >>> To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ >>> >>> Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the >>> Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a >>> wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. 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