James LOVETT was my GGGrandfather. He was a tailor and came to London sometime before 1838 because in that year he married in St Mary's Church, St Marylebone. He married a Lucy Moncrieffe from Cork b.c.1814. James signed with a mark and his name on marriage is recorded as LOVAT but thereafter he, his wife and all the offspring used the spelling LOVETT. I can track his life in England by census returns - he lived first in Somers Town [St Pancras], later in South London and died in a workhouse infirmary in Mile End New Town aged 75 years in 1892. Lucy died in 1859 aged 45 in Somers Town and James remarried and had more children. I've recently visited Killarney in the hopes of finding some information about James' family of origin and earlier life but I have drawn a blank so far, partly because the centrally held birth records for kerry were destroyed in Dublin in 1922 and partly because I don't know in which parish he was born. Since he was a tailor, I guess he likely lived in or near Killarney Town. I'm also not sure about his religion. At that time in Kerry almost everyone will have been Roman Catholic, but James married in a Church of England Church. His father is recorded on the marriage certificate as John LOVAT[sic], labourer. I've comissioned a search but will not hear anything until later in June. Any help would be much appreciated. I asked, while in Kerry, at Tourist Information Centres and Registrars and tried the advertised Genealogical Record Centre in Killarney which proved to be entirely inaccessible. Kerry is so beautiful and the people were so friendly and welcoming, I feel proud that my ancestors came from this part of the world. Surely they have left a mark somewhere? Carole --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your freeaccount today.

Carole, I don't know if this is helpful or not, but in Griffiths Valuation, April 23, 1853, there was only one Lovett in Killarney Parish. That was a James Lovett, in the townland of Coolclogher. Ord S 66. Lessor was John Leahy. House only. This was a small townland, only 119 acres, including a corn mill and flour mill in 1853. Today, there is a beautiful manor house, Coolclogher House, there and is supposed to be a short distance from Killarney town. Nan On Jun 5, 2007, at 7:14 AM, carole_ watts wrote: > James LOVETT was my GGGrandfather. He was a tailor and came to > London sometime before 1838 because in that year he married in St > Mary's Church, St Marylebone. He married a Lucy Moncrieffe from > Cork b.c.1814. James signed with a mark and his name on marriage is > recorded as LOVAT but thereafter he, his wife and all the offspring > used the spelling LOVETT. I can track his life in England by census > returns - he lived first in Somers Town [St Pancras], later in > South London and died in a workhouse infirmary in Mile End New Town > aged 75 years in 1892. Lucy died in 1859 aged 45 in Somers Town and > James remarried and had more children. > > I've recently visited Killarney in the hopes of finding some > information about James' family of origin and earlier life but I > have drawn a blank so far, partly because the centrally held birth > records for kerry were destroyed in Dublin in 1922 and partly > because I don't know in which parish he was born. Since he was a > tailor, I guess he likely lived in or near Killarney Town. I'm also > not sure about his religion. At that time in Kerry almost everyone > will have been Roman Catholic, but James married in a Church of > England Church. His father is recorded on the marriage certificate > as John LOVAT[sic], labourer. > > I've comissioned a search but will not hear anything until later > in June. > > Any help would be much appreciated. I asked, while in Kerry, at > Tourist Information Centres and Registrars and tried the advertised > Genealogical Record Centre in Killarney which proved to be entirely > inaccessible. Kerry is so beautiful and the people were so friendly > and welcoming, I feel proud that my ancestors came from this part > of the world. Surely they have left a mark somewhere? > > Carole > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, > sign up for your freeaccount today. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message