So all this Sullivan talk has me throwing my brick wall out there again in hopes someone might be tied in or have come across relevant research. My GGF was John Sullivan from Minard West. Born 1843 to Jeremiah (Darby) Sullivan and Catherine Sullivan. He emigrated to Holyoke Mass. sometime before 1866 when he married Mary Doolin (Dooling) also from Minard. I was able to track John's and Mary's births on the irishgenealogy.ie site. My wall is for both Jeremiah and Catherine. I have found what I believe to be their marriage in Feb of 1842. It is between Darby Sullivan of Lispole and Catherine Sullivan. That is the only info in the on line record. I can not get beyond that. I'm wondering several things. Would they have come from somewhere else in Kerry or Cork? What is the best way to proceed? Should I look at records in the parish or in the NLI? (I am itching for an excuse to travel to Ireland again ????!) Would either Darby or Catherine have emigrated with their son Jo! hn? I have tried searching ship manifests for John Sullivan, but the name is as common as fleas. The other conundrum is whether Jeremiah was married once or perhaps was widowed and remarried. I have Darby and Catherine producing four sons. John 1843 (my GGF), Cornelius 1844, Michael 1847, and James 1851. In 1852 Darby marries Johanna Bowler (Bouler). They then produce Patrick 1855, Mary 1857, Martin 1859, Honora 1860, James 1862, Catherine 1864, Ellen 1867, Johanna 1868, and Thomas 1872. This is all in the same townland. Same family? Two different families? How do I tell? Thanks for any input! Bernice In New Hampshire USA on a perfectly gorgeous summer day. Sent from my iPad

I'd try the Griffiths Valuation for Lispole and the follow up Cancellation books. On Aug 19, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Bernice Sullivan wrote: > So all this Sullivan talk has me throwing my brick wall out there again in hopes someone might be tied in or have come across relevant research. My GGF was John Sullivan from Minard West. Born 1843 to Jeremiah (Darby) Sullivan and Catherine Sullivan. He emigrated to Holyoke Mass. sometime before 1866 when he married Mary Doolin (Dooling) also from Minard. I was able to track John's and Mary's births on the irishgenealogy.ie site. My wall is for both Jeremiah and Catherine. I have found what I believe to be their marriage in Feb of 1842. It is between Darby Sullivan of Lispole and Catherine Sullivan. That is the only info in the on line record. I can not get beyond that. I'm wondering several things. Would they have come from somewhere else in Kerry or Cork? What is the best way to proceed? Should I look at records in the parish or in the NLI? (I am itching for an excuse to travel to Ireland again ????!) Would either Darby or Catherine have emigrated with their son ! John? I have tried searching ship manifests for John Sullivan, but the name is as common as fleas. > > The other conundrum is whether Jeremiah was married once or perhaps was widowed and remarried. I have Darby and Catherine producing four sons. John 1843 (my GGF), Cornelius 1844, Michael 1847, and James 1851. In 1852 Darby marries Johanna Bowler (Bouler). They then produce Patrick 1855, Mary 1857, Martin 1859, Honora 1860, James 1862, Catherine 1864, Ellen 1867, Johanna 1868, and Thomas 1872. This is all in the same townland. Same family? Two different families? How do I tell? > > Thanks for any input! > > Bernice > In New Hampshire USA on a perfectly gorgeous summer day. > > Sent from my iPad > _______________ > --------------- > > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html > 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. > > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com 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. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html > > ------------------------------- > 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