Pat, I have been following this sight for some time, learning much from all of you listers in my family search. Thanks to all! I have to date not ventured on here, as I didn't think I had anything to contribute. But, upon seeing Knockainy I took notice. I recently learned my gr.gr.gr. grandfather Maurice Kirby was living in Knockainy when he married my gr.gr.gr. grandmother Mary Ryan, whose address was Hospital Parish. They were married in Feb., 1825. This info is from their Marriage Record at the Archdiocese. Their marriage was witnessed by John Ryan and Michael O'Carroll at Hospital Parish. Maurice and Mary's first child, Margaret, was baptized in Hospital Parish in March 1826. I assume he had relocated to Hospital after their marriage. Or, perhaps they returned to Hospital Parish for their first child's baptism. Now back to your question of people moving from where they were born and raised; Maurice and Mary both moved from their Parishes as their next child, John Kirby was baptized in the Emly parish in 1830, as were their next six children. Maurice may have owned a dry goods store in Emly, at least family correspondence indicates some of the Kirby family operated a store in Emly. Maurice Kirby's name shows up as a resident in the village of Emly in Griffth's. So, yes they moved and geminately relocated. I have the names and birthrates of all 8 Kirby children that lived in Emly, if anyone is interested I would share this info. Or if anyone has information on the Kirby family that owned a dry goods store in Emly I would love to learn about that. I believe 6 of Maurice and Mary Kirby's children immigrated from Emly to Cleveland, Ohio, USA, between 1850 and 1862. My gr.gr grandmother was Catherine Kirby, born Oct.,1838. Married Laurence Mulligan in Cleveland, Ohio abt. 1863. Best regards, Kim Bender, Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Connors" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 7:19 PM Subject: [IRL-LIMERICK] Knockainy Civil Parish, County Limerick > Last week, I transcribed the tithe applotments for this civil parish which > is located not far from the County Tipperary border. One of the names I > found was Bryan O'Connor living in Baggotstown, the same name as my gr gr > gr > grandfather. The tithes were dated 1833. His son, Timothy, my gr gr > grandfather, was born ca 1810 so this could be my ancestor, however, > Timothy's death cert has him and his parents born in County Tipperary. > Also, Timothy was married in Tipperary RC parish but that is also where > his > wife was born and raised and usually one did get married in the wife's > church. > > To add to this, I have also found a Timothy Connors in 1851 cited for > leaving an unharnessed cart while in Tipperary Town. The clerk (Petty > Sessions Court) wrote his address as 'Garryspillane, Galbally Parish. > While > close to Galbally Civil Parish, Garryspillane was actually located in > Ballyscaddan Civil Parish which is also not far from County Tipperary or > Knockainy Civil Parish. > > Until I can see the RC records for the area, I don't know whether this is > my > Bryan O'Connor or not but I have been doing these tithes for years now and > have never found a Bryan O'Connor/Connors before so this one really gets > me > wondering if this is mine. Looking at the Discovery Map for the area, it > looks like Baggotstown is about 6 or so miles from Emly in County > Tipperary. Timothy emigrated to Troy NY where his brother William lived. > On Williams' gravestone, it says he was born in Emly RC Parish, County > Tipperary. In 2008, while I was in Dublin, I looked at the Emly RC Parish > fairly quickly due to time constraints. For the time period of my search > for William and/or Timothy's births, there were gaps in the records, so > not > finding their baptisms was not conclusive. > > So this brings me to my questions. Is it possible, that they moved around > and didn't stay put in the area where they were born and raised? Did they > follow the work? Any opinions? I don't know if it is wishful thinking on > my > part but I have a strong feeling that this might just be the guy I have > been > looking for and was wondering what others, familiar with the area thought. > > Thanks in advance for your opinions. > > > > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > ------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3320 - Release Date: 12/16/10 19:34:00