Sylvia, My wife's great grandmother, Catherine Higgins, was born in the town of Rathkeale in 1833. Her parents were John and Catherine Condon Higgins. She was baptized on June 17 in Rathkeale Parish (Diocese of Limerick) at St. Mary's Church. Godparents were John Keshan and Anna Condon. The town of Catherine's birth appears on the death certificate of her daughter Mary Carroll Moran, who died on April 6, 1938. On February 12, 1861, Catherine, 27, married Edmond Carroll, 25, in Herbertstown. Witnesses were David Carroll and Marianne Corbett. Herbertstown is 28 miles from Rathkeale. Edward and Catherine had seven children in Limerick. Based on son Patrick's birth record, they lived in the townland of Stonepark in County Limerick. This is in Ballybricken & Bohermore Parish (St. Ailbe's Church), in the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. In 1880, the family emigrated to the Near West Side of Chicago. See: http://www.peterspioneers.com/ECHC.htm Peter Biggins On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:13 PM, sylvia wrote: > I am interested in the HIGGINS family of Rathkeale. > WILLIAM HIGGINS born abt 1832 Rathkeale, possibly baptism recorded in > St Mary's RC Church Rathkeale. > Father was also William Higgins. > I have tried contacting the curator of the church but get no > reply...any suggestions please? > Sylvia > > ------------------------------- > 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