I hope that there may be somebody who recognises this family. MARRIAGE. William Power - "full" age - married Anne Meany - "full" age - in the Catholic Chapel of Trinity Without (Ballybricken), Waterford, on 7th September 1868. CHILDREN. They had five children: 1.. Mary Ellen Power, born 16th September 1869, and died on 14th June 1872. 2.. Matthew Power, born 15th April 1871. He married Jane Curtis on 10th April 1917. He died on 29th June 1942. I have his complete life and career history and all relevant certificates. 3.. James Power, born 13th September 1873, and died on 6th October 1873. 4.. Alice Power (twin of James), born 13th September 1873, and died in March 1874. 5.. William Power, born 28th April 1875. He left home on 8th June 1890. He returned to Waterford on holidays until the early 1920s. I think that he may have married and he could have descendants. DEATH OF WIFE Anne Power [nee Meany] died on 1st November 1883, age 38 years. Her widower, William Power, married a second time. Dr Con Power

I will be unsubbing next weekend as I head to you-know-where. I'll be back home and online, about the 15th of June. If anyone tries to contact me during the month I'm gone, all I can say is "Good luck". I have a feeling my mailbox will quickly fill with Spam, and shut down, so I wouldn't advise it. Contacting me either before I leave or after I return would probably be more fruitful. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts

I have recently purchased a full Death Certificate for a person who turned out NOT to be a direct relation of mine. I will be delighted to pass this Certificate on to any member of the relevant family. Details are given below. Certificate of Death registered in Waterford No 1 Urban District No.116 Date & place of death: 20th December 1943 at 4 Roches St, Waterford Name of deceased: William Power Sex: Male Condition: Widower Age: 76 years Occupation: Seaman Cause of death: cerebral haemorrhage, certified Registered by: Laurence Power, Son, present at death, 4 Roches St Date registered: 21st December 1943 Signature of Registrar: E McCarthy I look forward to hearing directly from any member of the family who wants the original certificate. Dr Con Power [email protected]

I'm looking for information about Michael (1826-1886) and Catherine (Fennel) Sullivan (1824-1884) of Dungarvan. They had at least 2 children that I know of- -Margaret(b.1864) my g-grandmother who emigrated to the US, and Patrick. Michael died in the workhouse September 13 1886. I'm wondering where I could find workhouse records and if they could possibly provide me with any information about Michael and his family. All help will be appreciated. The information on Michael's death. Catherine's info follows. NAME: Sullivan, Michael PLACE.DEATH: Workhouse, Dungarvan DATE.DEATH: 13 Sep 1886 AGE: 60 CONDITION: Widower RANK: Guilder CAUSE.DTH: Effusion into chest CERTIFIED: Yes INFORMANT: Shine, Matthew, J. QUAL.: Occupier RESIDENCE: Workhouse, Dungarvan SIGN.REG'R: Walsh, Thos DISTRICT: Dungarvan Union: Dungarvan COUNTY: Waterford DOC.TYPE: Death Register CERT NO.: 135 BOOK NO.: 13 Catherine's Death info: NAME: Sullivan, Catherine PLACE.DEATH: Dungarvan DATE.DEATH: 21 Nov 1884 DATE.REG'D: 10 Dec 1884 AGE: 60 SEX: F CONDITION: Married RANK: Gilder's wife CAUSE.DTH: Cancer of uterus DUR.ILL: 2 CERTIFIED: Yes INFORMANT: Sullivan, Michael QUAL.: Husband, present at death RESIDENCE: Dungarvan SIGN.REG'R: Walsh, Thos DISTRICT: Dungarvan Union: Dungarvan COUNTY: Waterford DOC.TYPE: Death Register CERT NO.: 202 BOOK NO.: 12 Thank you! Liz Burke

Hello, My ggf Gerald Prendergast was born 1887 in "Toor" Cappoquin, Waterford; parents were Thomas and Mary (Coleman) Prendergast born circa 1860 same; he emigrated to NYC/Jersey City 1900 and married Bridie O'Donnell also of Lismore; his siblings were Father Tom Prendergast(NYC), John(Jack) stayed in Toor; Minnie (married Cleary);Ellen married (Reidy NYC);Kate (died 1955);Maggie (died 1962); Gerald and Bridie had 3 dau; a set of twins Josephine and Geraldine were sent back to Cappoquin when they were infants to be raised by the Prendergasts when their mother died. They later married O'Gorman whose property was near the Prendergast place and first cousins are still there and an O'Rourke of Ballysaggert. I have letters mentioning friends there by the names of NUGENT, COLBERT,CAHILL, MANGAN, HALE, CONDON, KEEFE, CULLINANE, DORGANS, LYONS, BYRNES, HOULIHANS, COTTER

I am seeking information on the family of Thomas Tracey/Tracy/Treacy/Treacey Family who married in Nancy ??. Their daughter Anne, according to her tombstone, was "Wife of Patrick McGrath, a native of the Parish of Clanmore(or Clonmore), county of Tipperary, died January 25, 1875, at 39 years of age". She is buried in St. Columba Catholic Cemetery in Ottawa, IL, USA. Any information on this family would be most appreciated. Thanks for any help you might be able to provide. Jeanne Pratt

My grandmother was Mary Power. She came form the Glenpatrick area of Rathgormack. Her sister Bridget was married to John Phelan. Part of his family went by Phelan, and part by Whalen. There is a Patrick Dunn listed in the Griffiths living on the townland of Ballythomas in Rathgormack, also a Daniel Dunn and a Margaret Whalen.

I have pleasure in giving early family details of the family of my paternal grandmother, Mary Ellen Power [nee Power]. I would like to hear from anybody who may recognise this family. MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS + AND THEIR CHILDREN Waterford Heritage traced the parents of my great-grandfather, Michael Power, as William Power and Mary Feeley (otherwise Fiely, Feely, Fieldy or Fielding)(my great-great-grandparents) . William and Mary were married in Ballybricken on 11th August 1822. The witnesses were Edmund Henebry and Johanna Currin and the priest was Rev P Quirk. Mary Power (nee Feeley) is buried in the Power grave in Ballybricken with, among others, her sons Michael and David. The children of William and Mary Power were: - (1) Michael Power [my great-grandfather] baptised in Ballybricken on 19th August 1823. The sponsors were John Power and Ellen Fitzgerald. The priest was Rev M Phelan. (2) Patrick Power baptised in Ballybricken on 26th February 1827. The sponsors were Edward Kennedy and Mary Power. The priest was Rev P Morrissey. There was only 1 Patrick Power in the British Census 1881 who had been born in Ireland in 1827. Could this be he? The Patrick Power in 1881 was a Catholic Priest, Rev Patrick Power, 30 West Road, Congelton, Cheshire, England. He was described as the Head of Household, age 54 years, born in Ireland. He lived with his housekeeper, Emily Galighan, single, age 30 years, also born in Ireland. (3) David Power later known as David Feeley Power baptised in Ballybricken on 29th July 1829. The sponsors were William Murry and Ellen Power. The priest was Rev Edmund Power. (4) Richard Power baptised in Ballybricken on 6th November 1832. The sponsors were Michael Daley and Anastatia Butler. The priest was Rev M Burke. There was only 1 Richard Power in the British Census 1881 who had been born in Ireland in 1832. Could this be he? The Richard Power in 1881 lived at 55A Chapman Street, Hulme, Lancashire, England. He was the Head of Household, age 49 years, born in Ireland. By trade, he was a Boot Closer. His wife, Julia Power, age 47 years was also born in Ireland. They had 3 children, all born in Manchester, England - (i) Edward P, age 19 years, a Boot Closer, (ii) Margaret M, age 16 years, scholar, and (iii) Josephine, age 12 years, scholar. They had three lodgers, Arthur Crowther, age 29, English, a Commercial Clerk, with his wife, Alice age 23, and their son George E age 9 months. (5) Johanna Power baptised in Ballybricken on 23rd July 1835. The sponsors were John Broder and Joan Moran and the priest was Rev M Burke. She was not in the British Census 1881. According to Waterford Heritage Services records, she married a Michael Power and they had at least one child, Richard Power. (6) Brigid Power baptised in Ballybricken on 13th September 1836. The sponsors were John Galavan and Mary Keeffe and the priest was Rev Edmund Larkin. (7) Brigid Power baptised in Ballybricken on 26th September 1843 (the Bridget of 13th September 1836 obviously died young and it was not unusual to give another child the same name in those circumstances). The sponsors were William Doyle and Mary Brien and the priest was Rev P Kent. She was not in the British Census 1881. MY GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS According to Waterford Heritage Survey, the likely birth details of William Power (my great-great-grandfather) are that he was baptised in Ballybricken on 8th October 1804. His parents were Michael Power and Brigid (nee Flahavan) (my great-great-great-grandparents). The sponsors were Maurice Power and Honor Flynn and the priest was J P (possibly Rev John Power). Thank you in advance for any reply Dr Con Power

My earliest ancestor was my great grandfather Martin Whalen and my great grandmother Ellen Power Whalen, They came over in about 1862-4. They came to Covington Town, NY. where Martin worked for a Major Brooks farming. I know the name of their parents but with names like Phelan or Whelan married to a Power in County Waterford, I am looking for a needle in a hay stack. Martin's mother Mary was a Power also. His father was John. Ellen's parents were Richard Power and maybe Helen Dunn. I got the names of her parents from a cousin on the Power side. Jann Whalen Parks Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. Woodrow Wilson

My wife's great grandparents came from the area near Cappaghquin, Modeligo parish. He was Patrick O'Donnell. He was born May 6 1849. His godparents were William Prendergast and Johanna Hearn. His parents were William and Margaret Looby. Patrick fought in the Civil War for Alabama, then ended up after the war in Boston. He married in Boston Catherine Cashman form Modeligo parish.

In my records I have a few ODonnell/Donnells that were God parents to children in the William and Kate (nee ) Harris Prendergast Family, of Crow Hill, Cappoquin, Co.Waterford. They were 1.Maria Prendergst March 29, 1880, God parents were Catherine Harris and Pat ODonnell 2.Ellen Prendergast August 2, 1884, " Morris Donnell and Bridget Prendergast. 3. James Prendergast Jan 21,1889, " Jacobo Donnell and Maria Hann. He became a Monsignor in Jamestown, Australia. 4. Margaret Prendergast Feb,4 1877, God Parents were Pat Prendergast and Maria Donnall. Other names connected in some way to the Prendergasts were, Michael Hoare, Maria English, Michael Sweeney, Anthony Hurros, Anastatia Morrissey, all from the Cappoquin and Lismore area. One of the Prendergast, Patrick F married Kate Sweeney and they raised a family in South Boston, MA. He and she passed away in the 1960's Do any of these names ring a bell? B Prendergast X-Message: #4 Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:57:52 -0400 From: "Nancy Atkinson" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: [WATERFORD] ODONNELL / FOLEY / Cappoquin (was "Who is...") Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My earliest County Waterford ancestor was Lawrence ODONNELL. He married Ellen FOLEY in Cappoquin 04 February 1855. They had 10 children: John, Brigid, Mary, Patrick, Lawrence, Katherine, Thomas, Ellen, Johanna and William. John, the oldest, also my 2nd great grandfather, was the first of the family to come over about 1880. He came with his siblings Patrick, Kate and Lawrence O'Donnell. They left a red headed sister behind in Ireland. John settled in South Boston, Mass. where he married Margaret A. SHEA 01 September 1882 and raised a family. Regards, Nancy Atkinson ______________________________

Con at [email protected] writes: << Does anybody know for what is the full name for Carrigan??? in the District of Kilmeadan? >> Con, I would look at the townland of Carriganard in Kilbarry civil parish. It's located a bit less than 3 miles SW of the central area of Waterford City. This places it about a mile south of the N 25 in the Waterford Industrial Estate area of west Waterford City. I don't know how this fits-in with the Kilmeadan District, but Kilmeadan (and Brad Pitt's house there) are only about 4 miles WNW from Carriganard. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts

I am looking for help to trace some definite documentary trail for my paternal great-grandfather. I have traced the following person but, unfortunately, two key words are mainly not legible and the record of deaths on the website of Waterford County Council gives a ? for each letter that cannot be read. Below is the result:- NAME: Power, Ma????? PLACE OF DEATH: Carrigan??? Date of Death: 24th June 1882 Date Registered: 8th July 1882 Age: 68 years Sex: Male Condition: Married Rank: Labourer Cause of Death: Heart disease Certified: Not stated Informant: Power, Ellen Qualification: Wife Residence: Carrigan??? Signature of Registrar: Forthur, Thomas District: Kilmeadan Union: Waterford Document Type: Death Register Certificate No.: 37 Book No.: 3 Does anybody know for what is the full name for Carrigan??? in the District of Kilmeadan? Ma????? could be either Matthew or Maurice. My paternal great-grandfather was Matthew Power and his wife was Ellen. My grandfather's Marriage Certificate for his first marriage on 7th September 1868 gives his address as the single word "Corrignore" in County Waterford and names his father as Matthew Power, Labourer. On the Marriage Certificate for his second marriage on 4th November 1884, William Power's father is named as Matthew Power, Fisherman, and his address is given as Crooke. There is to reference to him being deceased. Any help would be much appreciated. Dr Con Power

Hi everyone, I am searching for details of Patrick POWER born 1831 Dungarvan, Waterford. He is *thought* to have married Bridget probably 1850's and is known to have (at least) 3 children - Edward b:1856-8, Richard and Thomas. Patrick and family left Ireland because of the famine. Landing in Liverpool, they worked their way down through Manchester to Dowlais in Glamorgan. Patrick is listed in the UK 1881 census as a 50yr old sailor in Cardiff, and in the 1891 census as a 60yr old waterman in Dowlais, Glamorgan. Edward married Mary DALTON (also born Ireland) in Hulme, Manchester 1879. They eventually settled in Dowlais as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated Kind regards Robin (Newcastle NSW Australia) _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_mobile.asp

Searching for Jackman, Hayes, Keane, in Waterford and Carrick-on -Suir, 1800-1890

Gidday All, At present we are doing a DNA Project for the POWER/POWERS/POOR/de la POER people. We have ten participants to date with three having their results back, three others waiting to receive theirs, and a further four who are in the process of doing their samples and sending them back to the Laboratory. Once the Lab receives the samples it takes between five and eight weeks to test. If there are any male POWER(S) out there who would like to join in with us please go to http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~dnapower and see what the procedure is. Then if you are willing to join us give me an email to arrange to have the Y-Test Kit sent to you. Hooray, Warren in Ballarat, Australia (ex Kiwi). ps Any female sponsors who know of a male Power to use as a participant will also be greatly welcome.

Hi, I haven't received any e-mails in about 2-3 days. I just wanted to make sure that I was still on this list. Thanks. Mary

Hi to all. We have had a busy time in the museum of late. It appears that we may now avoid the threat of the museum closing (at least for another year). I will give more details in the next issue of the Museum newsletter. Our latest exhibition on postcards was launched and Martin and I have commenced a minor rebuild of the museum site which was long overdue. Hope you like the additions to the site and please help us choose our next postcard reproduction. Thanks to all those who voted for the Grattan Square card previously. Yours Willie and Martin Whelan 1. Dungarvan Museum Reproduction Postcards 2. Dungarvan Museum Online Shop Now Open 3. New Article On Ardmore Placed on the Web Site 4. Looking For Film Of Dungarvan And West Waterford 5. Contacting The Museum ============================================== 1. Dungarvan Museum Reproduction Postcards ============================================== To mark the launch of our summer exhibition 'Postcards Of County Waterford' featuring postcards from most of the major villages and towns of Waterford we have decided to publish the next in a series of limited edition postcards. We need to decide which postcard should be next in our reproduction postcard series and we want you to help us. We have selected 4 postcards from the turn of the century for you to choose from. We'd like you to vote for your favourite card by sending an email to [email protected] with the title of your favourite postcard in the subject line. You can view the cards by clicking on http://www.dungarvanmuseum.org/index.cgi?art_id=115. You can also find them by typing postcard into the search box at the top of the site. Personal callers to the museum can select a card using a voting system that we have set up in the museum. The titles of the postcards in the competition are as follows : a. Bathing Place b. The Bandstand c. Meagher Street d. Home Rule Street Please note that the other three cards are not in the competition. ============================================== 2. Dungarvan Museum Shop ============================================== With the cooperation of Powers bookshop we have put up a selection of Local history books for sale on the site. The titles include 'The Waterford Rebels of 1849', 'A History of Dungarvan Town and District', 'Them Golden Fields I Trod', 'History of Waterford City and County', 'Walking the Holy Ground in Ardmore and Lismore' and 'Waterford People - A Biographical Dictionary'. We can accept personal cheques drawn on major banks, postal orders and International money orders. Unfortunately we cannot accept Credit Card payments. All proceeds from books sold on the site go towards the maintenance of Dungarvan Museum Society a non-profit organisation. We also have a special offer that allows you to make a considerable saving on the shipping costs if you order all six books available for sale on the site at the same time. ============================================== 3. New Website Article ============================================== After some site restructuring we are delighted to announce our latest article is the complete book 'Ardmore Memory and Story'. Some 260 + pages of text are all available for free from the website. The museum would like to thank the author and Ardmore Pottery for allowing us to publish the book. Ardmore is a small seaside village in West Waterford. Siobhán Lincoln, the author of the book was born there, grew up there and spent her whole life there - except for her years at school and college. Siobhán shares with the reader her love and detailed knowledge of the place. The actual book may be purchased from the Ardmore Pottery shop www.ardmorepottery.com To access the article on the website click on 'Latest Article' on the front of the site. http://www.dungarvanmuseum.org ============================================== 4. Looking For Old Photographs & Film Of Dungarvan And West Waterford ============================================== If any individual has material in their possession that may be of historical interest please let us know. All material donated is given on permanent loan to the museum and can be reclaimed by the doner at any time. Photographs and old cine film are of particular interest. Photographs will be copied and returned to the owner. If any list member has Cine film, 16mm film etc dating from the 60's or earlier of the town or surrounding area please get in touch. Cine-cameras were rare at the time and our major hope of getting footage is from the collection of a holidaying visitor. We will return any film we receive after having copied it. ============================================== 5. Contacting The Museum ============================================== All general queries can be directed to the museum at [email protected] If you have a comment or complaint about the web site you can contact [email protected] We are delighted to get all feedback, positive or negative. We endeavor to act on all suggestions that we get but please bear in mind that we are a voluntary organisation and it can take some time to answer queries. Deise Design - Web Site Design & Internet Consultancy www.deisedesign.com 086 2748377

The reason David Collins suggested the PRO is that Civil Registration of births in England began July 1, 1837. The two children you mention are probably registered. I would email the Lancashire Record Office in Lancaster and seek their help. [email protected] The parents might have married in England but it would be too early for the marriage to be recorded by civil authorities. If they were Roman Catholic, the LRO has some records of Catholic marriages which they will look up for you for a small fee. You might ask. Otherwise, you'll probably have to hope an obituary has a birth place for the parents. Sheila MacAvoy Block

I am interested in establishing contact with DUFFIN, KELLY, WALSH, and HUNT relativeS possibly residing in Counties Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Carlow in Southwest Ireland. Great Grandfather Patrick Duffin (1824-1890) migrated to Boston from New Ross in 1850 Great Great Grandparents: John Duffin (1799-1884) - Mary Kelly (1796-1875) both migrated to Chicago from New Ross in 1851 GGGGrandparents: Patrick Kelly - Catherine Walsh Both New Ross GGGGrandparents: Andrew Duffin (Duffield) - Margaret Hunt Both New Ross Patrick Lynch, Massachusetts