Imelda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Smith" <smith_shirley_ross@juno.com> To: <wexford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:33 PM Subject: [WEXFORD] Cavanagh/Kavanagh/Kehoe > Hi, Peggy, I saw your message to Maureen on Wexford Digest vol. 4, Issue > 29. I have been looking for ages for Luke Kehoe and Laurence Kavanagh, > and this is the first time I have ever seen them mentioned in one place! > I am looking for a Luke James Kehoe, b 1792 in Ireland. He was married in > the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, area. His son, Luke Kehoe, married into my > mother's family. My mother's grandfather was Lawrence Cavanagh, b. > between 1837-1842 somewhere in Ireland. His father was John Cavanagh and > his mother was Mary Ryne (not Ryan). They both died on the voyage to > Canada around 1849. The witness Luke Kehoe in 1826 could be the Luke > James Kehoe I am looking for. The witness Laurence Kavanagh could be > grandfather or uncle to my Lawrence Cavanagh (who never learned to read > and write so any spelling is possible). I have never heard of > Kilaveny/Annacora. Could you please tell me what records survive for that > area? Are Roman Catholic baptisms available in that area? I ! > will be very grateful for any information. Thank you very much. Shirley > Smith > > > Hi Maureen, > > Don't know if these are your couple, but here goes... > > Brian (Bryan) Kavanagh married Bridget Murphy 10 August 1826 in the R.C. > Church in Kilaveny/Annacorra. witnesses to the Marriage were Luke Kehoe, > Patrick Murphy and Laurence Kavanagh. This record was transcribed from > microfilm # 4257 at the National Library in Dublin. > > I also have a Brian Cavanagh married to Mary Carty in 1830 Married in > Ballyoughter R.C. Church. > > I have a Brian Kavanagh and Mary Dempsey of Kilanerin who Baptized > Elizabeth, Anne, blank, John, Mary, Alice, Catherine between 1807 and > 1821. > > These couples might be too early for your use, but you can get a clue as > to where they might have come from in Wexford. Who knows, maybe they are > you next generation back, if they followed a naming pattern. > > I'm going back and forth between transcriptions for Kilaveny/Annacorra > from microfilm and Kilanerin digital records, so I may have more of these > Cavanagh/Kavanaghs later in the year (I'm only up to F in Kilanerin and > 1850 on Kilaveny/Annacorra). > > Good luck, > Peggy > > > > > > Wexford Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/wexford.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEXFORD-request@rootsweb.com 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 - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.16/1928 - Release Date: 1/31/2009 8:03 PM