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Edward Higgins, Parish Clerk, Churchill c.1862-1937

5/1/2019

Edward/Edmond Higgins, Parish Clerk at Churchill, is named as one of the informants in the Duchas.ie Collection c.1934. Edward married his wife Margaret Collins on 17 Aug. 1886 at Churchill, Spa Parish, Co. Kerry. Their witnesses were John McGrath and Michael Brien.
Edward's father Patrick was still alive at the time of their marriage, as was Margaret's father Timothy.
By 1901, Edward and Margaret had two daughters, Ellen and Mary.
Ellen/Ellie married Maurice Evans 30 Jul. 1914 in Churchill. Their son Maurice was born in Churchill in 1915.
Edward/Edmond died 5 Jan. 1937 in Churchill, aged 75 acc. to his Death Certificate. His daughter, Ellen Evans of Sacville, Ardfert was the informant.

Baile na hEaglaise (Chapeltown School) www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4706321/4702333
Marriage 1886
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1886/10846/5960192.pdf
1901 Census
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Ballynahaglish/Lissogeige/1430838/
1911 Census
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Ballynahaglish/Lissodeige/290773/
Marriage Certificate 1914
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1914/09860/5581427.pdf
Birth of Maurice Evans 1915
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1916/01348/1556507.pdf
Death Certificate 1937
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1937/04786/4286490.pdf

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Kate Sheahan Stack, Liscahane and Banna Mountain

12/9/2018

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Catherine Sheahan married Thomas Stack, son of Thomas Stack, Banna Mountain, on 21 May 1871. Kate (Catherine) was the daughter of Johnanna Griffin and Thomas Sheahan of Liscahane, Ardert. I found this when I checked the Census Search forms at censussearchforms.nationalarchives.ie

We all know how difficult it can be to find the Mother's maiden name and how important it is when the father's name is relatively common. The Census Search Forms sought to establish a persons residence in 1851 and is one source we can use in the absence of the 1851 Census itself.
In 1853 ,Thomas Sheehan of Liscahane, Ardfert, was indeed renting land (upon which he had a house and outbuildings) from Sir Edward Denny with a Rateable Valuation of £25. 5 shillings according to Griffith's Valuation.
In 1901, there was 127 people living in Liscahane of whom 10 were Sheahans, Thomas age 55 and his wife Mary Stack originally of Banna and their children. They married 5 Feb 1870 in Ardfert. Their fathers were Thomas Sheahan and Thomas Stack. Is it possible that a Stack brother and sister married a Sheahan brother and sister?
Liscahane 1901
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Clogherbrien/Liscahane/1431084/
It is interesting to note that on Census day they had a visitor called Lizzie Stack age 18 and that Kate & Tom Stack had a daughter Elizabeth aged 18.
Liscahane 1911
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Clogherbrien/Liscahane/291001/

Marriage of Kate Sheahan & Tom Stack 1871
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1871/11340/8162575.pdf

Catherine 1872
Thomas b 1874
Joanna 1877
Mary b 1879
Elizabeth b 1882
Honora b 1884
John b 1891
Patrick Joseph b 1895

Banna Mountain 1901
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Banna/Banna_Mountain/1425761/

Banna Mountain 1911
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Banna/Banna_Mountain/277423/

Death of Thomas Stack (born c1841) 1928, Bridget Stack of Kilorane present at death
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1928/04950/4346162.pdf

Patrick Stack, son of Thomas Stack of Banna married Bridget Rahilly of Kilorane, 1921
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1921/09221/5336302.pdf

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Merchant Princes Tralee

9/1/2018

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In Merchant Princes~The Remarkable Story of Tralee's Milling Families, Vincent O'Mahoney describes the rise of the Tralee families Donovan, Latchford, McCowen, and Kelliher from 1800 up to 2016. The sources of the book are many newspaper articles, previously unseen archival material. diaries, letters and family photographs. This book also takes us through the life of the town of Tralee, before and after The Great Hunger (An Gorta Mor), through WW1, the War of Independence, the Civil War, the formative years of the Irish Free State and WW2.
The Historical Timeline at the end of the book is invaluable to anyone researching any Tralee family as it places the lives of our ancestors in the context of international and local events at the same time.
Researchers with any connection to these families or the town of Tralee may also discover members of their own families mentioned. On page 261, I found a reference to my late father Michael Brennan's work in the development of the Russell Arcade in 1976.
I also found information about the Curraheen Waterworks, the development of Fenit Harbour and the expansion of the Railway in which members of my family worked. I can see myself returning to this book again and again.

Merchant Princes~The Remarkable Story of Tralee's Milling Families by Vincent Mahony
Publishes 2016
ISBN 978-1-5272-0100-2

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Dr. Georgina Revington 1889-c1961

6/27/2018

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In August 1913, the Irish American Weekly published this announcement about Dr. Georgina Revington of Tralee.

The 1901 Census, gives a lovely snapshot of Georgina, aged 12 living with her father John and mother Emma Letitia, and her brother John and sister Elise, Princes Quay, Tralee. Georgina's governess was Elizabeth Edith Switzer. Also present was Kate Stack, their domestic servant who was from Barrons, Co. Kerry.
The Revington family were members of the Church of Ireland. John Revington and Emma Letitia White married in the Methodist Centenary Church in Stephen's Green, Dublin on Sept. 7 1886. John's father was Joseph Revington, a Merchant and Emma's father was John White, a Printer.
In 1910 Georgina Revington won the Large Gold Medal for Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin.
By 1911, the family had moved to Clonalour, Tralee and Georgina is recorded as a medical student at Trinity College, Dublin. Ethel Mary Warren of Kilkenny and Charlotte Anna Cheighton of Tyrone are also recorded as Business Apprentices.
In 1915, Dr. Georgina Revington married Guy Singleton Darling of Belfast, an Insurance Agent in St. John's (C of I) Tralee.
Sadly Guy Darling died in February of the following year, aged 29, in Lurgan. His father, Dr. J Singleton Darling was present at his death.

I would love to know if Dr. Revington was Tralee's first woman doctor? If you have further information about her please post in the comments box below.

Sources
Marriage 1886
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1886/10843/5958744.pdf

Methodist Centenary Church archiseek.com/2010/1843-former-methodist-church-st-stephens-green-dublin/

Birth of Georgina Revington 1889
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02480/1920650.pdf

1901 Census www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Tralee_Urban/Princes_Quay/1432031/

1911 Census www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Tralee_Rural/Cloonalour/281450/

Irish American Weekly August 1913 genealogybank.com

Marriage 1915
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1915/09815/5564217.pdf

Death of Guy Darling 1916
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1916/05255/4457271.pdf

Death of John Revington 1931
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1931/04896/4326729.pdf

Trinity College Dublin 1910 www.tcd.ie/about/trinity/events/Womens_Centenary/timeline.php

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Jeremiah Sullivan

1/30/2018

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Sooner or later every person with Kerry roots will find a connection to the family name Sullivan. Today is my day for it! Jeremiah Sullivan and Johanna Hanlon of Tonavane married in Tralee in 1840.
Church records gave me their children
Timothy 1841
John 1843,
Mary 1845,
Patrick 1848,
Johanna 1852,
Catherine 1854

On the 9/2/1869 Timothy Sullivan married my great great grandfather James Dwyer's sister, Mary Dwyer born 1839. James & Mary were two of the children of Patrick O'Dwyer & Ellen Martin of Tonavane.
After their marriage in St. John's, RC, Tralee in 1869, Mary Dwyer & Timothy Sullivan went on to have
Patrick O'Sullivan 1870
Hannah Sullivan 1871 (mother recorded as Margaret?)
Jeremiah Sullivan 1874
Catherine Sullivan 1879
Timothy Sullivan 1886
In March 1901, Mary Dwyer Sullivan died of influenza. Her eldest son Patrick Sullivan was married to Catherine O'Donnell (Kate), dau of John O'Donnell, Rock St. Tralee 30/4/1893 and living with his father Timothy in Tonavane. Patrick & Kate's children, Mary age 7, Ellen age 5, Timothy age 4, John age 2 & Patrick were also in the household.

If you are a descendant of Mary Dwyer and Timothy Sullivan, I would love to hear from you.

Sources
Church records at irishgenealogy.ie
1901 Census www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Blennerville/Tonavane/1431025/
Mary Dwyer Sullivan Death Cert
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1901/05723/4615184.pdf
Dwyer, Tonavane www.martinebrennan.com/dwyer-tonavane.html

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McGaley, Armagh, Dingle and Tralee

7/26/2017

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In Rath Graveyard, Tralee, yesterday, I found this headstone to a man from Armagh, Francis McGaley, a stonemason. I began to wonder what brought Frank so far from home.
His headstone gave clear information. Francis was known as Frank and he was originally from Jonesboro, Co. Armagh. His wife Mary Lynch was from Ballinassig, Dingle and their daughter Mary, known as Mollie died in 1919.
In the 1901 Census, Frank was a boarder at the home of Margaret Fitzgerald of Strand Street, Tralee. His wife Mary, was still living in John St., Dingle only this time she was recorded as a Publican. Present in the house are Thomas Lynch, Mary's brother, Mary's sons, John & Francis & daughter Mary McGailey, and Mary's daughter, Bridget Martin.
I wasn't able to find Frank's marriage to Mary until I discovered that Mary was the mother of Bridget Martin and the widow of Michael Martin of John St., Dingle.
Mary Martin married Francis McGEALY in Dingle on Nov. 23, 1890 . Her parents are recorded as Patrick Lynch & Ellen Murphy. His parents as John McGealy & Bridget McCarthy. (RC Church Record)

In 1901, Patrick Lynch was still living with his wife Ellen and family in Ballinasig, Dingle.
In 1911, Frank was living with his wife Mary, sons John and Francis and daughter Mary in Ratass, Tralee.
It is interesting that he is described as being born in Co. Louth in both returns even though his gravestone clearly states he was from Jonesboro, Co. Armagh..

John McGaley was born in John St., Dingle in 1891. John's baptism record reads John McGAILEY. Sponsors, Joseph Donovan & Johanna Kennedy.
Francis McGaley was born also in John St., Dingle in 1894. Frank senior is recorded as a shopkeeper. Francis baptismal record has Francis McGUILY as the spelling of his name. Sponsors, John Ryall & Bridget Stack.
There is a Mary McGINLEY of John St. baptised in Dingle on Mar 1, 1897 who looks like our Mary. Sponsors Maurice & Mary McDonnell.
Creative spelling at it's finest!

In 1921, Francis McGaley married Nora Mary Fitzgerald of Strand St., Tralee. He was an Excise Officer, resident in Westcliff on Sea, London.
In 1925, John McGaley married Mary Kerins of Castleisland. He was a Clerk and she was a Nurse. When his mother Mary McGaley died in 1942, John was recorded as present at her death.

I still don't know what exactly brought Frank McGaley to Dingle but he and Mary clearly made every effort to ensure that their children got a good education. Mollie's death in 1919 must have been a sore loss to them.

Sources
1884 Birth of Bridget Martin
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1884/02696/1992985.pdf
1890 Marriage of Francis McGaley
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1890/10720/5908226.pdf
1891 Birth of John McGaley
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1891/02363/1882684.pdf
1901 Census
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Tralee_Urban/Strand_Street/1432391/
1901 Census John St., Dingle
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Dingle/John_Street/1408727/
1901 Census Ballinasig, Dingle
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Dingle/Ballinasig/1408855/
1911 Census
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Tralee_Rural/Ratass/281503/
Marriage of Francis McGaley 1921
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1921/09237/5343280.pdf
Marriage of John McGaley 1925
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1894/02244/1845023.pdf
1930 Death Certificate Frank McGaley
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1930/04915/4333827.pdf
1942 Death Certificate of Mary McGaley
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1942/04677/4246457.pdf

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Brennan, Kerry Households 1901

6/9/2017

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In 1901, 563 Kerry people bore the Brennan family name.
97 households had a Brennan listed as the Head of Household.
Brennan households are listed by townland & DED as spelled in the 1901 Census in alphabetical order.
Please click on the link below if you have Brennan in your family tree.

Brennan, Co. Kerry~Households 1901

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Autosomal DNA Testing for ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS part 2

1/30/2017

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Please watch the video Autosomal DNA Testing for ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS Part 1 first
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Autosomal DNA Testing for ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS

1/23/2017

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Autosomal DNA Testing for ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS Part 2
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