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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Mayo => Topic started by: Ttony on Saturday 03 December 05 15:49 GMT (UK)
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Martin Comer, son of a butcher Patrick, born Co Mayo 1821, married in Manchester 10 October 1847. Martin had a brother John, born 1824 and who married in Manchester in June 1850. There may have been another younger brother, Michael.
There may have been no end of brothers and sisters, but I don't know anything about them! Does any of this ring any bells?
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Hiya Ttony,
There were several families named Comer living in Co. Mayo in 1856-7 when Griffiths Valuation took place in the County. http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php This information on its own may not be much help but should get you started.
All the Best,
Christopher
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Hiya Ttony,
There were several families named Comer living in Co. Mayo in 1856-7 when Griffiths Valuation took place in the County. http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php This information on its own may not be much help but should get you started.
All the Best,
Christopher
Many thanks, Christopher.
My new problem (not that I'm complaining) is trying to bridge the gap between the two children born in the 1820s and putative relations still there in the 1850s. There is a heck of a lot of them in Bekan, however, and maybe that's where I should start.
If anybody else wants to help, please don't think I'll be bothered!
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Please contact me if you are still researching the Comer family of Bekan. I too am interested in the Comer family of Bekan. Michael Comer had a Son named Matthew Comer who came to Leeds, England and married Bridget Molloy in the 1880's. They had 2 Sons, Edward and William. Bridget Molloy died in the 1890's and Matthew Comer who was in his late 30's at this time, re-married but his 2 Sons were not raised by him and his new wife. One Son was brought up by his Aunt (nee Molloy) in Leeds and the youngest William was sent away to Ireland where he was raised by Matthew Comers sister Bridget Comer who was then married to Michael Mulkeen. They lived in Tooraree, Bekan Parish.
I am related to the Molloys.
Regards, Carol
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Hi Carol,
Are you still working on the Comers? I am interested in Michael Comer from Lettera, Galway, who went to Sheffield. This would be a separate family but in the course of my research I have been in contact with a Mr Molloy from Nuneaton who was working on the Comers in Woodfield, which is very close to Lettera. Are you connected to him? And do you have any new Comer news?
Steve
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Hi, unfortunately I cannot help you as my Comers are from Greenwood, Bekan, Co Mayo.
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Simon,
I have a Michael Comer b1864, son of John and Ellen Comer. Michael went to Sheffield and was a bricklayers labourer. He married a Margaret Raftery (b 1874) and they raised a family in Sheffield. I have quite a lot of detail on Michaels offspring in Sheffield.
John and Ellen Comer (nee Gibbons) were my Great Great Grandparents. John was born around 1831 and they lived in Glenamaddy. Im looking for more detail on them if anyone can help.
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Hi,
I am looking for more information on Edward Comer, b: 6/10/1829 in Ireland, he married Winifred Norton, daughter of Mary Ward and John Norton of Ireland. Edward Comer died in Wakefield, Massachusetts on 3/1/1891.
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Is there a way to get in touch via this rootschat? as I too have John and Ellen Comer as great-great grandparents, but descended from their son Simon Comer and then through one of his daughters.
Simon,
I have a Michael Comer b1864, son of John and Ellen Comer. Michael went to Sheffield and was a bricklayers labourer. He married a Margaret Raftery (b 1874) and they raised a family in Sheffield. I have quite a lot of detail on Michaels offspring in Sheffield.
John and Ellen Comer (nee Gibbons) were my Great Great Grandparents. John was born around 1831 and they lived in Glenamaddy. Im looking for more detail on them if anyone can help.
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https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1051 Glenamaddy IF they were R.C.
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https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1050 Bekan IF they were R.C.
other Parishes via Map.
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Is there a way to get in touch via this rootschat? as I too have John and Ellen Comer as great-great grandparents, but descended from their son Simon Comer and then through one of his daughters.
Simon,
I have a Michael Comer b1864, son of John and Ellen Comer. Michael went to Sheffield and was a bricklayers labourer. He married a Margaret Raftery (b 1874) and they raised a family in Sheffield. I have quite a lot of detail on Michaels offspring in Sheffield.
John and Ellen Comer (nee Gibbons) were my Great Great Grandparents. John was born around 1831 and they lived in Glenamaddy. Im looking for more detail on them if anyone can help.
Is it Gibbo you want to contact? You need to make a few more posts, then you can use personal message function. Click on Gibbo's profile and you'll see that last RootsChat activity was a year ago. You'll also be able to call up the other threads to which the poster has contributed and see if any are relevant to you.
Gibbo should receive an alert that there has been a new reply on this thread.
Replying to my post will count towards your points total. A word is enough.
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Is it Gibbo you want to contact? You need to make a few more posts, then you can use personal message function. Click on Gibbo's profile and you'll see that last RootsChat activity was a year ago. You'll also be able to call up the other threads to which the poster has contributed and see if any are relevant to you.
Gibbo should receive an alert that there has been a new reply on this thread.
Replying to my post will count towards your points total. A word is enough.
Thanks for educating me on how rootschat works!
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Thanks for educating me on how rootschat works!
I'll have to look through the documentation.
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https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1051 Glenamaddy IF they were R.C.
Very helpful - I had mostly been using the birth register before now.
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only start 1864
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/civil-records/help/what-civil-records-are-on-line
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My mothers maiden name is comer, her mother a Higgins Mary married James comer and they lived just out side ballinrobe in cloonceary, my grandmother was from Westport killawallia side, I do know that my grandfathers brother died alone in England but was brought back to Ireland to be burried in ballinrobe cemetery with my grandparents , the house is located near the ballinrobe race course
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My mothers maiden name is comer, her mother a Higgins Mary married James comer and they lived just out side ballinrobe in cloonceary, my grandmother was from Westport killawallia side, I do know that my grandfathers brother died alone in England but was brought back to Ireland to be burried in ballinrobe cemetery with my grandparents , the house is located near the ballinrobe race course
The official spelling is Cloonkerry.
https://www.townlands.ie/mayo/kilmaine/ballinrobe/ballinrobe/cloonkerry/
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6083861#map=13/53.6380/-9.2272
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Jillyfairy2022, welcome to RootsChat.
There's a Surname Interest section under "Your Tools" on the brown section at the foot of the page. You can add your Comer and see who else on RootsChat has added Comer to the surnames list. Clicking on a username in Surnames Interest brings up a list of other surnames they link with. Utilising the Search function on the dark-brown strip above this page, entering a username and Comer in the search boxes should find their threads about Comer.