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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Galway => Topic started by: Kiernan on Monday 18 July 11 20:36 BST (UK)
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Hi,
Any help would be appreciated. I am looking for some kind of birth record for either Patrick and/or Nora. I don't have a birthdate for either one and the records all seem to contradict each other.
Nora's parents are Michael O'Brien and Ellen Donovan.
Patrick Joseph Keane's parents are Martin Keane and Nora Fey. My best guess is they were born in the 1890s.
Unfortunately, most of their U.S. records say they came from Galway. Once and a while, a record says one of them comes from Cork.
Thanks again.
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Have you found Patrick and Nora on any US census records ?
It would probably help your search if you had even approximate years of birth for them.
Did Patrick and Nora marry in Ireland ?
see :
Introduction to Irish Records (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,442233.0.html)
My Ancestor came from Ireland - where do I start? (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,498742.0.html)
Shane
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They married in Somerville, MA. Someone helping sent a U.S. census that I'm trying to figure out. I know everyone record that has a space for birthday says it cannot be determined. Plus, the dates don't match on their deaths and marriage records. But I will go back to the census. Thanks.
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When did Patrick and Nora leave Ireland for the US ?
Could they still have been have been in Ireland for the census of 1901 and/or 1911 ?
see : http://census.nationalarchives.ie/
Shane
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Shane,
Thanks. I found a Patrick Keane in Clarinbridge, Galway with a father Martin whose age matches appropriately with some of the stuff I have.
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is it this family you think could be your Keanes ?
Keane household, Tonroe townland - 1901 (http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Clarenbridge/Tonroe/1377160/)
Keane household, Tonroe townland - 1911 (http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Clarinbridge/Tonroe/457100/)
Shane
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I don't Know. Patrick's father is Martin, but it his marriage license says his mother is named Norah. I might have to keep looking.
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Honor could be a variation of Honora or Nora...
I've been having a look for the marriage of Martin Keane and a possible Nora... but no luck so far. Unfortunately there a four townlands named Tonroe in Co. Galway so I'm trying to work out which one this family lived in... plus Keane is quite a common surname in the area..
Shane
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Although I wonder if Patrick's mother could have died because one of those had no wife listed at all.
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It looks like the wife of the household (Honor) died sometime between 1901 and 1911 - she doesn't appear on the 1911 return, and husband Martin is listed as a widower.
Shane
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Shane,
I found a Nora O'Brien in the 1901 census that has a father Michael and a mother Ellen. She was living in Kilfaughnabeg, Cork in 1901 and was 9 at the time.
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See online a Marriage / Church record 1878 for Martin Keane at Clarinbridge Also a record 1878 Honor Fahey (variations Fey/Fay/Fahy/Fahey-Honor/Honoria/Norah/Nora) also in Clarinbidge Church. The cost is €5 to view each Record. There is also a birth record for a Patrick Keane in 1889 at Oranmore Church. This year would match the 1911 census aged 22 rather than the 1901 census when listed aged 10 ! Was Nora O Brien younger or older than Patrick Keane
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Hi,
I never met Patrick or Nora and the dates seem all messed up, but my recollection was that Nora was older than Patrick, but I'm not sure. I found the record for Patrick and e-mailed the church if they still have an official record. Fingers crossed!
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I think he is a relation of mine
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I think he is a relation of mine
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It looks like the wife of the household (Honor) died sometime between 1901 and 1911 - she doesn't appear on the 1911 return, and husband Martin is listed as a widower.
Honor Keane died on 21 February 1911 at Tonroe, aged 56 yrs. Her son Martin Keane was the informant.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1911/05401/4508467.pdf
Added:
Tonroe townland
https://www.townlands.ie/galway/dunkellin/ballynacourty/clarinbridge/tonroe/
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He was from the town land of ballinacourty Galway