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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Kilkenny => Topic started by: andreaj on Sunday 14 August 05 09:29 BST (UK)
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I am researching the following families of Kilkenny
John Shearman born abt 1838 Parents Thomas Shearman and Julia Brian
Thomas Shearman born abt 1830 Parents John Shearman and Bridget
Maria/Mary Delaney born abt 1839 Parents Percy Delaney and Johannah Grace
Each of these children migrated to Australia and settled in Ballarat, Victoria
Anything you can find would be most appreciated.
Thanks
Andrea Johnston (Australia)
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Hello
I noticed your Johanna Grace.
I have a Johanna Delaney and was wondering if you have a Michael Delaney in the family. Johanna would have been born abt 1880. I have her father as Michael Delaney.
Johanna married James Bolger from Gowran, Kilkenny in liverpool, lancs.
I am trying to make a connection with the Delaney family as I have little information.
Thankyou
Kristina
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Hi i noticed you were looking for any Bolgers' . My grandmother was Mary Bolger she had two sisters not sure if had a brother. Her fathers name was Patrick Bolger d.1922 he married Julia Lanigan. Mary was born in 1874 in kilkenny. I wonder if there is any connection
regards
Theresa
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Hello Theresa
I do have your family in my notes.
Mary bor 13 May 1874
Bridget born 18 May 1877
I did note that another Patrick Bolger married a Bridget Lanigan 28 Feb 1878 in Graiguenamanagh, Kilkenny, Ireland. I haven't found the marriage of Patrick and Julia though.
Do you have anymore information
I have Simon Bolger (possible Patrick as a brother) who married Ellen Hennessy circa 1864
There children are
Maria bor 1865 Gowran, Kilkenny
William 1867
Ellen 1868
James 1871 my GGrandfather
Agnes Catherine 1873
Margaret Bridget 1875
John Dennis 1876 born Boherbue, Kilkenny
I have transcribed all of the Bolgers with children around this circa 1860 - 1880 and I am trying to match up Simons siblings with the naming patterns. Bridget is the most common name and Margaret at this stage.
I do have a Dennis Bolger who married Mary Anne Cullen
They had William born 20 Feb 1876
I believe Simons father was William Bolger (yet to find) going by the naming patterns of all the children I have found in this area.
I haven't found any death certs for Simon Bolger or Ellen Hennessy.
James Bolger born 1871 my GGfather came to Liverpool circa 1900 I found him in the 1901 census living as a boarder with a Bridget Delaney (Cullen) which was Johanna Delaneys sister. James Bolger married Johanna Delaney in Liverpool 1904.
Hope this helps.
If you need any information about other Bolger familys in Kilkenny don't hesistate to write, we may be able to put this puzzle together.
Kristina
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Hi Kristina,
Sorry i haven't got any more information at the moment on the Bolgers but I'm still looking. I have a relative of that side who has done some research on ancestry.co.uk. You might be able to find some more there.I will get back to you with any new information i have
thanks
Theresa
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Hi Kristina,
There is another sister to Mary and Bridget , Annesta don't know dob she married Thomas Madigan b 1876.
regards
Theresa
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Hi Kristina,
I was reading through your posts and recognise some of the names and details from my own family. My father Joseph Patrick Bolger was born in Liverpool in 1914. His mother was Johanna Delaney. However, I had understood that his father was called Patrick (I could be wrong on this). My father told me his family came from a village called Whitehall near Kilkenny (this place is now called Paulstown).
I'd be interested to see if we are talking about the same family.
Many Regards
Janet
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Hello Janet
I found another post of yours and I apologise for not replying.
James Gerard Bolger (my grandfather) and your father Joseph are brothers.
James Bolger and Johannah known as Annie and married as Ann Delaney are there parents.
James parents are Simon Bolger and Ellen Hennessy
Simons parents are Stephen Bolger and Mary Walsh
Stephen came from Ballyogan, Graiguenamanagh, Kilkenny, Ireland
Simon and his siblings lived in Whiteshall and now called Paulstown.
Simon was a Master of a school and I have documents about him when he started at a Model School.
When Ellen his wife died in 01 Sep 1881 Simon remarried to Mary Sheehan 18 April 1898 Paulstown, Kilkenny
Simon also had a brother Patrick who was a shoe maker.
Another brother John Bolger born 1832 Graignamangh, Kilkenny was also a shoe maker.
He went to Liverpool and I found him living with a Hennessy family at 29 Gilbert Street, St Thomas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
In 1861 census he lived at 60 Jordan St, St Thomas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England until 1901 the family lived at 32 Bridgewater Street, St Thomas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
John died Sep 1903, Liverpool he married 1865 to Mary Doyle born Kilkenny, Ireland they had Stephen, Ellen, Elizabeth, Mary
Kindest regards
Kristina
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Hi All, I might be able to add to this puzzle as some of the names you have mentioned are in a family tree that I am compiling for my son. All of the below where born in Gowran, Kilkenny with the parents being Walter Bolger born c 1840 and Bridget Langton born c 1841. Can't find birth or marriage record for these two.
But, Margaret 1866, Anne 1868, Kate 1869, Margaret 1871, Daniel 1872, Patrick 1874, James 1875, Anastasia 1877, Martin1878, Walter 1880, Maria 1883, Ellen 1885 where all from Gowran.
Walter Bolger b. 1880 is my wife's great grandfather. I couldn't find a marriage record for Walter senior & Bridget Langton in Kilkenny but there is a marriage record in Gorey, Wexford of Walter & Bridget Bolger in 1872. On some of the birth records it says Bridget Bolger Langton. Walter Bolger Junior married Anne Byrne in 1911. Also, I can't understand two daughters with the name Margaret.
Hope this helps a little. Regards Terry
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Hi Mojo1970. My mother's mother was Annie Byrne and her father was Walter Bolger. She was born in Kilkenny and I am looking for information as to what happened to her mother and father, and whether she had any siblings . Any info on Annie Byrne and Walter or the family would be appreciated. We believe Annie died when my mother was quite young, and she was sent to live with relatives, eventually to an aunt in England. She really didn't know what happened to her parents, as she was quite young.
Thanks. Perhaps your wife and I are long-lost relatives.
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Hi,
Could you give me the name of your mother and dates of births of her & your Grandparents. It sounds like the same connection, but as I've discovered in my research there can be many marriages of the same names as every family in those days seem to name their children after grandparents, Aunts and Uncles. This can be very deceiving! Let me know and I'll see if there is a connection.
Regards
Terry
By the way, where are you from?
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Hi Terry. Thanks for the prompt response. My mother's name was Helen. Her birth certificate gives her name as Ellen or possibly Hellen, as it is hard to read the handwriting.She was born in Kilkenny in 1924. I hesitate to give the exact date online, as I am new to chat rooms. I do not know the dates of her parents births or deaths, only their names. Her father was a stone mason at the time and lived in Dunbell.She spent time with both maternal and paternal grandparents as a young child, who had farms, then spent some time at a convent school before being taken to England to live with an Aunt. She lost touch with her Aunt after WWII. I do not know the name of the Aunt or where in England the Aunt lived. Her father took her to the grandparents, and then came back and took her to the other grandparents. We presume that Annie died and the father couldn't care for a small child, but we really don't know.Perhaps they simply couldn't afford to keep her, although Walter's parents were apparently better off then the Byrnes family at the time. My mother passed away last year and rarely talked about her childhood. I would love to know more. I live in Florida. My parents came to the US after WWII. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
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My grandfather is Patrick Bolger. Born April 1893 in Ballyogan. His parents were James and Catherine (Morrissy).
I'm looking for any links. We know he had siblings, but.......
Thank you for any help.
Best regards,
Meghan
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My great-great-grandfather was Thomas Shearman who arrived in Australia in 1842 (from Bristol, U.K.) & settled in Newcastle, N.S.W. We have always thought that his line originated in Kilkenny. Any links, anybody?
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I came across a lovely church and graveyard in Eirke Kilkenny.
One headstone is very hard to read but, I think it reads,
erected by Robert Sherman in memory of his wife
Margaret ?-?1949?
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Jack
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Headstone in Dunmore cemetery Kilkenny
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erected by Patrick Shearman in memory of
his wife-Mary
13/12/1922 (54)
above Patrick
27/1/1936 (61)
daughter-Mrs Catherine O Brien
17/8/1951 (50)
also-John Prendergast
13/1/1965
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Jack