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Title: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Babypink2807 on Thursday 21 July 22 15:27 BST (UK)
Hi, all.  I am researching my family, and there are loads of them and as usual more or less named the same as well  😕

I have Mary Reilly (Reilly spelt in so many ways as well making it awkward).  She was born 6 June 1858, Dunmore, Galway, daughter of Peter and Julia Connell.  Below is the record for her, I am no longer on Roots Ireland, something I had to give up given current circumstances financially.
She appears then on the 1911 Census in Ireland, along with her brother Patrick.  Still in Dunmore.  I am struggling to find her Death record, I have gone through Tuam and Galway records(16 records each) and most of the Mary Reilly are widows (assuming she never married, still single in 1911), I have been looking for Spinster.  I did find one, but would like an opinion on it.  It does state Housewife, even though I think she never married. 

I am therefore assuming she is referred to Housewife, being living with her brother and his wife and family?

In brief, not sure if this her death I suspect so, I am not convinced she did marry, would appreciate feedback - thank you
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Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Friday 22 July 22 07:32 BST (UK)

She appears then on the 1911 Census in Ireland, along with her brother Patrick.  Still in Dunmore.  I am struggling to find her Death record, I have gone through Tuam and Galway records(16 records each) and most of the Mary Reilly are widows (assuming she never married, still single in 1911), I have been looking for Spinster.  I did find one, but would like an opinion on it.  It does state Housewife, even though I think she never married. 

I am therefore assuming she is referred to Housewife, being living with her brother and his wife and family?

In brief, not sure if this her death I suspect so, I am not convinced she did marry....

According to her death record, this Mary Reilly lived in Poleredmond (sic) near Williamstown in Co Galway.

Here's the actual townland - Pollremon just to the west of Williamstown.
https://www.townlands.ie/galway/ballymoe/templetogher/templetogher/pollremon/

It's about 11 km NE of the townland of Dunmore (and Dunmore village).

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4136961#map=13/53.6498/-8.6509

So it's possible that this is your Mary Reilly - a spinster and housewife (or often termed housekeeper).

Have you found the death of her brother Patrick and where he lived at death?

1911 census at Dunmore
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Dunmore_South/Dunmore/475400/


Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: shanreagh on Friday 22 July 22 07:52 BST (UK)
And further to Kiltaglassan's post  there is a Mary Reilly who is mentioned in Griffiths Valuation as leasing an area of land in Pollremon in 1856.  There is a Martin Reilly who also leases land there.   
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01rpd/

I also think it would be a good idea to find Patrick's death and see where he was at death. Also to find Mary and Patrick in the 1901 census.
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: heywood on Friday 22 July 22 08:00 BST (UK)
1901 - Mary at house 8. She is a shopkeeper
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Dunmore/Dunmore/1398777/

1901 Patrick with mother and siblings at house 9
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Dunmore/Dunmore/1398778/
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: shanreagh on Friday 22 July 22 08:12 BST (UK)
This may be Patrick (unmarried with his mother in 1901). He is 40 and this ties in with his age in the 1911 census. 

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Dunmore/Dunmore/1398778/

Sort of snap with heywood.....Patrick has quite younf children in the 1911 census indicative of a second marriage or newly married first.
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Friday 22 July 22 08:16 BST (UK)

Patrick Reilly married Maggie Fleming on 21st September 1907 at Dunmore RC Church.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1907/10110/5678476.pdf

Both living at Clooneen townland.
https://www.townlands.ie/galway/dunmore/dunmore/dunmore-south/clooneen/

Four children born.
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01rpe/


Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Friday 22 July 22 08:28 BST (UK)

This is likely to be the death record of Margaret Reilly (widow) in 1945 at Clooneen. Her son Patrick was the informant.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1945/04622/4226651.pdf

So Patrick snr died before 1945.


Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: shanreagh on Friday 22 July 22 08:51 BST (UK)
This might be the death of Julia Reilly in 1908 aged 79. It was reported by the daughter Mary. At Clooneen. Big jump in age from 65 in 1901 census though.  Also even though it has been logged as Reilly.  I am wondering if it is Kiely as the capital K is a form that looks a bit like a capital R

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1908/05492/4538463.pdf

Peter Reilly and Julia Connell Reilly possibly have a number of children (from Family Search) Some have shifted to Ohio.

Catherine 1866
Peter 1868
Mary 1856
Charles 1858
Julia 1872
Thomas from census 19 so born 1882
Julia from census so born 1881
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: heywood on Friday 22 July 22 09:09 BST (UK)
There is a published tree which has children of Peter and Julia Reilly in England before 1901.

The tree shows the wrong death for Julia - I agree with shanreagh re the 1908 death.

It also shows a death for Patrick for May 1929 which is wrong. That man is a bachelor.

Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Friday 22 July 22 09:18 BST (UK)

The tree shows the wrong death for Julia - I agree with shanreagh re the 1908 death.

It also shows a death for Patrick for May 1929 which is wrong. That man is a bachelor.


Also agree with shanreagh - definitely an 'R' at the beginning of the surname. See the surname Ryan just a few entries above.

Patrick Reilly died at Clooneen in 1940 aged 86 yrs. His widow Margaret was the informant.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1940/04719/4261000.pdf




Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: heywood on Friday 22 July 22 09:36 BST (UK)
Thanks KG.
Margaret, Patrick’s wife, died 1945 - son Patrick, the informant.
So still no sign of Mary
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1945/04622/4226651.pdf
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Friday 22 July 22 09:57 BST (UK)
Thanks KG.
Margaret, Patrick’s wife, died 1945 - son Patrick, the informant.
So still no sign of Mary
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1945/04622/4226651.pdf

Also at reply #6    :D

Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: heywood on Friday 22 July 22 10:00 BST (UK)
Thanks KG.
Margaret, Patrick’s wife, died 1945 - son Patrick, the informant.
So still no sign of Mary
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1945/04622/4226651.pdf

Also at reply #6    :D

 ::)
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Muddipaws on Friday 22 July 22 17:16 BST (UK)
I have found the death of her brother Patrick yes, and it was witnessed by his wife Margaret

14 JUL 1940 • Clooneen, Dunmore, Tuam, Galway, Ireland
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Muddipaws on Friday 22 July 22 17:18 BST (UK)
Thanks KG.
Margaret, Patrick’s wife, died 1945 - son Patrick, the informant.
So still no sign of Mary
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1945/04622/4226651.pdf

Been working on this most of the day and found her death 8 May 1945 Tuam, Dunmore, Galway, Ireland
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Muddipaws on Friday 22 July 22 17:19 BST (UK)

This is likely to be the death record of Margaret Reilly (widow) in 1945 at Clooneen. Her son Patrick was the informant.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1945/04622/4226651.pdf

So Patrick snr died before 1945.

Yes I found this today
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Muddipaws on Friday 22 July 22 17:20 BST (UK)

She appears then on the 1911 Census in Ireland, along with her brother Patrick.  Still in Dunmore.  I am struggling to find her Death record, I have gone through Tuam and Galway records(16 records each) and most of the Mary Reilly are widows (assuming she never married, still single in 1911), I have been looking for Spinster.  I did find one, but would like an opinion on it.  It does state Housewife, even though I think she never married. 

I am therefore assuming she is referred to Housewife, being living with her brother and his wife and family?

In brief, not sure if this her death I suspect so, I am not convinced she did marry....

According to her death record, this Mary Reilly lived in Poleredmond (sic) near Williamstown in Co Galway.

Here's the actual townland - Pollremon just to the west of Williamstown.
https://www.townlands.ie/galway/ballymoe/templetogher/templetogher/pollremon/

It's about 11 km NE of the townland of Dunmore (and Dunmore village).

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4136961#map=13/53.6498/-8.6509

So it's possible that this is your Mary Reilly - a spinster and housewife (or often termed housekeeper).

Have you found the death of her brother Patrick and where he lived at death?

1911 census at Dunmore
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Dunmore_South/Dunmore/475400/

I ignored this as I thought the place was wrong, but then I am not really good with Townlands as such.  Maybe I need to go on a course or something as this is really difficult area for me
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Muddipaws on Friday 22 July 22 17:22 BST (UK)
And further to Kiltaglassan's post  there is a Mary Reilly who is mentioned in Griffiths Valuation as leasing an area of land in Pollremon in 1856.  There is a Martin Reilly who also leases land there.   
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01rpd/

I also think it would be a good idea to find Patrick's death and see where he was at death. Also to find Mary and Patrick in the 1901 census.

I think this Mary is one also on the 1901 Census and her name is spelt Mary D O Reially?
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Muddipaws on Friday 22 July 22 17:26 BST (UK)
This may be Patrick (unmarried with his mother in 1901). He is 40 and this ties in with his age in the 1911 census. 

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Dunmore/Dunmore/1398778/

Sort of snap with heywood.....Patrick has quite younf children in the 1911 census indicative of a second marriage or newly married first.

I already have this census

I am guessing she didnt marry, she lived with her brother and his wife, and from 1911 onwards, and I have no clue she obviously died  ???
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Friday 22 July 22 17:38 BST (UK)
I have found the death of her brother Patrick yes, and it was witnessed by his wife Margaret

14 JUL 1940 • Clooneen, Dunmore, Tuam, Galway, Ireland

Yes indeed....it's at reply #9   :)
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Saturday 23 July 22 08:35 BST (UK)

I think this Mary is one also on the 1901 Census and her name is spelt Mary D O Reially?


Is this the one you found?

House 6 in Polreamon (Templetogher, Galway)
O Reially   Mary D   42
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Templetogher/Polreamon/1382618/


Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Muddipaws on Sunday 24 July 22 17:39 BST (UK)
It is but the spelling and also the initial doe not add up?
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: heywood on Sunday 24 July 22 17:51 BST (UK)
You have Mary in 1901 and 1911 though.
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Sunday 24 July 22 18:14 BST (UK)
It is but the spelling and also the initial doe not add up?

If you look closely at the initial after Mary, I think it's an 'A' rather than a 'D'. She may have been Mary Ann. The householder who filled in the form (Pearson) probably couldn't spell Reilly correctly and also maybe knew her as O'Reilly.

There were many spelling errors on the 1901 and 1911 Irish census forms and the transcribers for the online website spelled the names exactly as they were written.



Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Muddipaws on Sunday 24 July 22 18:21 BST (UK)
Thank you
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: heywood on Sunday 24 July 22 18:39 BST (UK)
I am confused.

I thought your Mary is the shopkeeper living next door to her family in 1901.

Are you now looking at this lady with the Pearsons?
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Muddipaws on Sunday 24 July 22 19:04 BST (UK)
The Mary I have is on the census and living with her brother Patrick and his wife.
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: heywood on Sunday 24 July 22 19:16 BST (UK)
The Mary I have is on the census and living with her brother Patrick and his wife.

Yes that’s right. I thought that you had a different one now.

She is next door to Patrick, siblings, and her mother in 1901. What do you think?
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Muddipaws on Wednesday 27 July 22 14:27 BST (UK)
I believe this is my Mary Reilly, what I cannot find is her Death, apart from the one I have uploaded
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: heywood on Wednesday 27 July 22 15:51 BST (UK)
Might she have emigrated ?
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Muddipaws on Wednesday 27 July 22 16:47 BST (UK)
It's possible but I don't have that access really.  I have the cheapie access to ancestry  8) :D
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: heywood on Wednesday 27 July 22 17:01 BST (UK)
You can see those records on Family Search and US censuses.

Did some of the family also go to England?

Another avenue might be family graves in Dunmore area?
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Muddipaws on Wednesday 27 July 22 20:08 BST (UK)
I have found a website that lists graves in Galway, will take some time but will plough through those.  Thank you for much for all your help
Title: Re: Mary Reilly - Dunmore, Galway
Post by: Coolcam1 on Tuesday 13 September 22 19:10 BST (UK)
Just to clarify, the Parsons family are shown as Pearsons on the census. Catherine Reilly married Pat Parsons in 1887. The lady who died in 1928 Galway may have been Catherine’s sister, Mary born 1856 to Martin Reilly and Judy Roche. Most of the other Reilly’s in Pollremon became O’Reilly’s in Whitwick, Leicestershire.