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Kildare / Re: Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare
« on: Friday 14 May 10 17:12 BST (UK)  »
Sorry Shane you are right. But the 1901 census entry (a copy of which I obtained many years ago) shows her birth in Queens County which I believe to be correct. I have been working on the Barrington and Edge lines for quite some time now but keep running ito a brick wall on Catherine.

Richard

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Kildare / Re: Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare
« on: Friday 14 May 10 17:06 BST (UK)  »
Yes my daughter was christened Catherine but has always been known as Kate.

I have my great grandmother's wedding certificate (showing her as of full age  and her father as John) and her entries in the 1901 and 1911 Irish census records (for Ballinderry, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow) both point to her being born in Queens County around 1872.

Richard

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Kildare / Re: Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare
« on: Friday 14 May 10 16:52 BST (UK)  »
Hi Damsel and Shane

Many thanks for this. I have seen the information on the children of John and Margaret Barrington and I'm pretty sure that Frances is the sister of my great grandmother Catherine. I have a copy of Frances' birth certificate and various other bits and pieces suggesting that she is my grandmother's Aunty Fanny. The problem is with Katy who was born in 1866. I am as sure as I can be that Catherine was born in 1872 give or take one year. I suppose what I was hoping for was that there might be a Cof I parish record entry for Catherine's birth in Stradbally (Rathmore?) which would confirm that John and Margaret were her parents.  I had wondered if Katy might have died in infancy thus allowing for a later Catherine but I've seen a reference (in Family Search) to a death record  in the 1890's for  Katy so all a bit uncertain.

My next port of call must be, I guess,  the COI library in Dublin. Thank you both again for coming back so quickly.

Richard W


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Kildare / Re: Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare
« on: Thursday 13 May 10 09:51 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to find out more about my Barrington ancestors in Ireland. My great grandmother was Catherine Barrington born in "Queen's County" in about 1872. Her father was John. The family were Church of Ireland. Her sister was Frances (Fanny) who was born about 1864.

I have found references to the marriage of John Barrington and Margaret Greenham (at St Catherine's Dublin) and the christenings/birth registrations  of their children Charity, Frances (1864), Elizabeth, Kate, Henry, and Margaret (1872) in Stradbally/Athy.  I have found no mention of Catherine who might have been the twin of Margaret.

Catherine Barrington married David Edge in Rathdrum in 1896. Her father was named as John Barrington. One of the witnesses was Elizabeth Barrington. I have found Frances (1911) and Catherine Barrington (1901 and 1911) in the Irish censuses.

Do you have any information available on the birth of Catherine? (Note that another Catherine Barrington was born to Michael and Bridget Barrington in 1872). Do you know anything more or have any leads on the Barrington and Greenham families of Stradbally? Is there any known connection with the Jonah Barrington family?

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