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I don't want to "hijack" PollyB's thread here about her "Annie Courtney Martin Sheridan" born Cork, who died in London 1955. I tried on the Kanturk 1901 Bluepool Upper, Kanturk Cork she mentioned. It really does look to me that the child Annie could be hers as a child at home - age matches and father's name John and she knew "born Cork." So I hope someone reading this thread is able to help her. On the death certificate she has, hers born approx 1887 and the 1901 she quotes is
Residents of a house 14 in Bluepool Upper (Kanturk, Cork) 1901 -
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Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion
Courtney John 56 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic
Courtney Edward 17 Male Son Roman Catholic
Courtney Patrick 15 Male Son Roman Catholic
Courtney Annie 13 Female Daughter Roman Catholic
Courtney Ellie 10 Female Daughter Roman Catholic
But where is this family in 1911 census ?? I could not find them. And PollyB says that her Annie didnt emigrate to England until approx 1920s.
Another person posted here also, that there was an Annie Courtney born in 1897 (ten years difference in age to the one PollyB is seeking) but with the information this Annie Courtney's dad was another John Courtney who lived at Skibbereen. My note with the only way I have to contact this person by replying on this thread to him being surprised and interested about the descendant of John Courtney of Skibbereen if he will write back to me.
But yes to Sinann's post following mine, and and thank you! the father of John at Skibbereen was Timothy Courtney -of Bluid, Castlehaven Cork. I actually have an error in my first note. My John Courtney was born Cork c. 1819 "near Skibbereen" per family. His son Michael Courtney is the one who wrote to John Courtney at Skibbereen. Michael was only about 5 years old when his Cork born dad died, and the orphans did not know any more about their Irish Courtneys. We did match DNA with Courtneys from Bluid which was wonderful since the parish records of Castlehaven area do not exist early enough to include a 1819 baptism. DNA was my first way to substantiate the location, other than family notes, since the parish records do not exist. I do still hope to talk to descendants of the Courtney family just in case they know any further about mine and I would in turn be interested to hear about theirs. We have some contact with the family in Ireland still - DNA cousins - but not able yet to exactly establish where ours fit in. Very glad to hear anything at all about mine of course but again sorry popping up in PollyB's research on ones that may be from Kanturk! I really sympathize with what she calls "needle in a haystack" search and hope she can find them. Catherine