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Kildare / Re: Clearys - Monasterevin
« on: Monday 24 March 14 01:59 GMT (UK)  »
Here's what I found there:

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Passlands & Yewtree Cemeteries

Booklets on the two graveyards have been compiled by Monasterevin Historical Society and the Parish office.The booklet give a brief history of the cemeteries and include a listing of the graves. and are available to buy in the Parish office. Cost is 3 euro.

Alas, I live in the US, so I'll have to see if I can get someone to pick up a booklet for me.

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Kildare / Re: Birth Look Up "James Mooney"
« on: Friday 21 March 14 19:11 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Pughy,

It's been a long time since your post but I'm new to RootsChat.  Do you know if James Mooney might have ended up in Dublin?  I have an ancestor named James Mooney, my ggggrandfather, born around the same time as yours, but I'm not sure where he was born.  His daughter married a man fresh from Kildare (Monasterevin), so I wonder whether the families knew each other.  Here's what I know:

James Mooney b. abt 1825
m. Frances Marshall around 1852
d. 23 Aug 1893; cause of death dropsy, interred by son James Mooney at Glasnevin

Children
Maria Frances Mooney, b. 1853
James Mooney, b. 1858
Catherine Mooney, b. 1861
Esther Mooney, b. 1862
John Mooney, b. 1865
Michael Mooney, b. 1866

Residences
7 Bailey's Row, Dublin, 9 Sept 1853
20 Dorset St, Dublin, 13 Oct 1858
2 William Pl, Dublin, 1861
3 Fitzgibbon Ln, Dublin, 1866
3 Ballybough Ln, Dublin, Aug 1893

Occupation
Carriage owner, 1866

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Kildare / Clearys - Monasterevin
« on: Thursday 20 March 14 05:34 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,

I've hit a brick wall with my ancestor Maurice Cleary, a blacksmith, b. about 1812 in Monasterevin.  I know he was married in 1845 to Alice (Ally) Dunne and they had several children.  But I can't seem to find any leads further in the past.  Here are my questions:

  • I am currently in possession of a microfilm of the Roman Catholic Monasterevin parish records from 1819, courtesy of the Mormons, but the quality of the scan is terrible.  Are there any other digitized parish records available online which I can search?  I have some leads on potential siblings of Maurice's who may have been born after him (Bridget, Margaret, William, possibly Thomas).  I'm hoping to search the entire book for Clearys.
  • Are there any records dating before 1819, possibly as part of another parish if Monasterevin was served by a different church nearby?
  • I know that Maurice leased his smithy in Skirteen from the Marquis of Drogheda, and that at least one of his children is buried in the Passlands cemetery.  Are there any searchable records for this cemetery?  I'm not sure where Maurice is buried (he died 4 Nov 1893) but I'd like to find his grave.
  • Maurice's grandson recalled Maurice telling a story that his own grandfather was Thomas Cleary, a blacksmith in Monasterevin.  Supposedly Thomas was hanged by the British in the 1798 rebellion for secretly forging swords for the Irish.  I would love to be able to substantiate this claim but cannot find the definitive connection from Maurice to Thomas, or proof of Thomas's actions.


Thanks so much for any help you can provide!  Please let me know if you need any additional information.[/list]

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Dublin / Re: Bridget Dowling Hitler
« on: Thursday 20 March 14 02:12 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,

I created an account here just to pass on the following information about an ancestor of mine, which may be helpful to you.

I have an Eliza(beth) Dowling, b. around 1840s and d. after 1911.  She married Joseph Nulty from Co. Meath in 1870 in or around Balbriggan, which is in Co. Dublin near the Co. Meath line (the civil registration location is Balrothery).  I am not sure who her parents are yet because I've just found the registration index record of the marriage, so I haven't ordered the microfilm.  If you visit the records office in Dublin, the book is year 1870-volume 17-page 465.

Seven children followed, then the family moved to Dublin city around 1885.  Seven more children were born in Dublin.  In 1885 - 1887 the family lived at 115 Upper Dorset St.; in 1888 at 6 N. Rutland Pl.; in 1890-1891 at 27 William Pl.;  1895 at 11 William Pl.; in 1901 at 3 Margaret Ave.; and in 1911 at 8 Rutland Pl.

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