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Cork / Re: William Kenealy
« on: Tuesday 06 January 15 22:43 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Eledan,
Nice to hear the old photographs are still turning up. You don't say who is in the photograph. I attended the unveiling of the plaque to William Kenealy who was my great grandfather. I remember being introduced to an O'Brien family when I was in Cloyne - your family I presume. Are you sure William was your great great great great granduncle? - sounds too many "great'' to me. Looking forward to hear from you again.

PetK

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Warwickshire / Re: John Knight and his wives - I'm Confused
« on: Tuesday 23 September 14 20:53 BST (UK)  »
Hi Gail,

Sorry, don't know too much about John Duffy pre marrying Louisa. I haven't had the need to research that side of him yet. Catherine is listed on the 1901 Irish census as the aunt of John Duffy which I reckon would make his mother a sister of Catherine, therefore he was a first cousin of Louisa.

As you know Catherine's husband James (Chetwin) died in 1857 so times would have been hard. Louisa's husband William John Stokes died in 1890 aged just 38, so obviously needs must.

John Duffy's first wife Elizabeth (nee Donohoe) died 13-04-1899 aged 46. Don't know anything about children from that marriage. Before the year was out John had married Louisa and the 1901 census shows Louisa, children and Catherine living with John Duffy.

John Duffy was obviously a man of means having his own business - he was a master chimney cleaner employing several men. In fact, on the 1901 census my grandfather James (Stokes) was an apprentice chimney cleaner. Thankfully, on the 1911 census he is listed as a motor mechanic.

John Duffy died on 21-02-1904 aged 57 by which time Louisa would have been 48. The grave burial details for John and Elizabeth also lists a Patrick Duffy who died 19-04-1918. I don't know if he was a brother or son of John - he would have been 30 when John died so could be either.

Louisa died 14-12-1927 and is buried in the Stokes grave in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin with her son James (my grandfather), his wife Maria (nee Fitzpatrick), their son William died young on 08-08-1926 and my aunt/stepmother Ellen who died 21-12-2004 aged 90. Aunt/stepmother is correct - after my mother died in 1966 aged 47, my dad married her sister - my aunt - in 1968.

Finally, as you say Catherine returned to England and died in Toxteth in 1904. Don't know why she was there at that time but that was the area where the Stokes children were born and there may have still been family there.

You may already know but details of census in Ireland pre 1901 are mostly destroyed hence 1901 and 1911 being the first years online. The law in Ireland at present says 100 years must have passed before details can be put online. An attempt was made recently to reduce this to 70 years but was not approved. There was no census taken in 1921 due to the Civil War so you'll have to wait for the 1925 census to go online!
Hope that's not too much to lay on you at this time.

Regards,
PetK


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Cork / Re: William Kenealy
« on: Monday 22 September 14 21:49 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
The William and Florence you refer to were my grandparents. Their son Kieran was my father. William's father, also William, was in fact born in Cloyne, Co Cork but was Lord Mayor of Kilkenny twice - 1872 & 1873. He was very heavily involved in the Land Leagues. He married a Rose Maxwell and had fourteen children. William, my grandfather was the last born shortly before his father died.

PetK

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Warwickshire / Re: John Knight and his wives - I'm Confused
« on: Monday 22 September 14 12:44 BST (UK)  »
Gail,

So good to hear from you. Like you I am having some laptop problems, I think the one I have needs to go to a better place!

Looking forward to hearing from you l8r.

PetK

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Warwickshire / Re: John Knight and his wives - I'm Confused
« on: Monday 22 September 14 11:56 BST (UK)  »
Hi Gail &n pmj99

This is really exciting. I've just stumbled across you guys and RootsChat when I entered James Chetwin. I'm just a novice @ this but have been  trying to gel together all the pieces on my ancesters.

I can trace back the James Chetwin you mentioned who married Catherine Kearnan (I haven't been able to go back further on James but you seem to have lots of information). You also mentioned their daughter Amelia - her sister Louisa, born January 1, 1856 in Sligo, Ireland was my great grandmother who married (aged 18) a William John Stokes (born Liverpool) on March 3, 1874 in Church of St. Michael in the Parish of Walton on the Hill, Lancashire. William John Stokes died in 1890 and Louisa and family (including Catherine) moved back to Dublin. Louisa married a second time to a John Duffy (nephew of Catherine and first cousin of Louisa). He was a businessman in Dublin (she obviously needed someone to pay the bills, I suppose).
James (my grandfather), son of Louisa and William Stokes, married Maria Fitzpatrick (my grandmother). Their daughter, also Louisa (my mother, died March 25, 1966 aged 47) married a Kieran Kenealy (my father, died June 30, 1978).
Louisa and Kieran had seven children, I, Peter, being the third born (June 20, 1949). Thankfully, we are all still alive.

Really looking forward to hearing from either of you to see if we can share any more information although I notice it's been some time since you have posted.

PetK

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