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Cork / Re: John Sarsfield Casey - The Galtee Boy - born Mitchelstown 1846 - died 1896
« on: Tuesday 18 October 16 02:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I can see if I can find the photo of her grave and/or a copy of the family tree (I'm less certain that we have that). Unfortunately, my dad moves things around, so finding photos etc. can be difficult. I've been told she was the Galtee Boy's sister, and as far as I know that's so, but I don't have a lot of documentation. The parent's names sound right to me, but I'm not sure we've got it in print anywhere. She was definitely a Casey before her marriage, I have seen pictures of her, and there's a fairly strong family resemblance. If I can find pictures I can see if I can figure out how to get copies up onto here.

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Cork / Re: John Sarsfield Casey - The Galtee Boy - born Mitchelstown 1846 - died 1896
« on: Monday 17 October 16 14:56 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
Fortunately, I was able to find the record in the National Archives quite quickly. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cork/Mitchelstown/Lower_Cork_Street/439271/ The Ellen Cusack listed is my great grandmother, so she'd actually  have been born around 1841 or 2, assuming the record is accurate. The Samuel F is my grandfather, who died when my father was small. The Michael J is Ellen's son or stepson, and my father's uncle. My father is also a Michael J, named for his grandfather.

D.C.

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Cork / Re: John Sarsfield Casey - The Galtee Boy - born Mitchelstown 1846 - died 1896
« on: Monday 17 October 16 14:38 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
Let me see what I can get out of my father after he's had coffee (he's nearly ninety and some of the details have gotten more than a little fuzzy). I'll also see if I can find those census records and link them here. I have relatives in Ireland who would likely know more, but I'm reluctant to call them out of the blue, since they're nearly as old as my dad and don't internet. My dad also didn't have much to do with that side of the family after he left Ireland, so it can be a bit awkward. The age and her parents sounds more or less right, but I had thought she was a little younger than that. There should, however, be a picture of her grave somewhere in the house. I should also have a photocopy of a picture of her. The trick, however, is always finding these things.

D.C. Williams

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Cork / Re: John Sarsfield Casey - The Galtee Boy - born Mitchelstown 1846 - died 1896
« on: Monday 17 October 16 06:23 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
My great grandmother was Ellen Casey (Cusack was her married name). I always heard that she was the youngest sister of the Galtee Boy. She married Michael Joseph Cusack, a wine and hardware merchant in Lower Cork Street, Mitchelstown. My grandfather, Samuel Fanahan Cusack, was a younger son of that marriage, her first and my great-grandfather's second. My father was the only issue of Samuel's marriage, to Ellen Gorman.

D.C. Williams

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Cork / Re: John Sarsfield Casey - The Galtee Boy - born Mitchelstown 1846 - died 1896
« on: Monday 17 October 16 04:34 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I think your ancestor, John Sarsfield Casey, is my great-grandmother's older brother. I don't have a great deal of information regarding his ancestry, but I believe we may have a copy of a family tree with my grandfather's ancestry, including information on his mother, and I have found UK census records with my grandfather (Samuel Fanahan Cusack) in them.
D.C. Williams (nee Cusack)

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