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Tipperary / Re: Gayton/Geiton/Guiton/Geyton/Guyton of Tipperary
« on: Sunday 01 May 22 22:24 BST (UK)  »
PJ,

Thank you for the website and information!  I'll look into these. 

Best,
Kyle

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Tipperary / Re: Gayton/Geiton/Guiton/Geyton/Guyton of Tipperary
« on: Saturday 30 April 22 22:02 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for pointing out the typo!  I changed Anne Spinney's year of birth to 1789.

I will check the "Surname Interests" and add Thomas Gayton (if no one has already done that).

Best
Kyle

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Tipperary / Gayton/Geiton/Guiton/Geyton/Guyton of Tipperary
« on: Saturday 30 April 22 21:29 BST (UK)  »
I am researching my Gayton family line from Co Tipperary.  My 3rd great grandfather Thomas Gayton (b. abt 1791 Co. Tipperary - d. 10 Oct 1858 Argyle, Nova Scotia, Canada) emigrated from Co Tipperary as a young man (said to be from the Clonmel area where he lived on/near River Suir) about year 1805, embarking at Waterford and sailing to Newfoundland, Canada. After ~1.5yrs Thomas Gayton left Newfoundland for Argyle, Nova Scotia, Canada where he settled and married Anne Spinney (b.21 Mar 1789  Argyle, Nova Scotia, Canada - d. 3 May 1855  Argyle, Nova Scotia, Canada) on 5 Jun 1814.

The name Gayton was also often written as Geiton, Guiton, Geyton, and Guyton.  Thomas was Roman Catholic. I find the majority of church records for Gayton/Geiton/Guiton/Geyton/Guyton are concentrated in Co Tipperary, esp the Killenaule area, dating back to the mid 1700s. If anyone else is researching their Irish Gayton relatives from Co Tipperary (or name variation Geiton/Guiton/Geyton/Guyton), I'd love to compare notes!

Thank you.  Kyle Gayton Welch

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Kerry / Re: Gerard O'Connor/Connor/Connors and daughter Johanna of Tralee
« on: Sunday 21 March 21 21:26 GMT (UK)  »
Shanreagh

I missed part of your previous reply.

Johanna was a member of St Patrick's Church in Beaver Dam.  I know who she married in Beaver Dam, Irishman John Welch, who she apparently met in Beaver Dam.  I have their wedding date and  will certainly start looking for their marriage certificate for both parent's names (thank you for that tip as well). I do have all of their children's names and will look for hints in their names.

I am not sure who she emigrated with. Her obituary (attached) just says she came over with a party of emigrants "from that part of Ireland." I have been trying to find immigration records which has been a challenge.

Best,
Kyle 

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Kerry / Re: Gerard O'Connor/Connor/Connors and daughter Johanna of Tralee
« on: Sunday 21 March 21 21:14 GMT (UK)  »
Shanreagh ... very good point. I have to try to locate certificates where Johanna married John Welch in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.  He also emigrated from Ireland.

Thank you for the great tip on the naming conventions. I'll study that link you provided.

I've been looking at variations of Gerard, anything remotely close with a daughter Johanna and wife Mary.  I also saw there are many variations on Mary ... including Maria, Minnie, May, Marie, Molly, Mariae, Maureen, Mollie, Maire, MRY, Mai, MY, May! 

Best,
Kyle




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Kerry / Re: Gerard O'Connor/Connor/Connors and daughter Johanna of Tralee
« on: Sunday 21 March 21 20:59 GMT (UK)  »
Heywood, thank you for sharing that.  Well I guess I can rule out that Gerard O'Connor, the magistrate and insurance agent who lived on Denny Street and died in 1884! 

I found a link to Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations and in it there is a Gerard O'Connor who died in Tralee in 1884 and his estate went to his sister Mary who was a spinster.  Probably because he was a bachelor.         

http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014899/005014899_00331.pdf

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Kerry / Re: Gerard O'Connor/Connor/Connors and daughter Johanna of Tralee
« on: Sunday 21 March 21 20:42 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for the reply.  I am not certain if Johanna was her Latin baptismal name.  When I search I do look at variations.  I hadn't thought of searching with Honora though. I'll keep that in mind. 

I didn't find many records for a Gerard O'Connor/Connors in Tralee that looked promising.

Best,
Kyle

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Kerry / Gerard O'Connor/Connor/Connors and daughter Johanna of Tralee
« on: Sunday 21 March 21 00:45 GMT (UK)  »
I am a novice at ancestry research so please forgive my ignorance. My apologies if I'm violating  forum protocol by posting this here.

I'm researching my great great grandmother Johanna Connors (b 1835 Tralee d 1914 Beaver Dam, Wisconsin) who immigrated from Tralee to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin about 1853.  Her obituary said she was the only daughter of "Gerrard and Mary Conners", and was born in Tralee on May 15th, 1834. When nineteen years of age she came with a party of emigrants from that part of Ireland directly to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

The spelling of her maiden name in the obituary is Conners which I suspect is incorrect. Probably Connors or O'Connor/Connor.  Her father's first name could also be Gerard.   

I've been searching parish registers and can't find her being born in Tralee on May 15th, 1834. I see a Gerard O'Connor, a magistrate and an insurance agent living on Denny Street in Tralee. As far as I can tell he was b 1802 and d 1884. It may be Johanna's father but I'm unable to find any connection to a daughter Johanna nor a wife Mary prior to Johanna's stated year of birth. I suppose her year of birth in the obituary could be wrong. US Census records show her as being born between 1829-1831, depending on the year of census.

Any other O'Connor relatives out there connected to Gerard O'Connor of Tralee b 1802 and d 1884?

Best,
Kyle Welch
Sunnyvale, California

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