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I am the amateur editor of the Fulham- Fullem- Fullam- Fulm family history site. We have re-united 76 lineages of our direct DNA Genetic family internationally. We can be found on the open free internet genealogy sites.

We have traced our forebears back to the village in Middlesex which was were we where first recorded as French Military in the Domesday Book and where we held Land and we take our English surname. Prior to 1220's City of London when we were known as le Blund de Foleham.

The spelling of Fullam is the version that has evolved in Ireland due to the local accents over the past centuries from 1200's, We held Land in Swords County Dublin as we were in the invasion army of the Earl of Pembroke.

There was a family who originated in the Shetland Islands and the children where born in Gravesend Kent and also in Sunderland later.
There was also a family form the City of Dublin who had children born in Scotland however they returned to Ireland.

I will record your information of our family site and post the birth and death dates of  Francis Joseph Fullam 1927.
John Fulham,
Liverpool

 Sean these look interesting howevr I think the chaop in England is from the family of County Cavan. I have both emails so I will send them a line.
I also have these young girls at Ellis Island, they must be relatives of yours as they are both from Granard also.
John Liverpool

Teresa Mary Commiskey B 1893 Granard, Longford, Ireland
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I am trying to find any information on my Grand Mother Married John Redden June 27, 1915 St. Francis de Sale Church 136 E 95th St. NYC. Arrived Sept, 23, 1908 Age 16 Detained at Ellis Island for release to her Aunt Mary Byrnes. Father, James Comiskey/Cummiskey Mother, Eliza ? I belive she was orphaned and sent to America to live with her Aunt at 951 Madison Ave, NYC
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: Teresa Mary Commiskey B 1893 Granard, Longford, Ireland
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Hi

I have Comiskeys in my family 'tree' - just need to find the link.

Anyway, I found a Theresa Cumiskey baptism record on 20 August 1890 in the parish of Carrickedmond in County Longford. Daughter of James Cumiskey and Elizabeth Clyne, sponsors being Matthew Cumiskey and Rose Lennon.

Good chance this is your Theresa.

If you e-mail me (*),I will end you the copy.

Regards

Paul Harten


Bridget Comiskey, 19 years old May 4th 1912 .
ex Queenstown (Cobh) vessel Baltic,

Ellen Comiskey 22 years old 1st August 1901,
 ex Liverpool vessel Adriatic.

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Sean,
I only know of my forebear Honoria Comiskey. She was my grandfather grandmother.  She lived at the family farm in the 1852 local Griffiths valuation.
The problem is found in the loss of papers due to the IRA destroying the Customs House records in the troubles 1918-1922, and the later destruction during  the Civil War of 1922-1923 of the Four Courts.

The beauty however is that your surname is very rare in County Longford and especially around Granard.  It like mine very rare, however sadly there was a tradition in Ireland of a mood at that time of a form of death when a emigrant went away. I have a book here and I will look for the surname Comiskey.

When I went to Granard in 2004 nobody accepted me at first, as they had never heard of anybody in England related to them outside of their near relatives. I told them who my grand mother was and they were all amazed, as they had known her family since childhood and were all friends.

My very distant relatives still have a farm in  Creevy but , they are eccentric to say the least. Also there is strife in that family has a Fullam did not inherit the Fullam farm but a cousin. of the Fullam who does not like it.   I had a right ignorant reception there as It appears to me they thought I was after money.
Yet a another Fullam in Dublin form Granard was very friendly  has was one in lives in Essex.

Bridie Maguire she lives in Essex but was born here in Granard, told me that the man Comiskey that she knew was a retired Irish Prison officer. I stayed with some Americans cousins out in Finnea, they live in New York and Connecticut and have their family farm in Finnea. On the  Cara road from Granard they pointed to where they said the Comeskey family still live.

The other surnames will be harder to locate as they are several families with the same surname variant spellings  Donahoe = Donaghue etc.

I will try to contact the American Comiskey and pass this conversation on.

best regards,

John Liverpool

Sean,
Yes I do believe we are distant relations on my great great grandmother side.

It was by pure luck I chanced on your posting today, I saw another with a variation of spelling under "C" on the site. I then looked up Longford postings and found a man in New York asking the same question as your self.

I still have relations living in the places you have mentioned, Abbeylara, Granard and Creevy. They had never heard of my family in Liverpool.  but I could tell them of people in the 1800's who they had never heard of and farms where they lived.

However, the places to go in Dublin are the National Library in Kildare Street, on the ground floor on the right -hand side you will find a smal genealogy section. Here the people will help you for free they have books of people living at the relevant time of inquiry.
You can then go upstairs to the 1st floor and use the computers and ask to use the archives films of people. (It is free)

Then you can go to the National Archives in Bishop Street, of Aungier Street,
in the old Jacobs biscuit factory. You can join the library for free so take a passport with you to show you are a visitor. Go to the top floor and there are also people there who can help you. They are all very accommodating with the questions.  Take a good pair of glasses as the records are very difficult to read.

If you go up to Granard, stay in Michael Houricans Hotel, on Main Street. it is about 30 euros or so, B+B. You can use it as a base as Creevy and Abbeylara are nearby and taxis are reasonable.
 
If you go into a shop in Main Street called Kitty Drake-Farrell ask her or the supermarket Mc Brians, also the O'hara's pub for information of your family they should give you a fair idea.

You can later take a taxi to Longford town the library is near Tesco and the people there have a collection of records. However beware of "Longford Roots" genealogists, they are very expensive and do not know much.

A very distant cousin of mine in Herefordshire used them they virtually gave him some "Typing" as luck had it a lot of it was useful to me, but usekless to him. I was able to piece it together with other information from other sources.

In Dublin you will pay upto  50 Euro per night but there is an Hostel near the Customs House called Jacobs Inn a clean but basic place.


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Good Luck,

Sean,
 I hope this is of interest to you,
 John Liverpool

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