Casey and Davoren

[meldrum]

Does anyone have any information on the surname Davoren.  My g.grandfather James Casey married Bridget Davoren.   Family history says they were from County Clare.  I am trying to find their marriage to see how many children there were.
Meldrum

[cma]

Hi Meldrum - don't know if you're still around on this site but I'm pretty new to it & just read your message here. My GG grandfather is James Casey who married Bridget Davoren (or sometimes Dovoren). My sister & I have found 3 children of the marriage - James Davoren (my g.grandfather), Jeremiah Darby & John. We haven't been able to get back any further than James & Bridget so would love to hear from you if you've been more successful than us!
cheers cma

[meldrum]

Hello CMA,
How wonderful to hear from you.  In my post way back in 2006 I said that James Casey and Bridget Davoren were my g.grandparents but they were my gg. same as you.  My g.grandfather was James Davoren Casey who came to Australia in the early 1870s.  He was one of the younger children of James and Bridget I think and he married Amelia Quinn in Burra South Australia in 1876.   My grandmother was Bridget Rose Casey, eldest  child of James and Emily. Hope to hear from you soon.
Regards Meldrum

[cma]

so I guess this must mean we are related?? wow - the things you find that you weren't expecting!

I knew that James D. had married Emily (amelia? it changes!) Quinn - I have the year as 1876 also so so far so good, got that information from either here or ancestry . . . I don't have Bridget Rose on my list of children though - here's what I have:
Francis Patrick -
Jeremiah Joseph - 1881-1955
Mary Margaret - 1883-
James Leonard - 1886-
MIchael Thomas - 1890-

James Leonard is my grandfather - he married Lillian May Speed in 1911 but they separated sometime after 1919 & there appears to have been either none or minimal contact after that with his daughters. do you by any chance know anything more about James D? I don't have a year of birth for him or place other than Ireland.

so good to hear from you -

[luimneach]

Hi
Casey is a very coomon name-Davoren not so.If you google griffiths askaboutireland you can access a list of householders from the 1850's.Try Davoren for Clare and you get data from the townland of Greggans in the civil parish of Rathborney(civil parish was an admin district and may not be same as Catholic parish).This is in the Burren area of NW Clare.The townland shows a James Casey as well as a John Davoren.The relevant Catholic parish is Glanaragh,but records are rather late-starting in 1854.For other useful data look at the Clare Library site.

[meldrum]

Many thanks, Limneach.  Will follow it up.  We thought that our GGreats might have come from Rathborney and from your information looks as though it could be right.  Thanks again.
Meldrum

[cma]

thanks also from me luimneach - 

[caseykid]

so I guess this must mean we are related?? wow - the things you find that you weren't expecting!

I knew that James D. had married Emily (amelia? it changes!) Quinn - I have the year as 1876 also so so far so good, got that information from either here or ancestry . . . I don't have Bridget Rose on my list of children though - here's what I have:
Francis Patrick -
Jeremiah Joseph - 1881-1955
Mary Margaret - 1883-
James Leonard - 1886-
MIchael Thomas - 1890-

James Leonard is my grandfather - he married Lillian May Speed in 1911 but they separated sometime after 1919 & there appears to have been either none or minimal contact after that with his daughters. do you by any chance know anything more about James D? I don't have a year of birth for him or place other than Ireland.

so good to hear from you -

Another cousin here too....granddaughter of Francis Patrick.