Crossmolina Church Records

[Diski]

First, I was hoping to find a marriage or christening for someone in the family, but my record stop in the early 1880s so no luck there. I did find 2 possible Moyles in the 1901 census:
Doolegue Beg, Michael 36, Catherine 28 (wife) Ellen 1y daughter Also with the family is Julia Donnelly, a 12 0r 17 y old niece. Age was difficult to read. Another, which I feel could be your family:
Derryhillagh: Michael 36, MARY 36, Catherine Barrett 80 MoLaw, John 10, Tho 8 Ant 6, Bridget 2.

Let me know if either of these could be your family, then I will dig further into the right family.

[Midnight Lady]

thank you for your help so far. I have posted 2 messages and also had a response directing me a Moyles on the 1901 census. I feel pretty certain that my great grandfather is a John Myles on the 1901 census, married to a Bridget Moyles and my grandfather Michael Myles is listed as being aged 7 on the 1901 census, address 11 Derreen, Letterbrick. There is some discrepancy with ages of John & Bridget Myles, now listed as Moyles on the 1911 census but I think its the same people. It appears my grandfather possibly worked in a different household 1911 as a servant with a family named Cleary. My grandmother Kate Barrett I tried to track down, found one on 1911 census aged 7 at 8 Derreen, Letterbrick although my mother told me she came from Lahardane it would make sense it this was the one as my grandfather Michael had quite a bit of land. The address for John Myles/Moyles on 1911 is 9 Derreen.
If these are the right ones I would guess that my grandparents married around 1920 given the ages of aunts & uncles. They had 10 surviving children - Michael(mick), Mary (my mother born 1/8/23) Bridget(Bridie), Kathleen, William(Billie), John,Peter,James(Jimmy),Margaret plus one other who is still alive and therefore not named.

[Diski]

Well, there is very little info after the 1911 census, but I do have 2 books-History of Crossmolina and Addergoole, Its land and People. I was hoping that I could find some info in them-I looked in Addrgoole history of Bogadoon, and there is no mention of Barrett or Moyles in the townland down thru 1833. In the index for Crossmolinas history, I looked for Moyles in  Derreen and in 1850 a John Miles having land & house. Also in 1909-1910 there was John Moyles still living there. In the Letterbrick National School for 1873 (which Tony Donohoe the author, so thoughtfully provided for us) there is a Michael Moyle, age 20, from Derreen, his father is a farmer. In 1930s, there is Michael Moyles living there. Tony often listed some marriages or christenings that he had found in each townland, but there were no Moyles listed.
I looked up Margt birth ca 1884 (from 1901 census) on  a mayo ancestors site, and they listed a Margaret born 1882 to JM & BT of North Mayo. I looked in my database and found
Marriage of John Moyles and Bridget Tolan 28 Jan 1877 in Carrowgarve
Patrick born 1 Jan 1878 in Derreen
Bridget born 28 Jan 1881 Derreen
The Crossmolina register is pretty scant after 1870 so I didn't find anything more
Hope its of some use to you!

Diski

[Duffy C]

I can't help but take you up on this offer. I am traveling to Ireland next month and would love to be able to visit a specific place in County Mayo.

I recently came across the names of my great-great-great grandparents in a list of early couples in County Mayo. Their are listed as being married in Crossmolina in Feb. 1833. Currently, the only information I know for sure is that Francis (Frank) O'Boyle was born in 1795 in Mayo and married Margaret Walsh (sometimes Welch or Welsh) born in 1799 in Mayo. They had four children in Mayo before leaving for Canada in 1848: Timothy O'Boyle born May 1837, Francis O'Boyle born Dec 1840, Daniel O'Boyle born 1844, and Margaret born 1842

OK. I guess I have a lot of info., but it still would be nice to have a specific place to visit. Thanks in advance for any information you can give me!

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[Duffy C]

Noticed your question about O'Boyles in Crossmolina. Your Francis born in 1799 could be a relative to my Solomon O'Boyle born around 11804 in same area. He married a Mary Judge. Bob

[Diski]

Hi
The only one I have that early is a Thomas O'boyle marrying Feb 6 1833 to Margaret Walsh in Carrowcloghagh. Witnesses were John Hunt and Bridget Walsh.
Remember my warning abt the records-records were very faded, missing, and my interpretation of the handwritting could very well be incorrect I did the best I can.

[karoa]

SWEENEY  Edward born 1816
wife Barbara Walsh born 1831
Children Belinda born 1848
              Maria Ann born 1851
              Kate Mary born 1861
              Michael born 1862
              Celia born 1863
              Eliza born 1864
               Agnes born 1865
               Thomas William born 1868
               Albert born 1870
               James
               John Joseph born 1858
any help greatly appreciated
Kim

[Marcella Paget]

Hi Diski and others,
On my recent visit to Ireland I read right through the St. Mary's C of I Crossmolina parish records on microfilm at the National Archives in Dublin and found out far more about my family than I had expected. If you're going to Ireland and know what parish your nineteenth century family lived in, I really recommend doing this first. There's a lot you can't get from extracted versions of the registers. Mind you Diski, without your help I wouldn't have known how interesting that parish register was likely to be. Many thanks.

[jsable1975]

Hello Diski,
If you can help me, am searching for records of my family in Crossmolina, they are:

John Caden (or Cadden) and his wife Anna (unknown maiden name). I am assuming that they lived in Crossmolina because that is where one of their daughters, Mary Caden immigrated from in 1898. My best guess is that they were both born in the 1840's or 50's but I am not 100% sure. They had at least two daughters, Bridget and Mary. Also, John Caden must have had a brother (with an unknown name) as I found that when their other daughter, Bridget, came to the US, she lived with a cousin, named Ellen Caden (who immigrated from Ballina in 1896), she was living in Jersey City, New Jersey. I am researching the daughters as well, they are:

Bridget Caden, believed to have been born on 07 Feb 1873, she was the older sister. Bridget left the port of Queenstown on 01 Sep 1898 and arrived in the US on 08 Sep 1898. I have a lot of records for her once she arrived in the US, but nothing from her life in Ireland. On her marriage application in the US, she lists her parents as John and Anna Caden. Also, on the ship manifest, it is reported that her last residence was Metogne but I cannot find a match to this place in Ireland. Her sister is:

Mary Caden (or Cadden), born between 1873 and 1881 (different US Census records indicate different years of birth). I know that she departed the port of Queenstown on 21 Mar 1898 and arrived in the United States on 31 Mar 1898. I have a lot of information about her since she arrived in the United States, but nothing from her time in Ireland. The passenger manifest show that she was 19 when she departed, and her last residence was Crossmolina. In the 1900 US Federal Census, she was living with her sister Bridget. On her marriage application in the US, she also reports that her parents were John and Anna Caden.

If there are any birth records, records of siblings or marriage records for any of the above listed people, I would appreciate it. I am pretty good at finding records in the US, but have no experience in searching records from Ireland. If you could point me in the right direction, or see if these names appear in your database would be awesome.

Thank you for your help,

~John