Crossmolina Church Records

[heywood]

Hello John,

welcome to Rootschat 

I think the place would be Mauteoge - 1901 census

regards
heywood

[jsable1975]

Heywood,

Thank you very much for the information. I would have never guessed Mauteoge, It does not look like that on the ship manifest! What exactly is Mauteoge? I know that they are in County Mayo, but the records are also showing Deel? Are Deel and Mauteoge town or village names or street names? Please bear with me, I am still learning more about Ireland.

Thanks Again,

~John

[heywood]

Deel is the DED- District Electoral Division - see here -
 http://www.castlebar.ie/roots/ded.htm

Mauteoge is the townland - this site is good for finding a townland - http://www.thecore.com/seanruad

http://www.mayolibrary.ie/maps/data/townlands/DFS.htm  has a bit of information about Mauteoge which is in the parish of Crossmolina.

You can search for it on a modern map e.g. Google maps

[render1894]

Hi Diane

I've just registered with Rootschat and saw your post from some time ago, when you were a rookie to Rootschat, re County Mayo and Crossmolina and your offer of help. Are you still offering to look-up records? If so it would be great if you could assist with my research.

I would welcome any information on Michael Convey, born about 1835 in Ireland, county not known for certain but likely to have been Mayo as his brother John, born 1842, gives Mayo as his place of birth in the English 1911 census. I believe his father was James Convey (from Michael's marriage certificate) born abt 1812 in Ireland.  James would probably have married around 1830-35 presumably in County Mayo. I don't have a name for James' wife

Michael moved to north-east England where he married Mary Coyle in 1857 in Gateshead. Their son James, born 1858, was my great-grandfather.

Any little nugget of information would be appreciated - haven't been doing this family history business for long but am finding it incredibly addictive and, where Ireland is concerned, very frustrating; and I still have Coyles and Wilkes to chase up yet!

Regards
John Thompson

[Kerrill]

         Found Michael Convey Babtised 1838 Mayo for full cert log on to                                                http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/index.php     

[Diski]

Hi John,
The surname Convey could also be construed as CONREY CONMEY and CONWAY in my records from Crossmolina. The writting in the registers were/are very difficult to read so sometimes it looked like a v when it was an M. You should be aware of that and be very flexible with spellings as well as ages!
30 Aug 1845 Michael born to James Conmey and Catherine Gallagher of Keenaghmore. Witnesses were Myles Clarke and Catherine Gallagher.
There are Convey in the parish of Moygawnagh, which borders the north edge of Crossmolina. However the registers was not allowed to be filmed by the Mormons so there is no info available.
In the tithe records, taken ca 1833 there is a Edmund Conrey in Eskeragh Lower in Crossmolina Parish. I don't have Moygawnagh Tithe records so you may want to google that.
I also have bits and pieces of National School records and found in Moygawnagh Parish in Glenmore NS ca 1916 (I know its only 100 years to late!):
Glenmore   116   John James   Conmy   Ballyglass   1916-1922
Glenmore   116   Mary   Conmy   Ballyglass   1909-1919

Do check out the Rootsweb Co Mayo list and the surnames Convey et al to see what pops up- the mayo list is quite active and there are archives to search as well.
My computer crashed so I don't have access to all my records but will check back here to see whats needed from you.

Diski

[render1894]

Hi Diski

What a star you are! Many thanks for the information you have provided, there is plenty there for me to look into further. The Michael Convey/Conmey born 30 Aug 1845 looks promising but then the number of given names then was much fewer than today so there may well be a number of Michael Cs with fathers called James! An instance of that is that one of James C and Catherine Gallaghers witnesses was another Catherine Gallagher; a cousin perhaps or mother?  You didn't find a younger son John (M's brother) for James and Catherine by any chance?

I am clearly going to have to get a parishes map for Co. Mayo to make any sense of where Crossmolina, Moygawnagh, Eskeragh Lower, etc are in relation to each other. I have the Phillimore Atlas & Index of Parish Registers for England and Scotland and that is a great help.

I've not come across Tithe Records until now but will follow your suggestion and try Google.

Many thanks
John

[Diski]

You should google Moygawnagh  for Tithe records- Mayo county library ay very well have in under there genealogy site.
Besides the inability to clearly read a good many of the names from the register, particularly in the earlier years there was also missing pages or blank pages due to faded ink. Its very possible that there are more names there in the register. You could also try writting to the parish priest in Moygawnagh.
I have a Convey in my family tree-but that is part of my missing data that I backed up but am unable to retrieve. Sadly I can't remember who married whom, but I want to say Cliffords in the 1880s in Moygawnagh. If you do find the mothers surname, ppost another message here and I can search using her name. Good luck!

[west2013]

Hi Diski

I've been reasearching my family tree for some time now but about to venture into Irish records for the first time.  My English mother in law's maiden name is Patten, which was changed from Padden for reasons that are unclear, and the family name is construed as Padon on the UK 1851 census for John Padon.  John was b.1825 [calculated from censuses, no exact date] in Crossmolina according to that census [and just Co. Mayo thereafter] and married Mary Golacar.  They are living in Mary's mother house in 1851 [also called Mary]....in Hull.....and have their first son William with them [b.1850 in Hull].  So John moved to Hull prior to 1850, and it may be a familiar reason for leaving Ireland at that time, as did Mary and Mary.  I would love some pointers on whether records exist for John or potential family in Crossmolina - look like a more common name there than in England at that time, but the Crossmolina link was unknown by my mother-in-law......!