Devine Family

[Mags M]

Hi,

I am researching the Devine family.They were based around Ardkeenan/Drum/ Taghmaconnall part of the county, near Athlone.

My great-grandfather, Michael married a Bridget Dunning, but he died in his 50's in the late 1890's when my grandfather was still very young, so we don't have a strong link back.

I am going to have a researcher look back for me but if anyone has any other information about these two families through their own research that would be great.

[aghadowey]

Found at least 5 children for Michael Devine-Bridget Dunning: Patrick (1869), James (1870), Catherine (1872), John (1877), Thomas (1879)- see IGI at www.familysearch.org for details. There might be others not listed in IGI which will might be mentioned in church records.
If Michael and Bridget got married 1864 or later there should be a civil marriage certificate which should list where they lived (townland) at the time of the marriage as well as names and occupations of their fathers.

[shanew147]

there is a Civil & Church marriage match on http://www.irish-roots.ie/ as follows

Civil Marriage      Devine Michael 1868 Co. Roscommon
Church Marriage Devine Michael 1868 Co. Roscommon

and

Civil Marriage      Dunning Brigid 1868 Co. Roscommon
Church Marriage  Dunning Brigid 1868 Co. Roscommon

this would tie in with the dates for children posted by aghadowey.

The Church and Civil record pairs match up (using a little html trick  ) - so these look like a very good match to your couple.

I'll figure out the parish details so we can narrow down the exact area relating too these records a bit.


Shane

[Mags M]

I don't know how many siblings my grandfather had - his name was Bernard (known as Brian).
I found them on the 1901 census and that's how I discovered my great-grandfather was deceased. That document notes my granddad's age as 12 though I think he was born in 1885. Is this sort of inaccuracy common?

My mother remembers that her father buried his wife and brother on the same day in January 1955. He was Thomas I think.

I am seeing a lot more names than I thought I would - if he had a sibling born in 1869 the he possibly had a lot more family than even my mother imagined. She thought there were maybe two brothers and one or two sisters. If these are all his family then his eldest brother had probably left home before he was born.

I think I am going to need to find a lot more than I thought...thanks for all of this help.
mags.

[shanew147]

The marriage records I mentioned in the previous post are from Athone, the Church record is from the Roman Catholic Parish, and the Civil record is from the civil area of Athlone.


Shane

[Mags M]

Thanks for all the feedback.

I decided to get a professional on the job - my mother is so surprised at the prospect of these extra uncles that I feel I need to have it properly verified for her.

That is the marriage of my mothers grandparents btw.

I am building my tree on ancestry.com and I'll post all I discover there.

If anyone working on the Devine or Dunning family from the Athlone South area or adjacent areas comes across this at any time I'd be glad to hear from them.

We also have a link to the Carrolls of the same area (my mother's mother was a Carroll) but since a US based family member has already done extensive work on this area I have lots of people to work on here.
MM

[rubenonekord]

There are a lot of Dunnings South of Athlone in a parish called Clonown, that takes in a few districts around but mainly from Cornafulla on the Main Athlone to Ballinasloe road to The Shannon river. Clonown is a townland on the west bank of the River Shannon about 5 kilometres south of the town of Athlone. It is entirely a rural area without a pub, a shop or industry. It has a Catholic church, a community centre, and a primary school with 27 pupils. Farms are small and many people have non-agricultural jobs in Athlone. Adjoining townlands include Carricknaughton (between Athlone and Clonown), Curraghnaboll and Drumlosh to the south and Taylorstown to the west. The flat land along by the river, known as the callows. My father Terence (Tony)Dunnings was one of many Dunnings born and brought up in this area around Drumlosh.
http://www.clonown.com/
Hope this helps

[johnros]

For map visit http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/MAPS/athloneRC.html
I note that Cloonown is a detached townland of St. Peter’s Civil parish
Catholic records on LDS microfilm 1789 -1880 various. Films 989750 & 989754.
See also St.Mary's Parish, Athlone Co. Westmeath, 1813-1984 LDS films 1279225 & 1279226
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For other sources see my recent Leitrim post on Rootschat

[lbud]

Can I clarify then that there are no 19th century RC church records for the parish of Clonown specifically, that the church records are for St. Peter's in Athlone?  Thanks.