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Offline HJenk

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James Connolly
« on: Wednesday 29 July 09 21:53 BST (UK) »
Hi

Iv never been on here before, and I was wondering if anyone could help me.

I'm told i'm the great granddaughter of the later James Connolly who helped in the Geat Easter Rising

My father has his daughter necklace that i believe she was given at school.

Please could someone give me help on how to trace my family history.

Would be appriecated

Thanks
Hayley
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Re: James Connolly
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 29 July 09 22:24 BST (UK) »
Hello HJenk and welcome to Rootschat

I have a copy of James Connolly death cert.
I can post it here. You need to have a min of 5 posts before you can send private messages.

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gormangenealogy
Dublin, Ire

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Re: James Connolly
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 29 July 09 22:29 BST (UK) »
Thankyou for your help, that would be amazing if you could.

I've always wanted to know more, just never knew where to start

HJenk

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Re: James Connolly
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 29 July 09 22:30 BST (UK) »
You actually only need 3 posts to use PM (personal message) system.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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Re: James Connolly
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 29 July 09 22:35 BST (UK) »
Death cert of James Connolly
Have you tried the census site yet, http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

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Re: James Connolly
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 30 July 09 08:21 BST (UK) »
One of the great James Connolly's children was Norah Connolly O'Brien whose short book 'We Shall Rise Again' was published just after she died in 1981 aged 88.

The book includes family photographs.

"We shall rise again" were the last words spoken to Norah by her father before his execution.

Good luck,
J.T.A.

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Re: James Connolly
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 30 July 09 09:15 BST (UK) »
Hi,

You can check out Wikipedia for James Connolly. It gives some good information.
You know James parents were John and Mary Connelly from Monaghan. You also know he had two brothers Thomas and John.

On the 1911 census in Dublin it lists his wife, Lillie and his children.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000119513/

You can check all the census records for Scotland on Scotspeople website.....it is pretty cheap in comparison to Irish websites,  you can find out where his parents and brothers/sisters were living and with him...

At least this is a start


Wilson: Kirkoswald, Scotland and Dublin
Breen: Hendrick Street, Brunswick Street,Dublin
Moore: Kildare and Dublin
lyons: Hendrick Street and Brunswick Street,Dublin
Donnelly: Marrowbone lane, Braithwaite street, Dublin
Byrne: Mercer Street, Dublin
Mills: Dublin, Wicklow
Higgins: Dublin
Gray: Aryshire, Scotland
Mills King, Wicklow and Dublin
Donegan, St Catherines Parish, Dublin
Murphy: Enniscorthy and Ballybanoge, Wexford
Browne, Crean, Kelly, Keavney: Sligo.

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Re: James Connolly
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 30 July 09 10:04 BST (UK) »

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Re: James Connolly
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 06 October 09 17:51 BST (UK) »
I am related to James Connolly.

If anyone else is doing or interested in his family tree, maybe we can help one another.
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