Thornhill Family Of Cork

[Niall O Mahony]

Just getting ready to start my day. This is fabulous. Will contact you on facebook

Thank-you
           Carol

Just found birth of john thornhill

First name(s)   John
Last name   Thornhill
Birth year   -
Baptism year   1816
Baptism date   12 Sep 1816
Residence   Bally?
Parish   Doneraile
Diocese   Cloyne
County   Cork
Country   Ireland
Father's first name(s)   William
Father's last name   Thornhill
Mother's first name(s)   Mary
Mother's last name   Roache
Repository   National Library of Ireland
National Library of Ireland link   http://registers.nli.ie//registers/vtls000633249#page/1/mode/1up
Register   Baptism
Record set   Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
Category   Life Events (Birth, Marriage, Death)
Subcategory   Parish Baptisms
Collections from   Ireland

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[William2912]

Hello all

I live in Brisbane Australia. I have traced one of the branches of my family tree back to a William Thornhill born in Kildorrery, Ireland in 1851. He migrated to Brisbane, Australia, married here in 1875 and died here in 1900. He was one of my Great Grand-fathers. I have and can obtain more about this Australian connection if anyone is interested.

My enquiry is as follows. It has become part of my family's folklore that the Thornhills from Kildorrery descended from the Thornhills who lived at Thornhill Hall in West Yorkshire. However, I can find no evidence of this. I know that a female Thornhill living at Thornhill Hall married a member of the Saville family in the 1300s and from that event the link between the Thornhill name and Thornhill Hall ended. Can anyone throw any light on the link? Is there any documentary evidence to support the connection?

I note in the discussion on this site that a researcher has been investigating the Thornhill family in Cork Co. I'm not a member of any social media group (I think social media arrived too late for my age) and so cannot contact him directly. However, if he is still following these posts, I would gladly pay him for researching my branch of the Thornhills back beyond where I have got to.

Any assistance in this regard would be greatly appreciated.

Regards, William2912 (Bill)

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Pedigree of Thornhill of Castlekevin and Rockfield, Co. Cork, c.1662 -- 1830.

Dublin: National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office: Ms.173, pp.138-9

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Arms entry of Edward Badham Thornhill of Castle Keevin, Co. Corke quartering Badham and with an account of his ancestry, Oct. 25, 1768.

 Dublin: National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office: Ms.103, p.51

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Copy made in 1830, of the original grant of Arms by Carney, Ulster to Major William Thornhill of Co. Cork, Oct. 1653.

Dublin: National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office: Ms.104, p.27

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All available at much less cost than paying someone to "research" them

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 Baptism results for Thornhill 1850s  http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mjp/


Baptism, Marriage and Burial results for Thornhill   http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mjq/

[careyThornhill]

I am new to this forum and not sure how to proceed. I was born in Kildorrery County Cork and have researched the Thornhill family from there. I note that William2912 (Bill) from Brisbane has been looking for information which I am happy to share.
my gmail.com user name is carey.thornhill
I believe he is correct about the Yorkshire connection, it is a long story, via Derbyshire.
Bill's great-great grandfather's father was William Thornhill (1818-1885). He married Mary Anne Daly in 1842. The family went to Australia in 1863, with 3 sons and 2 daughters. There was sickness on board and the girls died at sea.
William's father was St. John Thornhill (1797-1873, my g-g grandfather). His mother was Elizabeth Courtney from Ballyhea in North Cork.
Carey Thornhill

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