May family of Skerries

[FingalNative]

Thanks for the information on your Gt-Gt-Grandparents.  I notice on a newspaper website that Rooney is among the top ten surnames in Balrothery.  I will take a closer look at Rush and Lusk.

Tim

It would be in the top 10 names for north Fingal from Swords to Balbriggan.

Archer would be considered very much a Rush name too,  usually there was quite alot of inter marriage between Rush Lusk, Skerries, Loughshinny.

[may2491]

Thanks, this is quite helpful. I need to look at this again. 

Thanks for the information on your Gt-Gt-Grandparents.  I notice on a newspaper website that Rooney is among the top ten surnames in Balrothery.  I will take a closer look at Rush and Lusk.

Tim

It would be in the top 10 names for north Fingal from Swords to Balbriggan.

Archer would be considered very much a Rush name too,  usually there was quite alot of inter marriage between Rush Lusk, Skerries, Loughshinny.

[may2491]

Hello,

I am returning to this thread after a number of years. 
I do not know which year the original thread was written. 
I am grateful that the thread is still here.

Here is a tentative family tree for my May ancestry,
which includes Mays who lived in Skerries:

John May, b. about 1750, married Mary Kilty or Keelty.
They had 5 children, including Michael May.
Michael married Catherine Kelly in 1805 in Skerries.
They had 7 children, including Patrick Joseph May,
born in Skerries about 1819.  He married Anne
McKeon / Mc Keon / McKeown  and they had 4 children
including Patrick Joseph May.  He was born in Skerries.
in 1868.  Patrick's father died just before he was born in 1868. 
Patrick emigrated to America  in the 1880s as a young man,
likely arriving in Philadelphia,  where other members of
the family settled.   About 1877, Anne remarried Edward Lynch
in Loughshinny.  They apparently came to America in the 1880s.
They had two children.

If any of these families or individuals look familiar or are
related to you, please write.

Thank you.
Timothy May

[Kiltaglassan]

I do not know which year the original thread was written. 
I am grateful that the thread is still here.

It was written in November 2012. Just click on page 1.

[may2491]

I do not know which year the original thread was written. 
I am grateful that the thread is still here.

It was written in November 2012. Just click on page 1.

Thanks.