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Rabbit B
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Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« on: Friday 23 January 09 23:53 UTC (UK) »

Hello Folks,

I am in need of help to find my Grandparents and their daughter Ellen.

After years of searching, I have found a marriage which is just possibly the right couple.

Their names are Margaret Carr and Patrick Byrne.  I have now found a record in Latin of a couple with similar names but the bridegroom's name, is spelt NN.  Their marriage took place in the Roman Catholic church of Roscommon and Kilteevan on 26th January 1859.

I have been told that the spelling of Patricks surname Byrne, varies from Burns to Byrnes and the one I have found which is BYRNN.

I would be so very grateful if anyone could possibly verify this for me, particularly the spelling of the bridegroom’s name.

Have I found them do you think? Any help that anyone can give me would be very much appreciated, this is the closest I have come to the correct names that fit the dates I have.

The only thing I know for certain is that Patrick Byrne married Margaret Carr and that he was  possibly a groom in the stables of Lord Londonderry.


Rabbit B  Smiley
PS I have revamped this request because I had had no replies.
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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 18 February 09 14:37 UTC (UK) »

I would not worry about a spelling variation like this - many records seem to have been written by priests & registrars they way they thought that the names should be spelt.

My Kavanagh ancestors went through a stage of being Cavanagh and even Cavanaugh ...though they are the same people living in the same parish. Of course many records are transcribed from hand-written records so that can add to slight error along the way.

For the surname Byrne I would not be surprised to see also O'Byrne, and maybe Burns and Bourns..


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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 18 February 09 22:49 UTC (UK) »

thank you Shane,

please excuse the low case typing, i am working one handed at the moment.

now please may i ask you some more questions, i was told that they came from galway, would this be possible with this marriage.  can i get a marriage certificate and if so where from.

now could it be that patrick went to liverpool to find work and left his wife in ireland,

i have found several patricks living as lodgers. presumably single in which case where can i look for the wife and children.

i would be so grateful for some help on this brick wall. Huh

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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 19 February 09 08:28 UTC (UK) »

full civil registration began in 1864 so Patrick & Margaret's marriage is too early for that. (non Catholic registration began in 1845) The best bet is parish records - these should be available at the National Library in Dublin on microfilm.

I assume you are not based in Ireland, so this is not an option.

The Irish Family History Foundation website includes records for Co. Roscommon but search for Margaret Carr I dont see any possible marriage on the index at the moment...

the website is www.irish-roots.ie - its a pay site which charges €5 to view each transcript, the index search is free


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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 19 February 09 11:08 UTC (UK) »

hi Shane,

thanks for the information and for the website. i am most grateful.

you are right i am not based in ireland, but have been looking for an excuse to visit Dublin, so now i have it.

i found this marriage on the igi written in Latin, she was probably called by a nickname, which is why she has been very hard to find. 

that entry is  very clear, Margaritum Carr married Patricium Brynn  26 Jan 1859 M701831    1820 - 1864  i assume those numbers are the microfish numbers.

thanks for your help to date

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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 19 February 09 12:16 UTC (UK) »

those are LDS reference numbers, from what I understand It is possible in some locations to order films based on these for viewing at an LDS centre - not a process I am familiar with as I live in Dublin, so its all local to me!

there's a list of the RC Parish registers held by the National Library on microfilm at this list : http://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx


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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 19 February 09 12:31 UTC (UK) »

Hi rabbit b (and Shane),

M701831 is just an LDS batch number (i.e. presumably for data entry in batches).

More relevant is the source call number - 0989748.

If you click on this it will take you to the LDS Family History Library catalogue.
Specifically to Film #989748 - which has parochial registers of two Roman Catholic churches.
Items 4-6 on the film are the parochial registers of Roscommon and Kilteeven, 1820-1881.

If you click on this entry, it takes you to a more detailed entry which explains that it is a microfilm of original manuscripts and that some writing is faded and illegible.

Click on film notes and this explains that this part of the film contains Marriages, 1820-1864; baptisms, 1837-1881.

So ... you could probably order Film #989748 into you nearest LDS Family History centre.

But whether you would get any more information from the original entry is another matter altogether ...

Cheers,

JAP
PS: Roscommon and Galway are adjacent counties.
Here is a link to a map of Roman Catholic parishes in Roscommon:
http://www.strandnet.com/creggs/rosmap.htm
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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 19 February 09 12:59 UTC (UK) »

http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/search.php you may find this site useful but they do charge €5.00 per search
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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 19 February 09 17:28 UTC (UK) »

those are LDS reference numbers, from what I understand It is possible in some locations to order films based on these for viewing at an LDS centre - not a process I am familiar with as I live in Dublin, so its all local to me!

there's a list of the RC Parish registers held by the National Library on microfilm at this list : http://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx

Shane

hi Shane,

so kind of you to take so much trouble, but i cannot get that link to work at all. i also copied and googled,  it came up with three almost identical sites, and none of them worked.  i wonder if they are working on the site.  or is it me

thanks for that though, it is very much appreciated.

rabbit b  Grin
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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 19 February 09 17:55 UTC (UK) »

Hi rabbit b (and Shane),

M701831 is just an LDS batch number (i.e. presumably for data entry in batches).

More relevant is the source call number - 0989748.

If you click on this it will take you to the LDS Family History Library catalogue.
Specifically to Film #989748 - which has parochial registers of two Roman Catholic churches.
Items 4-6 on the film are the parochial registers of Roscommon and Kilteeven, 1820-1881.

If you click on this entry, it takes you to a more detailed entry which explains that it is a microfilm of original manuscripts and that some writing is faded and illegible.

Click on film notes and this explains that this part of the film contains Marriages, 1820-1864; baptisms, 1837-1881.

So ... you could probably order Film #989748 into you nearest LDS Family History centre.

But whether you would get any more information from the original entry is another matter altogether ...

Cheers,

JAP
PS: Roscommon and Galway are adjacent counties.
Here is a link to a map of Roman Catholic parishes in Roscommon:
http://www.strandnet.com/creggs/rosmap.htm

hi JAP,

thanks for your detailed explanation of all this. strangely i had discounted this number completely, so i have been to the igi, clicked on that  number and been unable to access anything other than the church which i have already got, and the info you have given me, i got all excited and thought that i could view it on line..

yes the registers are on film, i will have to find out where i can view them.

you will not believe that in all the years i have been using the igi i did not know this, i have just found out that it pays to read the instructions.    Wink

what a dill, i am amazed i have got back to 1780-1765 on most of the lines, so i am not that daft really just not thinking straight at the moment. Roll Eyes

thanks so much for your info, when i can drive again i shall hotfoot to the nearest centre having ordered the film first of course.

rabbit b  Grin

PS that map is most useful thanks. galway and rosscommon are not far from each other at all are they.
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday 19 February 09 18:06 UTC (UK) »

http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/search.php you may find this site useful but they do charge €5.00 per search

thanks Indaloman,

for this website, i rather think it is the one that Shane gave me but thanks anyway. i have now saved them both.

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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 19 February 09 18:54 UTC (UK) »

there seems to be a problem with the National Library website at the moment - it worked when I looked for the address.

I'm sure they're working on it as we speak...

the link is to a page which has lists of the parish records available.
 
there's good Roscommon records on : http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/index.shtml ...


Shane


those are LDS reference numbers, from what I understand It is possible in some locations to order films based on these for viewing at an LDS centre - not a process I am familiar with as I live in Dublin, so its all local to me!

there's a list of the RC Parish registers held by the National Library on microfilm at this list : http://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx

Shane

hi Shane,

so kind of you to take so much trouble, but i cannot get that link to work at all. i also copied and googled,  it came up with three almost identical sites, and none of them worked.  i wonder if they are working on the site.  or is it me

thanks for that though, it is very much appreciated.

rabbit b  Grin
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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 19 February 09 22:10 UTC (UK) »

hi Shane,

that is most kind of you to tell me that, i am so sure that you are right.  i will make a note of it for later. they are bound to finish at some time.

am copying all your correspondence  to a word doc so if i lose the link i have got it.

now i am looking for the birth of their daughter Ellen born 1869-70.  she said that she was 18 on her marriage certificate, yet the info on her 1911 census return makes her 20 she was in liverpool in 1901 when dad was born and her dad patrick was living there as a lodger. widower.

i cannot find a trace of her birth, my friend in liverpool says that Gran was born there, possibly, but she had a strong Irish accent.  the family always said born in ireland co galway.  that is as much as i know.

any help here would be great, thanks Shane. we had a scavenger hunt and couldn't find her, but a fresh pair of eyes might do it.

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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #13 on: Friday 20 February 09 01:09 UTC (UK) »

Hello again rabbit b,

I have just read through your scavenger hunt.

Have you had the 1872 birth of Ellen BYRNE checked out?
Ellen BYRNE, birth, Liverpool, March quarter 1872, Volume 8b, Page 172

You seem to have had many earlier births checked but not this one.

It doesn't match with ages given in some censuses - but it does seem that Patrick & Margaret's arithmetic was a bit astray when it came to working out the ages of their children!

However the March quarter 1872 birth fits nicely with a couple of other things:
a) Ellen's non-appearance on the 1871 census (particularly important)
b) Ellen's age of 18 recorded at her marriage in 1889
c) Ellen's age of 20 recorded in the 1901 census

If you haven't already done so, it would seem to be a good idea to have the 1872 birth looked at.

Good luck,

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Re: Stuck on my Irish ancestors. Help needed Please
« Reply #14 on: Friday 20 February 09 02:10 UTC (UK) »

I will try to make a bit of a summary with comments.

PART 1

Ca 1837
Patrick BYRNE/BURNS born somewhere in Ireland
Margaret CARR born somewhere in Ireland
Co Galway and Co Wexford have been mentioned in family folklore.

Date ??
Family folklore has it that Patrick worked as head groom for Lord Londonderry.
Lord Londonderry's main estate was near Newtownards in Co Down.
Lord Londonderry may, of course, have also had properties elsewhere in Ireland but I haven't been able to find any information about this.

1859
A Patricium BYRNN married a Margaritam CARR, 26 Jan 1859, Roman Catholic, Roscommon and Kilteevan, Co Roscommon, Ireland
It would be interesting to order in the relevant film to an LDS Family History centre (though note that it is a film of a manuscript which is said to be faded and difficult to read).  There might be no further information in the entry but it is always possible that it might give the groom's occupation and might say if one or other of the parties came from another parish.

1863
Possible birth of William
BYRNE William, birth, Liverpool, Jun quarter 1863, Vol 8b, Page 129

1868
Possible birth of Mary
BYRNE Mary, birth, Liverpool, Jun quarter 1868, Vol 8b, Page 62

1871 census
RG10/3764/146/42
13 Snowdon St, Liverpool
BURNS household
Patrick, Head, 34, Labourer in Corn Warehouse, born Ireland
Margaret, Wife, 35, born Ireland
William, Son, 8, born Lancashire Liverpool
Mary, Daughter, 2, born Lancashire Liverpool
Note that there is no Ellen.  This implies that she was born after the date of the 1871 census which was 2 Apr 1871.

1872
Possible birth of Ellen
BYRNE Ellen, birth, Liverpool, March quarter 1872, Vol 8b, Page 172

1881 census
RG11/3603/69/66-67
36 Barmouth St, Liverpool
BYRNS household
Patrick, Head, 43, Dock Laborer, born Ireland
Margaret, Wife, 44, Dressmaker, born Ireland
William, Brother, 23, Unmarried, Brass Finisher, born Lancashire Liverpool
Mary, Daughter, 16, Unmarried, Shirt Maker, born Lancashire Liverpool
Ellen, Daughter, 12, Shirt Maker, born Lancashire Liverpool
Note: Ages for Patrick & Margaret are fine.  Is William really Patrick's brother or is this his son William who was 8 in 1871 so should be 18 in 1881?  Mary's age was 2 in 1871 but now, in 1881, she is suddenly 16 instead of 12 - surely an error.  Ellen was not present in 1871; if age of 12 is correct, she should have been - it is probably yet another error.

To be continued in PART 2
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