Patrick McEvoy

[beem45]

I am hoping to find ancestors of Patrick McEvoy, born abt 1816 in Queens County who married Frances Redding, born abt 1829 also in Queens County.
One of their sons Joseph McEvoy, born 1869, emigrated to Australia.
Any information on this family would be appreciated.

[shanew147]

The average starting date for rural RC records would be about 1830, so your dates are probably a little too early for any church record of your Patrick. For searches before the start of civil records the first clues you usually require is a detailed location - i.e. the name of the town, townland or parish your family lived, and also the denomination, so you can start by checking if records are available.

Have you located the sons birth record ?
His place of birth might at least give you a starting point in Ireland...

[dathai]

from family search ireland marriages 1619/1898 patrick mcevoy son of william to frances age 19 born 1831 dtr of john redding on the 4th feb 1850 at abbeyleix call number for cert mcevoy/redding abbeyleix volume 1 page 19.
griffiths land valuations 1840s/1850s shows several patrick and william mcevoys in laois/queens.
there is only one john redding recorded in clareabbey co clare.

[dathai]

1901 census of knockseara ballybrophy queens co shows a frances mcevoy widow farmer age 69 with sons john 40 single william 36 single dtr lizzie single. 1911 census for the same address shows her son william married 8 years with wife and children,so frances most likely deceased. only problem with these they are of the catholic religion. when patrick and frances married in 1850 it was a civil marriage so probably protestant religion or perhaps mixed.

[aghadowey]

Or it could have been a Registry Office marriage.

[beem45]

Thank you for your responses, it gives me some information that I can use to further my research into this family.