Anne REILLY Beggars Bush born 1840 +/-

[taramcdsmall]

There's a lot more there for them on irishgenealogy and the census if you have a route around - lots of different spellings, if you search by Kimmage and then work backwards you will probably find them easiest

Tara

[myluck!]

Thanks again Tara
I really couldn't see the wood for the trees in this case
I was so caught up looking for a Leahy I missed all the clues

Looked at most of these files tonight and I'd agree with you that Mrs. Leahy was actually Mrs. Leigh/Lee
I have found the civil reference for the marriage of Peter Leigh to Elizabeth Reilly so hopefully I can find which church from that and maybe find a mother's name

Really eerie though was to find their son Richard LEE who married an Elizabeth MASON was in the 5th Battalion Connaught Rangers in WW1
He died on the same day, in the same place in Gallipoli and is commemorated on the same monument as my Granduncle who was born in Roscommon and enlisted in St. Helens in the UK.
What are the chances of my kids having a relative from both sides who lived so far apart yet died in the same place on the same day 21 Aug 1915 like that??

[taramcdsmall]

No probs at all,

So glad to be able to help !

It will be so nice for your kids to appreciate your tree in years to come and to see their relations who gave their life on the field.

Tara

[Seamas O Maitiu]

Hello,

Richard Lee, who died at Gallipolli on 21 August 1915 was my great-uncle - my mother's (Esther Lee from Kimmage) father's brother. I have Richard's army prayer book enscribed by him during the Boer War and also medals awarded to his two brothers, James (my grandfather) and Peter from the Boer War and WW1.

Seamas.

[myluck!]

Hi Seamas and welcome to Rootschat

As you can see I have been four years plus following this line!

My husband's great-great-grandmother was Anne REILLY who married Benjamin JOHNS in 1863
Eliza REILLY married Peter LEIGH in 1868 was your great-grandmother
and from the records I've looked at to date I believe they were sisters

After Anne's death in 1914, one of her sons referred to Eliza as his next of kin.

All my research is based on searches of records as my OH's parents died young
and there was little left in the family home relating to their past,
and very little information had been past on.
You are so fortunate to have items that belonged to these men.

I have some information which I have added to our tree which maybe of interest to you
If you post three times on this site I can send you a private message with my contact details.

Until then:

Your grandparents and their family are on 1911 census
and the missing child at that time was Christina b1905 d1906
Kathleen was born in 1912 I believe
I had not picked up on an Esther after 1911
but I was trying to work back rather than forward to make a link between Eliza and Anne

Anne consistently referred to being born in Co. Dublin
1901 census at 47.1 in Harolds Cross Road (Part) (Rathmines, Dublin)
1911 census at 20.1 in Mountainview Avenue (Rathmines & Rathgar West, Dublin)

As did Eliza
1901 census at 25 in Kimmage (Rathfarnham, Dublin)[/url]
1911 census at 19 in Kimmage (Rathfarnham, Dublin)[/url]

This, combined with the fact that when Benjamin JOHNS left the army and returned to Ireland,
they settled in the Harold's Cross area
would lead me to believe that the Reilly family were originally from
the general area of Kimmage/Terenure/Rathfarnham

However when researching common names,
especially those than have several variant spelling it is difficult to prove connections.

Your grandfather's surname is shown on his baptism in 1876 as LEAKEY
and one of the sponsors is a Brigida REILLY, whom I noted as a possible sister of Eliza and Anne.

Peter LEIGH's baptism in 1880 shows the sponsors were Philip and Bridget BRADY (shown in latin)

A Bridget REILLY of Rathgar m. Philip Brady of Roundtown (Terenure) on July 11 1880
granted this is after the baptism of Peter (January)
but I wondered if the baptism sponsors were written incorrectly at the time.

If this is the case and Bridget is a sister and her marriage record give her mother's name as Julia FitzPATRICK

There is also a Richard REILLY (F) James (M) Julia FitzPATRICK who married a Catherine BYRNE in 1868

Anne named one of her daughters Julia which could indicate a connection between all this information and allow me to "assume" Julia Fitzpatrick was her mother

[myluck!]

Update
With the parish records online I now have that Eliza REILLY gave her parents as James REILLY and Julia BLAKE at the time of her marriage.

Note to Seamus, if online
I know someone travelling to Galipoli this week for the centenary commemorations
I have sent out a small stone from Kimmage, to be placed at Hill 60, in memory of Richard LEE

[Seamas O Maitiu]

Hi, myluck, that Gallipoli gesture is very thoughtful. Many thanks for that and all the info. Seamas.