Author Topic: Jeremiah O'LEARY and wife Margaret (Maiden name COSTELLO or CARROLL)  (Read 2571 times)

Offline brucev

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Jeremiah O'LEARY and wife Margaret (Maiden name COSTELLO or CARROLL)
« on: Wednesday 08 January 14 06:41 GMT (UK) »
Anybody familiar with this family? In the 1901 census they are in Fortwilliam (Abbeydorney, Kerry). He is 50 and she is 48 both born in Co Kerry. Her mother Catherine CARROLL is living with the family and she is 80 and a widow. The children of Jeremiah and Margaret are Kattie age 18, Daniel age 17, William age 16, Julia age 14, Michael age 13, Mary B age 10, Hannah age 8, and Margaret age 5.

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Re: Jeremiah O'LEARY and wife Margaret (Maiden name COSTELLO or CARROLL)
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 08 January 14 11:05 GMT (UK) »
Here's the you found family in 1901-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Abbeydorney/Fortwilliam/1425132

Looks like the same family in 1911 although the ages don't quite match (nit uncommon but iorder of birth for children is different)- married 39 years with 9 children (all living)
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Abbeydorney/Fortwilliam/276794

Ages in 1901 and 1911
Jeremiah 50 63 m. Margaret 48 59
Kattie 18 Katherine 24
Daniel 17 26
William 16 25
Julia 14
Michael 13
Mary B 10 Mary Bridget 19
Hannah 8 16
Margaret 5 13
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!