I have a major brick wall that involves a branch of my family tree. I have been given a variety of details from different relatives and am trying to piece them all together.
I was given the names of part of the Regan family who lived in Coolsara/Inniscairn/Desertmartin so here goes:
Elizabeth (Bessie Regan) B 1865 who married John McBride in 1901
James Regan, Robert (bobby) Regan, Minnie Regan, Francis (Frank) Regan B 1880?,
Bernard (Barney) Regan B 1836 believe he married Elizabeth McCristal in 1868,
Josephine Regan (Josie) Regan married an O’Dogherty,
Cissie Regan, Alfred Regan, Patrick Regan B 1864? and Ernest (Ernie) Regan
I am led to believe that they are all siblings although from the details I have found out there DOB’s spread over a 50 year span. I was told Barney married a Crystal and have found a marriage in 1868 and baptism records for their children which fit with the details of the next generation and the census details. On the 1911 census it had them with 8 children born 7 living.
The details I was given for Barneys children where:
John Regan B 1881, Ellen (Cissie) B 1887 married Joseph O’Neill in 1918 marriage certificate confirms Brides father as Bernard. Ruperta Regan (became a Sister) Patrick Regan B? Poss D 1869, Patrick Regan (1) B 1874? Bernard (Barney) B 1883 married an Elizabeth, Edward (Eddie) Regan B 1870 (became a doctor) Annie Regan B 1878 married Felix Convery in the USA, also have found baptism records for Margaret Anne Regan B 1877 think this could be Annie Regan, Mary Jane Regan B 1872 and another Bernard (Barney Regan 1879 – 1880.
The next generation from this is Bernard (Barney’s) children:
Brian Regan, Philomena Regan, Seamus Regan, Cristina (Tina) Regan who married a Keenan, Eamon Regan and Ruperta Regan.
All these details came from Ruperta and Tina Regan in 1999 Bernard (Barneys) daughters.
I have a marriage certificate for Elizabeth (Bessie ) Regan to John McBride and it states Brides fathers name as James. If the marriage of Bernard (Barney) Regan to Elizabeth McCristal is correct the grooms fathers name is listed as Edward.
The census details that give the approx birth dates are
1901
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Inniscairn/Coolsaragh/1544434/ 1911
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Iniscarn/Coolsaragh/610558/I have also been told by my mother in law Margaret Regan that Bernard (Barney) Regan B 1883 was her fathers John Regans cousin, which would mean that the Bernard Regan B1836 and Patrick Regan B 1864 have to be brothers.
I am trying to patch this together and find the correct links in the family but am hitting quiet a few brickwalls. If anybody has any other details on any of these people or has them in their tree I would be really grateful for any assistance