Charles Dunleavey - Foxford?

[hallmark]

The Petty Sessions records are on FindMyPast but you need worldwide subscription. When I had a temporary one, the records for my area were often about cattle and sheep straying; drunkenness and assaults.

You could move!!

[heywood]

The Petty Sessions records are on FindMyPast but you need worldwide subscription. When I had a temporary one, the records for my area were often about cattle and sheep straying; drunkenness and assaults.

You could move!!

I may do that one day. It's just the extra subscription. 

[KirstyLou]

Thank you for all your efforts. It has made things a lot clearer.

Considering Charles' reputation, it wouldn't surprise me if Bryan was in court for petty things (especially drunkenness!)

[Andre de Waal]

I've been stuck for a long time on my maternal great-grandfather, Charles/Charley Dunleavey.

I can't find a birth registered for him in England, and family murmurings point to him possibly being born in Foxford, County Mayo.

As far as I can make out, he was born in 1876 (death certificate states he was 79, although this could be out by a few years!)

He married Phoebe Ellen Caulfield in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in 1918. He was 39, Phoebe 25.

He is described as a bachelor on his wedding certificate. But it is possible that he was married/had children in Ireland.

His father is named as Barney Dunleavey, a farmer.

He died in 1955 in Batley, West Yorkshire.

Any help/advice is appreciated! 

Hi, I have just registered for this site, because I have been interested in family history recently and my Mom just happened to have some records that we needed to prove our British Ancestry, so I googled my great grandfather and this was the first result!

So I got very excited and had to contribute!!

Charles Dunleavy is my Maternal Grandfathers Father! He is my Great Grandfather!

I actually have photo's of his birth and death certificate, according to his Birth certificate Bryan Dunleavy was his father and Anne was his mother.

My Grandfather was John Dunleavey (surname spelt different, must have changed when they moved to the UK!) who had a lot of sisters! Mary, Annie, Norah, Helen, Cathy, Agnes and Margaret and they all lived in Pontefract road in Hoyle Mill in Barnsley!

He died on the 6th of November, 1955 at General Hospital Dewsbury

[Kiltaglassan]

Welcome to RootsChat 

...according to his Birth certificate Bryan Dunleavy was his father and Anne was his mother.

Here's the URL link to Charles' birth record in 1876. MMN was Devany.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1876/03030/2110686.pdf

Born 9 October at Curnarrow [sic].

..surname spelt different, must have changed when they moved to the UK!.. 

When he moved to England, the whole of Ireland was still part of the UK. You said he married in 1918.

Just noticed that there is a Currinara near Foxford on a modern map

As heywood pointed out a number of years ago, Currinara could be the place (no townland) where Charles was brought up.

Google Maps https://www.rootschat.com/links/01su5/

OpenStreetMap https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5667724#map=15/53.9781/-9.1020

[Kiltaglassan]

Two siblings of Charles-

Possible sister: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGB4-FB9

Mary Dunleavy
Born 9 January 1873 at Leckee townland.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1873/03206/2175586.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/mayo/gallen/toomore/toomore/leckee/

Bryan Dunleavy
Born 12 August 1874 at Curnarrow
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1874/03122/2144874.pdf

[Kiltaglassan]

Not mentioned yet.

Marriage of Bryan DUNLEAVY to Anne DEVANY on 12 January 1869 at Knockmore RC Church. #153
Bryan Dunleavy, a farmer living at Foxford, Anne Devany living at Stonehall. Their fathers John Dunleavy, a farmer and Owen Devany, also a farmer.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1869/11413/8191452.pdf

Backs
Diocese of Killala | County of Mayo
Variant forms of parish name:
Rathduff, Knockmore, Ballynahaglish
https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0738

Foxford townland (note Leckee to the south)
https://www.townlands.ie/mayo/gallen/toomore/toomore/foxford/

Stonehall townland
https://www.townlands.ie/mayo/tirawley/ballynahaglish/sraheen/stonehall/

[Andre de Waal]

Hi again,

Oddly enough I'm unable to find a date of birth for Bryan Dunleavy, however I have his parents as John Dunleavy (1835-22/05/1917) & Sabina "Sibby" Durkan (1833-29/02/1904)

I have John's parents listed as Anthony & Mary, but also no dates I'm afraid.

Any help would be appreciated?