Hello ,
I'm wondering if anyone can help or advise on Mallow Cork parish records in regards to Church Baptisms or Christenings etc ?
I have a slightly unusual situation as i have a Cornish ancestor by the unusual name of Thomas Menheniott - a typical cornish surname but found also under variants such as Menhenick/Menhinick/Menhenitt/ Menhenet etc etc .
He served in the 20th Of Foot regiment 1809 - 1821 during the Peninsular War but his service records show his regiment spent a number of years throughout Ireland but based mainly in Cork .
The issue is this , Cornish census records state his wife Mary as bn in Ireland and their 4 (known) children all listed as bn Mallow Cork . circ 1818-1830 .
I have tried for many years to find out more about the family and would dearly love to find birth or Baptism records for the children i know and any others i may be unaware of .
The known children and approximate birth dates are -
Catherine/Kitty c 1818-9
Ann c1823-4
Sarah c 1825-7
John c 1828-30
After leaving his army service in St Helena he returned to Ireland but
evidently at some time after 1830 returned to Cornwall where the family were found in 1841 census & onwards .
Naturally i'm also keen to know more about Mary and her Irish family but never had any idea about her maiden name , until i recently found a record which i strongly believe is them .
The overiding problem is the unusual surname causing them to be found under potential spelling variants , such as this marriage record -
Diocese of Cloyne - Mallow Cork Ireland Roman Catholic
27th Dec 1815
Thomas Minionet
Mary Roarke (or Rourke)
I believe this is highly likely to be my Thomas & Mary as i'm not aware of any Irish name which resembles MINIONET and the location and era would fit with the known family info .
However i would be interested if any Irish researchers might recognize or be familiar with Minionet or similar as an Irish name ?
Basically this enquiry is - despite finding the marriage record (above) , i'm finding it very difficult to locate Baptism or Christening records for Cork and particularly Mallow .
Does anyone know if these records survive for the years ( 1816-1830) and are they available to search ?
Apologies for the length of this post but if anyone can offer info any help or advice on the above i would be very grateful for any suggestions .
Kind regards
Eden