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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Galway => Topic started by: Hone Heke on Tuesday 31 January 12 09:05 GMT (UK)
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Re:GAVIN family.
Patrick GAVIN married Honor COYNE ( parents Peter and Anne COYNE) 1888,Ballynakill RC Chapel celebrant Fr.McDonald.Family lived near Clifden.Appear in the 1901/11 censuses.Son PETER GAVIN emigrated to Australia.Any information re: this family.
Hone Heke.
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Hi just read your post so I am going to have a stab in the dark .
I have a Bridget Gavin dob? she married in 1882 to David Conniss I do not have her Parents names or any of her siblings I know she came from the Clifden area and in1857 lived in Oughterard where David died she then married Martin Cannon . Is this the same family ? :-\
Lynda
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Lynda,
Not to my knowledge.My Bridget Gavin was born 1899,Glenbricken tl,d.of PATRICK GAVIN,b.1856,(son of FESTUS GAVIN,)and HONOR COYNE who married 21 Aug 1888,Ballynakill RC Chapel.
The Gavin family lived at Letterahanna tl and appear in the 1901-11 Censuses.There were eight children,four emigrating to the USA and one to Australia
Hone Heke.
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Thankyou for your reply. It was worth a try , it is the Conniss side of the family I am trying to find , I have been intouch with Augustine and Marys graddaughter ,but she knows nothing about her Irish roots. I will keep looking I must get a break soon . ;D
Lynda
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Hi Lynda
The free index of rootsireland shows the marriage of David Cunniss and Bridget Gavin in 1882.
It might be worth purchasing the transcription from them to see if you can get a lead.
I can't find the marriage on familysearch so it may not have been registered for some reason.
Tara
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Re:GAVIN family.
Patrick GAVIN married Honor COYNE ( parents Peter and Anne COYNE) 1888,Ballynakill RC Chapel celebrant Fr.McDonald.Family lived near Clifden.Appear in the 1901/11 censuses.Son PETER GAVIN emigrated to Australia.Any information re: this family.
Hone Heke.
hi just read your post about the Gavin family outside Clifden and might have more info that might be of intrest to you. Patrick Gavins father was a Festus Gavin from Goulane,a townland 2 miles east of Clifden. Festus had two brothers, John & Pat Gavin.Their father i am led to believe was a John Gavin,a stonemason who came to the Clifden area from Tipperary working with the Bianconi horse cars . I have more details of these other two Gavin families. The Bridget Gavin that you mention living in Glenbricken is a daughter of a John Gavin/Anne Hanlon living in Ho. no 12 Goulane West,Derrylea,Clifden census 1911. The James Gavin aged 2 in 1911 is my wifes father. If this is of use or you need more ,let us know, slan
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Hi thankyou for your reply .
I hope my Bridget Gavin is the same as the Bridget you have mentioned. I have very little info on her and i am finding it difficult in my search for her.
This is all I have on her.
Bridget Gavin dob? she Married David Conniss dob 1857 -1894, they Married in 1882 David was buried in Oughterard Parish so I have assumed they lived there . I have found their Children on the Irish 1909 census Bridget had died and they where living with their Step Father Martin Cannon. I do not know when she married Martin only that it was between 1894-1901, In 1909 they where living in Townland of Rusheenduff if that is of any help to you . I have found Bridget on her Son Edward AJ Conniss Marriage cert she is recorded only as Gavin no christian name ? why may be he did not know it, it also says David was a master shoemaker and so was Edward. I have been in touch via Ancestry with one of Bridget's Granddaughters but she new nothing about Bridget or David or any of their other Children .
I hope you can match my Bridget to yours it would be nice to learn more about her .She belongs to my Husbands side of the family and he knows nothing about her
Regards Lynda
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Hi Lynda, sorry i cant be any help to you with your Bridget Gavin. The Bridget i have was born c.1899 and is the same as Hone Heke, who i would like to make contact with. Keep trying and best of luck. If i do come across anything , i will of course let you know, slan.
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Bridget Gavin dob? she Married David Conniss dob 1857 -1894, they Married in 1882 David was buried in Oughterard Parish so I have assumed they lived there . I have found their Children on the Irish 1909 census Bridget had died and they where living with their Step Father Martin Cannon. I do not know when she married Martin only that it was between 1894-1901, In 1909 they where living in Townland of Rusheenduff if that is of any help to you . I have found Bridget on her Son Edward AJ Conniss Marriage cert she is recorded only as Gavin no christian name ? why may be he did not know it, it also says David was a master shoemaker and so was Edward. I have been in touch via Ancestry with one of Bridget's Granddaughters but she new nothing about Bridget or David or any of their other Children .
Regards Lynda
Hello Linda,
You could try this site which Tara gave you earlier: http://galwaywest.rootsireland.ie/index.php
It is a subscription site and results can vary.
I have just tried the free index and find it quite confusing re Cunniss /Conniss but at one point it did indicate that there was the 1882 marriage.
You could try asking for a search at http://www.groireland.ie/ for the marriage certificate or get the death certificate for David. That wouldn't give you much information but hopefully some sort of area. Do you have any children's birth certificates - equally they may help to track the family.
It is strange that there seems to be no civil record noted for either of Bridget's marriages, nor is there a death. Do you have any details re Martin Cannon?
regards
heywood
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Hi thanks for the reply this side of the family is proving to be difficult . My husbands family no nothing about David and Bridget. I only know their names as they are on Edwards Marriage cert .I have assumed Bridget married Martin as all her children are living with him in 1909 . All of their children moved to England via Scotland except Mary who lived in Limerick and married there and her granddaughter knows nothing about them either .I have tried to get Davids death cert but at that time I had even less information about him so I shall have to try again. My own side of the family have been easy to find, they almost jumped out at me and said here i am so you can imagine how frustrating the Conniss side is its almost like they are hiding .We are planning a trip to Galway in the summer so fingers x .
Regards Lynda