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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Meath => Topic started by: Anne727 on Saturday 09 February 13 17:09 GMT (UK)
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Hello, I have known for a while that 2x great-granfather was born in Co. Meath, but recently was able to narrow it down to Baymore, which I think might be in Laytown. Can anyone tell me if this is right? Also, how can I figure out what parish and townland this is?
The ancestor would have been born sometime around 1810, give or take a few years, if that makes any difference in the names of the areas.
Thank you for any information that anyone can help me with.
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The village of Laytown is right on the border between Co. Meath and Co. Dublin, and in the townland of Ninch. What's the source of the 'Baymore' reference ?
You didn't mention denomination, but dates are probably a little early for parish records. e.g. the average starting date for RC records in rural areas is about 1830
See : Introduction to Irish Records (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,442233.0.html)
Shane
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Thank you. The source is his daughter's death certificate which also included specific information about her mother's birthplace. I am hoping that she is the one in the family that remembered this kind of information and passed it on to whomever filled out her death certificate.
I am assuming that he was Catholic at birth. He was buried in a Catholic cemetery in the US and the rest of the family here was all Catholic.
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The RC parish for that part of Co. Meath is Stamullen, and baptism and marriage records go back to 1831 and 1830 respectively - so a little to late for someone born 1810.
What's the surname ?
There could be relations still in the area on slightly later records - e.g. Tithes, Griffiths etc..
Shane
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Hello Anne727 and Shane
Could "Baymore" be Beamore, Co Meath just south of Drogheda?
Sean.
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Hmm, it could possibly be Beamore, Sean. The daughter who passed the information on was never in Ireland herself, so very likely wouldn't have known the spelling.
Shane, sorry I didn't get back to you before about the name. It's John McAnespey- I've seen lots of spellings, but this is the earliest spelling of it I've seen. Not sure of date of arrival in US, but a son was born here in 1841, so before then. And he married a girl from England, so I think married here in US.
I'm afraid it's too early a date to find birth records and the family would have been very poor, so likely not much else in records.
Thank you both for your help, I really appreciate it.
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Hello Anne727 and Shane
Could "Baymore" be Beamore, Co Meath just south of Drogheda?
Sean.
Beamore sound promising - it seems to be a road located primarily in Lagavooren townland. The older maps (c1890 and 1837) show it as Beymore Rd. in the outskirts of Drogheda see : c1890 OSI Map (http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,708985,774504,7,9)