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Gaffy, were you just listing those names, as an example, or are they actually found in the Offaly records?? 

I'm focusing on the names of the parents.  Even though an "Anne" is not included, I find that referral more interesting than even the Northern Ireland one.

Unfortunately, there are no records in the USA which indicate a county or townland of birth for Anne Reid (or her husband Hugh Walsh), either in official records or family tradition.   I've discovered that most of the death certs, just say "Ireland".   I did have one that say the ancestor was born in Thurles (Yea!)  and I had another one where the second wife didn't even know who his parents were (Boo!).   And most of the naturalization papers, that I have seen, only list Ireland; as do most of the immigration records.   Sometimes, I have better luck with obituaries, but this couple died in 1914, long before informational obits were common.   And the obits for their children gave no clues.

So I do my best without that info.
NKN

You really need to tie down the location (parish, if not townland) from the USA end of things first.  For example, a John, James, Patrick, Mary and Bridget Reid were all baptised in the period 1831 - 1846 in County Offaly, their parents were James Reid and Mary/M. Shanahan (with minor spelling variations).

Plenty of gaps in that period for other children, but without corroboration of location, that doesn't mean they are Anne Reid's parents.

1) Once Anne Reid married Hugh Walsh, and they were living in Yonkers, we assumed they were practicing Catholics, as the rest of the family in Yonkers was Catholic.  But, who knows what they were back in the mid-1800s with no records available to confirm and no obits.

2) The nickname (Mamie) actually appears in the birth record for Mary Anne.

3) Thanks for picking up the difference in the churches.   I only picked up that they were Protestant. 

4) Prior to hiring the researcher, we had no idea about a birth location in Ireland.  So, as the researcher works on her other projects, each time she is in a new county, she looks for Reids.  This is the closest she has come, so far.

Okay.   My NEELY research in the HolyCross area of Tipperary has expanded to a few more families.
Neely - Fogarty - McKeogh - Sweeney - Gavan - Ryan

Anyone familiar with these names/people in the HolyCross/Thurles area of Tipperary?
I have either the census reports or the birth records.
Would be interested in any background info on the families.


Margaret NEELY married Michael FOGARTY, 1870.
Five children:  Richard, Mary Anne, Bridget, Esther, Patrick and Margaret.

(1) Daughter, Mary Anne FOGARTY married John McKEOGH, 1902.
They had 3 children:  Josephine, William and Michael.
Josephine McKEOGH married a Matthew SWEENEY, son of Matthew SWEENEY and Honora RYAN.
Found a couple Ancestry trees with Josephine and Michael.

(2) Daughter, Bridget FOGARTY, married a Mr. GAVAN.
She appears with her mother and siblings, as a widow, in the 1911 census.
That's all I have on her marriage.

Thanks.
NKN         

Thanks, AnnClaire.   I'll check out the links.

And, yes, I do have the Neely family baptismal info at Holycross.  I ordered it from the No.Tipperary Historical Group a long time ago.  Their son, Thomas, was very proud of where he came from (Thurles) and it was referenced in his death cert and obit. So, I paid their fee and was very pleased with what I received. 

nkn