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Ireland / Re: Rootsireland - a look-up in, or opinions on?
« on: Tuesday 04 June 19 03:09 BST (UK) »
Ahh, see, the more I do this, the more I follow hunches (mixed with facts).
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Ireland / Re: Rootsireland - a look-up in, or opinions on?
« on: Monday 03 June 19 20:22 BST (UK) »
So, this may be a bit of a stretch, but perhaps not. I know from my experience that you never know the piece that helps tie things together, especially when it comes to Irish research!
My ggrandmother is Mary Rodgers, born in Longford in 1886 in Dromard Parish, Ballinamuck. Parents were Elizabeth McNally and Patrick Rodgers (b. 1835, father is James, mother unk.). She had a sister named Rose, and ended up naming one of her children Rose (it seems to come from the Rodgers line, not Mcnally).
She married Patrick Lennon of Brocklagh in 1898 in Providence, RI, and one of the witnesses was James Doyle, also from near Drumlish, Longford, the other, sister Rose Rodgers, but we have never been able to confidently track down the relation or connection to the Doyles.
I will be happy to share the details that I have of any of the above if interested!
My ggrandmother is Mary Rodgers, born in Longford in 1886 in Dromard Parish, Ballinamuck. Parents were Elizabeth McNally and Patrick Rodgers (b. 1835, father is James, mother unk.). She had a sister named Rose, and ended up naming one of her children Rose (it seems to come from the Rodgers line, not Mcnally).
She married Patrick Lennon of Brocklagh in 1898 in Providence, RI, and one of the witnesses was James Doyle, also from near Drumlish, Longford, the other, sister Rose Rodgers, but we have never been able to confidently track down the relation or connection to the Doyles.
I will be happy to share the details that I have of any of the above if interested!
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Longford / Re: Patrick Joseph Lennon, son of John, b. 1871-3, County Longford
« on: Tuesday 15 November 11 18:42 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for your reply!
Since I posted this, we have located Patrick Joseph, he was born in 1872 in Brocklagh, Co. Longford, son of John Lennon (son of Francis Lennon) and Mary Reynolds. He did have siblings, Michael, Mary, and Francis Joseph; Mary died during childbirth in 1876, and John remarried Bridget Ford and had 2 girls, Bridget and Elizabeth. They ended up coming over to the US to see our Patrick in 1905.
So although our Lennons are prob related at some point (there are a ton from that time in Longford), I'm afraid this is probably not your long-lost Uncle Joe...
Since I posted this, we have located Patrick Joseph, he was born in 1872 in Brocklagh, Co. Longford, son of John Lennon (son of Francis Lennon) and Mary Reynolds. He did have siblings, Michael, Mary, and Francis Joseph; Mary died during childbirth in 1876, and John remarried Bridget Ford and had 2 girls, Bridget and Elizabeth. They ended up coming over to the US to see our Patrick in 1905.
So although our Lennons are prob related at some point (there are a ton from that time in Longford), I'm afraid this is probably not your long-lost Uncle Joe...
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Completed: Can someone please date this photo, couple/cottage in Ireland?
« on: Thursday 29 April 10 14:03 BST (UK) »
Ah yes, understood. Sometimes I get so absorbed in research everything has more meaning 
I am fairly sure the woman lived there, but since the photo is unmarked, I may never know for sure... They farmed peat, your nose does not mislead you
I am fairly sure the woman lived there, but since the photo is unmarked, I may never know for sure... They farmed peat, your nose does not mislead you
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Completed: Can someone please date this photo, couple/cottage in Ireland?
« on: Wednesday 28 April 10 15:49 BST (UK) »
All very helpful, thank you! Pretty sure now it is Patrick Rodgers and sis Bridget, both born in the 1860-70s, died in the 1940s. They seem too young in the pic for it to be any later than the 30s.
Skoosh, out of curiosity, why does the addition of thatch indicate a later date?
Skoosh, out of curiosity, why does the addition of thatch indicate a later date?
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Can someone please date this photo, couple/cottage in Ireland?
« on: Wednesday 28 April 10 02:53 BST (UK) »
Thank you!
That makes all the difference between a couple (my gGrandparents - prior to 1900) and siblings (my gGrandmother's brother and sister - sometime between 1920-1945). You are wonderful (as are the ladies for changing their styles of dress so we can tell
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That makes all the difference between a couple (my gGrandparents - prior to 1900) and siblings (my gGrandmother's brother and sister - sometime between 1920-1945). You are wonderful (as are the ladies for changing their styles of dress so we can tell
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: passenger list too bright
« on: Wednesday 28 April 10 02:15 BST (UK) »
Hope this helps - the middle column is so light as to be almost irretrievable, but perhaps knowing the area you are looking, you can make it out...
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Completed: Re: Can anyone date and/or locate (Ireland?) this photo, please?
« on: Tuesday 27 April 10 23:06 BST (UK) »
Agreed, when I first saw it I thought it was out in the American West - especially the fur chaps he is wearing. I see reference to them mostly in America, in the early 1900s.
It's all possible...
It's all possible...
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Longford / Re: Patrick Joseph Lennon, son of John, b. 1871-3, County Longford
« on: Tuesday 27 April 10 23:00 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the info! Great point about the Index records, I have noticed they have been spotty of late.
I should prob. explain that I have been down those routes extensively, to the point where I know Patrick James Joseph listed above is in the RIC in the 1911 census in county Kerry
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We are currently working on narrowing possibilities by collecting index data from families via IGI (Irish Civil Registration records), LDS Films, and IFHF available church baptism indexes, then eliminating possibilities based on 1901 and 1911 census results of who is still in IRE. We are hoping for a connection to another relative or similar, as usual avenues of investigation have been exhausted (local marriage & death records, children's birth, etc.). He was very poor here in US, to the point where the church had to bury him, so I assume it was not much different in IRE.
Hoping for a person / fact / name (Ambrose? Francis?) connection at this point, another family lore or matching empty puzzle piece...
Thanks again~!
I should prob. explain that I have been down those routes extensively, to the point where I know Patrick James Joseph listed above is in the RIC in the 1911 census in county Kerry
; We are currently working on narrowing possibilities by collecting index data from families via IGI (Irish Civil Registration records), LDS Films, and IFHF available church baptism indexes, then eliminating possibilities based on 1901 and 1911 census results of who is still in IRE. We are hoping for a connection to another relative or similar, as usual avenues of investigation have been exhausted (local marriage & death records, children's birth, etc.). He was very poor here in US, to the point where the church had to bury him, so I assume it was not much different in IRE.
Hoping for a person / fact / name (Ambrose? Francis?) connection at this point, another family lore or matching empty puzzle piece...
Thanks again~!
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