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I'm looking at the image of the baptism of Mary MAHER, April 4 1858, in the Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915


This is what I see:
Mary of Edmond MAHER and Ellen MAHER, Sps: Patrick L???land, Ellen Maher, Tberadora.

My questions are:
Can I assume from this that Ellen's maiden name was MAHER?  The mothers listed in other records on this page are shown with surnames that are different from the father's surname so I assume that the listing on the record is the maiden name.

Because the entry is squashed in it's a bit tricky to sort out -  can I assume that Tuberadora is their residence and that Galbestown belongs to the record above that?

Is it Tuberadora?  This place name is mentioned a page or so earlier in these registers and that's what it looks like but Googlemap doesn't seem to find it for me.  For that matter I can't see Moycarkey either although a Morcarkey National School is shown.  Is there still a church there?  Mary MAHER emigrated to Victoria Australia (I have good information about her from there on) and the informant for her death certificate gave her birthplace as Holy Cross which I see has a very big church. Obviously the information from her baptism is more reliable than that given after her death.

Judith

PS Google tells me that there is a Catholic church built early 19th century.

I have the following information which I found on FindMyPast in their Record set: United States, Transatlantic Migration. 

The record apparently comes from a book:
The Complete Book Of Emigrants In Bondage, 1614-1775, published and the index entry reads

p 81 Ballard, Maximilian. S s sheep at Cwmyoy R Summer 1761. Mo.

I have a short newspaper account of a trial at the Monmouth Assizes (UK) in June 1761 of the conviction of Maximilian Ballard, Mary Thomas and Mary Roberts for sheep stealing.

So I assume that the book entry is for Maximilian BALLARD, convicted of stealing sheep at Cwmyoy (a village near Monmouth) in summer of 1761, with the Mo (last word of the book entry) being short for Monmouth.

How can I find out more - did he actually go to the US? And are there any further records?

Judith

I'm looking at burials in Kirby Muxloe around the 1720s, particularly in 1728/9.  All of the burial records show the date of burial and then a notation which reads Affid or Affid Brought and another date which is usually a week later than the burial date. 

What is this annotation, please?

Judith

Thought people might be interested in the latest blog entry re family history at the NLA, especially the "Ask a Librarian" service.

https://www.nla.gov.au/blogs/behind-the-scenes/2016/08/12/life-as-a-family-history-librarian

There is also a very useful copying service.
http://www.nla.gov.au/our-services/copies-direct

Judith

My 3g grandparents were married in Tipperary parish 1 November, 1835 (from NLI images)  They emigrated to Victoria, Australia in 1841.  I have good documentation for them in Australia which consistently list their ages to fit with the above birthdates.

Michael DWYER, died 1884 aged 82 (thus b abt 1802),
place of birth (and marriage): Tipperary, Ireland
parents: John DWYER, farmer and Mary DWYER, formerly RYAN

Ellen/Ellenore DWYER, nee McCARTHY, d 1905 aged 101 (b abt 1804)
place of birth (and marriage) Greenane, Co Tipperary, Ireland
parents: Calawan McCARTHY, farmer and Honora McCARTHY, formerly RYAN
Ellen's maiden name is given as "CARTHY" in the records of baptism of her 3 eldest boys in Tipperary.

As Ellen was still alive and well when Michael died it seems likely that the information given on his death certificate is correct.

The only documents that give different ages are the shipping lists which show that Michael's birthdate would be 1810 and Ellen's 1812.  My DWYERs were bounty (assisted) immigrants so their fares were paid.  Bounty immigrants often tweaked their ages and/or occupations a bit so that immigration requirements were met.  I suspect that is what may well have happened here.  I have looked through the NLI images for baptisms in Tipperary parish in 1810/1811/1812 but could not see either of them.

Any help in locating any early information about their baptisms or their parents would be wonderful.

Apologies for knowing very little about Irish genealogy.  Was there a church at Greenane? I note that the NLI images are for Tipperary parish so would their marriage and children's baptisms (which I have) have been in the town church?

Judith