Corbetts of near Mitchelstown

[kob3203]

My mother (sadly no longer with us) was also evacuated (from London) to stay with her relations in Ireland during WWII. Her time would probably have been split between Mallow and Ballykearney. She would have been very young - around 4 when the war ended. Maybe your uncle met her?

And you're more than welcome to incorporate the information I have on the Corbetts into your tree, but it's not much! I'm sending you a PM so you can contact me directly.

Pete

[kob3203]

When I posted on 23 August 2009 I hadn't realised that you can include the father's given name in an IFHF birth record search, so I've just rechecked:

The "...4 other Corbett baptisms in Glanworth RC between 1860 and 1868 - Michael (1860), Michael (1861), Johanna (1863) and William (1865)..." that I mentioned all have the father's name as Michael.

I also checked the "...baptism record for Patrick Corbett in each of 1868, 1869 and 1870...". As you said, only the 1868 one is in Glanworth. It's also the only one with a father's name of Michael.

My GGF Michael must be one of the two mentioned above, either 1860 or 1861, since they're the only two Michael Corbett births in Co Cork NE in 1860+-5 where the father is Michael (according to the IFHF database). So I've just used the 5 Euros I had left in my IFHF account to look at the 1861 Michael birth record - 8 Sep 1861, parents are Michael Corbett and Ellen Cusack, witnesses William O'Donnell and Mary O'Mara. No more info than that.

No luck with any Irish GRO references though. Michael 1860, Michael 1861 and Johanna 1863 are too early. I tried the LDS site, but the only Co. Cork Corbett births they have are in Kanturk DED.

I checked the Irish Times site for Glanworth RC baptism record access ( http://www.rootschat.com/links/08ly/ ), and it appears that its either a visit to the National Library of Ireland in Dublin to see the records on microfilm for free (film ref "Pos. 4996"), or commissioned research at the Mallow Heritage Centre (the IFHF site for Cork NE is run by them).

Personally, I'll probably wait till the 1901 Ireland census records come online (latest ETA is "before the end of June") and hope to find some connections there.

Pete

[kob3203]

Back in the mid 19th century, I now have confirmation that the following are definitely children of Michael Corbett and Ellen Cusac(k), born/baptised in the Mitchelstown area:

Michael Corbett (b1861) - confirmed on IFHF Cork NorthEast (Mallow Heritage Centre) site [see previous post]
William Corbett (b1865) - confirmed on LDS pilot site, " Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881"
Patrick Corbett (b1868) - confirmed on LDS pilot site, " Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881"
Mary Corbett (b1870) - confirmed onLDS pilot site, " Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881"
Margaret Corbett (b1872) - confirmed on LDS pilot site, " Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881"


IFHF Cork northeast site has promising search results for a probable Michael Corbett = Ellen Cusack marriage in Glanworth RC parish in 1859 (but not confirmed yet)


The 1901 census hasn't thrown up any new leads that I can see.
There are a couple of hundred Corbetts in Co Cork, including the Ballykearney, Mitchelstown and Flemingstown, Kilphelan families that we already know of, but that's it.
No likely leads on William, Mary or Margaret.
I presume that Mary and Margaret are likely to be married, and thus no longer Corbetts?

[Corracunna]

This is another Corbett family. It was entered in error  as Corbeth in the database. There is an Ellen in the family and they are still at that address.
http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Mitchelstown/Coolyregan/1153075/

[Hawkshaw]

This is another Corbett family. It was entered in error  as Corbeth in the database. There is an Ellen in the family and they are still at that address.
http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Mitchelstown/Coolyregan/1153075/

Thank you for this, Corracunna. I'll bear this family and address in mind. Pete - does this help you too?
Ann.

[kob3203]

Hi Ann, and thanks Corracunna,

It's no immediate help, but who knows...

The Margaret Corbeth (head of household) would be a generation older than the Margaret, Mary and William we're looking for (i.e. Michael and Patrick's siblings).

But there could be a link between this Margaret Corbeth's husband (who'd have been a Corbeth by birth) and our Michael Corbett (senior, who married Ellen Cusack).

Pete

P.S. To me it's 50/50 whether the handwritten surnames on the form are Corbeth or Corbett.

[kob3203]

Hello 9k_delaney30 (I hope you found your way to this thread!),

I wonder if the Margaret Corbeth/Corbett mentioned in the three previous posts is related to your Margaret Corbett, wife of William Burke? Or maybe even the same person?

Pete