Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the weekly Scavenger Hunt, this week it's PrueM's turn and has she got a doozy for you. But, I believe all you Hunters out there will be able to help Prue in her search.
As we are rapidly approaching Christmas, this will be the last Hunt till after the holidays, but you are more than welcome to do revisions on any of the old hunts, and I'll give you plenty of warning for the start of Hunts in the New Year.
May I take the opportunity to thank each and every one of you for the brilliant work you have done on ALL of the Hunts ...........guys - you are marvelous and I'm proud of you.
OK, on with Prue's Hunt ..................good luck, good Hunting.
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I am looking for more information about Thomas Cassidy and his wife Catherine, who lived on Jersey in the Channel Islands.
1. I would like to try to find out where Thomas and his parents came from in Ireland
2. Where/when he and Catherine were married.
3. What was Catherine's surname, and who were her parents?
So many other questions, like why they went back to Ireland where their youngest daughter was born around 1844...I guess this explains why they are not found on Jersey in 1841 - they were probably back in Ireland for a few years.
Really, any little tiny bit of help that anyone can offer would be very much appreciated! Have been on the hunt for this family for many years now. THANK YOU!!
Thomas CASSIDY, Stonemason
b. Ireland ca 1801 (from the census)
bp. St Mary and St Peter Catholic Church, Jersey, 12 Nov 1817 (from the parish register)
d. bef 1861
Thomas's parents
Thomas CASSIDY
Shown on General Don's military muster for Jersey, 1815, with one female adult, one female child and one male child.
Mary WILLIAMS (surname from a cousin's family research)
b. England ca 1786 (from supposed entry in 1841 census)
Thomas's wife
Catherine LENNON or SIMMONS (surnames from a cousin's family research)
b. Ireland ca 1808 (from 1851 & 1861 census)
their children
i. Rosetta (1831-1920) - my g-g-grandmother
ii. Mary A. b. abt 1833.
iii. James Andrew. b. abt 1835.
iv. Francis Frederick. b. abt 17 Feb 1838. Does not appear on 1851 census
v. Margaret. Born in Ireland abt 1844.
other
Thomas and Catherine not found in 1841 census at all. Possible sighting of Thomas's mother Mary in St Helier, Jersey in 1841, with 2 daughters.
Thomas, Catherine and family found in 1851 in St Helier, Jersey.
Catherine a widow in 1861 census in St Helier, Jersey.
