Griffin, MacCann, Caulfield and Horan: Kilmovee

[RyanUK]

Hi.

I am researching my great grandmother.
The reason I will post it here is because of the matching surname and place of birth area.
I understand any information is limited as it is a popular name.

Mary Delia Higgins
Born - About 1886,
Cloonfinnaun, County Mayo

Father : Thomas Higgins (Farmer) *
((Marriage Certificate Evidence))

Residence :
1911 • 26 Manor House, Humphrey Lane, Urmston, Lancashire, England
Marital Status: Single;
Relation to Head: Servant

Marriage
January 1912 • Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire, England
Church of the English Martyrs, 5 Roseneath Rd, Urmston, Manchester M41 5AX

Married : George Townley (1883–1928)

Birth of Daughter :
Mary Ruth Townley (1913–2002)
6 Sep 1913 • Stockport, Cheshire, England

Birth of Son : Eric Townley (1923–1989)
28 Jan 1923 • Stockport, Cheshire, England

Death : 30 Nov 1928 • Stockport, Cheshire, England

My mission is to find any other information on this town she was born in as I can't find much.
But mainly, now i have mentioned her on this forum maybe somebody in the future has a similar link.

[Maiden Stone]

Hi.

I am researching my great grandmother.
The reason I will post it here is because of the matching surname and place of birth area.
I understand any information is limited as it is a popular name.

Mary Delia Higgins
Born - About 1886,
Cloonfinnaun, County Mayo

Father : Thomas Higgins (Farmer) *
((Marriage Certificate Evidence))

Have you found her birth registration?

[RyanUK]

Not as of yet. So far,
• 1911 Census record (Ancestry)
• Marriage Certificate (Purchased)
• Death Certificate

[Kiltaglassan]

Mary Delia Higgins
Born - About 1886,
Cloonfinnaun, County Mayo

Cloonfinnaun is a townland in the civil parish of Kilconduff in Co Mayo.
Here it is in townlands.ie
https://www.townlands.ie/mayo/gallen/kilconduff/swineford/cloonfinnaun/

KG

[Kiltaglassan]

The registration district is Swinford.

Use this website for your searches. All the BMD records currently on-line are free.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/news/154-update-to-the-civil-records-3

Solve the Captcha by ticking the box, and use initials such as ‘b’, ‘b’ to sign in. Ensure that you tick the ‘application to search’ box.

KG

[RyanUK]

Thank you very much for this information.
It will keep me busy for some time.
I will keep you informed of what I learn and any details I find.

[Maiden Stone]

Mary Delia Higgins
Born - About 1886,
Cloonfinnaun, County Mayo

Cloonfinnaun is a townland in the civil parish of Kilconduff in Co Mayo.
Here it is in townlands.ie
https://www.townlands.ie/mayo/gallen/kilconduff/swineford/cloonfinnaun/

KG

So not in Kilmovee civil parish.

Also information from https://www.swilson.info/index.php
Poor Law Union: Swineford
Post town: Swineford
R.C. parish: Swineford, variant names Kilconduff; Meelick; Kilconduff & Meelick
S. Wilson's website has options to search for placenames, towns, townlands, civil parishes, R.C. parishes, C. of I. parishes, registration districts + more.

Registers for Swineford R.C. parish viewable on Catholic Parish Registers at National Library of Ireland website https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0133
Has baptism registers 1875-1901 + incomplete runs of earlier registers; marriage registers 1808-1915.

I looked for a birth registration for Mary Higgins on Irish Genealogy.ie. The only one I found in Swineford registration district with Thomas as father was 1885, residence Culmore. Mother was Honor, maiden surname Callaghan. No births registered for Delia Higgins around 1886. Delia may have been a variant of another name. I didn't look for Higgins births registered with no first name in Swineford. https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

Was Mary Delia Higgins connected to any Higgins mentioned in replies 9 & 13 by Pat38 or reply 8 byflatley2bsure? If not, I suggest that you start a new thread for your Mary Higgins on the Mayo board to attract replies from people with Higgins ancestors. Higgins isn't in the title of this thread.