Michael Broderick, County Galway

[JBG575]

Hi, new to this so any help would be appreciated  , according to his death certificate: my ggrandfather Michael Joseph Broderick, b:31, July, 1864 in County Galway, parents: William Broderick and Margaret Clary both of Galway. He arrived in the US in April, 1885, married Elizabeth Horan of Wisconsin, 1890-91. He resided in Chicago, IL for approx. 37 years. This is where I hit the block - I have no information regarding his birth township/parish, etc, or any other information about his parents or if there were any siblings - any information would be greatly appreciated - thanks

[shanew147]

Civil registration started here in 1864 - so you might find details of Michael's birth. Familysearch have an online index to the registers at : http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;t=searchable;c=1408347

I dont see a good match in at the moment in 1864, the closest being this record in 1865

 Birth
 Name: Michael Broderick
 Registration district: Loughrea
 year: 1865
 Volume: 14 /  Page: 386

(There may be other matches with spelling variations..)

you can order research certs from the GRO (www.groireland.ie) using the index details.

The index lists registration districts - these are the districts in, of partially in Co. Galway :

Ballinasloe, Ballinrobe, Clifden, Galway, Glennamaddy, Gort, Loughrea, Mountbellew, Oughterard, Portumna, Roscommon, Scarriff, Tuam

A cert will give you a townland or town which should provide a stating point for further parish searches.



Shane

[aghadowey]

I dont see a good match in at the moment in 1864, the closest being this record in 1865
 Birth
 Name: Michael Broderick
 Registration district: Loughrea
 year: 1865
 Volume: 14 /  Page: 386
(There may be other matches with spelling variations..)

This one can be eliminated- according to IGI Michael Broderick born 16 Aug.1865 was a son of Patrick Broderick and Mary Burke (page 386- Ballaun Dirstrict, Galway).

[shanew147]

This one can be eliminated- according to IGI Michael Broderick born 16 Aug.1865 was a son of Patrick Broderick and Mary Burke (page 386- Ballaun Dirstrict, Galway).

well spotted..

I had a look at the index on the IFHF website (www.irish-roots.ie  pay-site) and this same Michael Broderick civil birth record is listed, but there are a couple of other matches near to 1864.

there are four Civil births in 1866 & 68 and two Parish baptism listed in 1860. However none of these show a match when I include the fathers name in the search.

The only match I see for a Michael Broderick with father William is a Church Baptism in 1857
the record is from the RC parish of Tynagh
 

Shane

[ammeneedia]

http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/quis.php?page=0&prevStartQuery=0

This Galway site index records a marriage for William Broderick 1853 and also for a Margaret Cleary in 1853.

Costs €5 to get a copy of either to see if they both relate to the one marriage!

[shanew147]

both record details ammeneedia mentioned relate to the same Parish ( Portumna RC) which is beside Tynagh parish mentioned earlier... see the Irish Times parish map :

  http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/galwayerc.htm

as ammeneedia mentioned there's no guarantee these two people married each other.


Shane

[JBG575]

thank you so much you guys this is great  , i will definately check out the site you gave me. I have also gone back through the U.S. census and there definately is a problem with dates, Michael could have been born as early as 1859. I will be getting over to the archives here in Chicago with hopes of finding the naturalization papers. Thanks again, I will repost to let you know how things turn out