William FLYNN, son of James from Co Waterford

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Hi. I am new to this list and this is my first post and am facing a very large brick wall. Can anyone help. I am trying to search for my Irish Ancestors who came from Waterford Ireland. I am searching (so far totally unsuccessfully) for any details about the family of my Great Grandfather William FLYNN.  All I know from William Flynn's marriage certificate and death certificate is that he was born in County WATERFORD and that his father was James FLYNN.  His date of birth is uncertain because his marriage certificate disagrees with his death certificate, but we think it was about 1849 or thereabouts.  The other facts of which we are certain is that he was a seaman, and he arrived in South Australia in 1876 when he married Jane MCMAHON in Adelaide.  One other possible clue is that William named his first child Margaret, so his mother may have also been named Margaret (his wife's mother's name was Mary). With such basic information I am not sure how to proceed from here.  I would be so grateful if we could get any lead on this elusive family of mine.

[shanew147]

Since William seems to have been born before Civil registration started in 1864 it will be difficult searching for on him without knowing a more specific location within Co. Waterford, especially as the are no online Church records for the county that I know of at the moment. I am assuming that access to microfilm records in Ireland is not an option for you at the moment. As well as parish, town or townland the other detail that would be required is his religion.

do any of his Australian records mention a town or other location ?


Shane

[j r]

you might try a new governmrnt site  irish geneology.ie ,it is incomplete at the moment but should cover all counties in the near future,its also foc. regardsj r wexford.     

Hi. I am new to this list and this is my first post and am facing a very large brick wall. Can anyone help. I am trying to search for my Irish Ancestors who came from Waterford Ireland. I am searching (so far totally unsuccessfully) for any details about the family of my Great Grandfather William FLYNN.  All I know from William Flynn's marriage certificate and death certificate is that he was born in County WATERFORD and that his father was James FLYNN.  His date of birth is uncertain because his marriage certificate disagrees with his death certificate, but we think it was about 1849 or thereabouts.  The other facts of which we are certain is that he was a seaman, and he arrived in South Australia in 1876 when he married Jane MCMAHON in Adelaide.  One other possible clue is that William named his first child Margaret, so his mother may have also been named Margaret (his wife's mother's name was Mary). With such basic information I am not sure how to proceed from here.  I would be so grateful if we could get any lead on this elusive family of mine.

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Hi shanew, and j r

Shane thanks for your response.  You are right i don't have access to microfilm records in Ireland at the moment and unfortunately we don't have firm proof of a town in Waterford, although family stories talk about both Waterford town and Dungarven.  His religion was Roman Catholic. Is there anything I can do to access information about the family assuming his place of birth was Dungarven?
j r thanks for your advice too.  I will get on to that site as you suggest.

cheers

[shanew147]

In the current absence parish records online, a possible line of enquiry for you would be Griffiths Valuation. This was a land taxation survey carrieid out in Ireland between to 1850s and 60s. This show details on land holdings for those people included, and lists basic details on the land and types of buildings involved. Only heads of households are included, with  no personal details, but the results can give possible locations to follow up.

the database is available to search on AskAboutIreland at : Griffiths Valuation

There are a few James Flynn's listed in Co. Waterford - including one in Dungarvan - see : Griffiths search - James Flynn, Co. Waterford  His entry is dated 1851. Do you have any clues as to James' occupation or trade ?

other than that all I can suggest is to double check records at your end to see if anything shows a more detailed location and then keep an eye out on the IrishGenealgy website (and RootsChat) for any news on Waterford records.


Shane

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Thanks Shane

that is useful information.  I will go through the Griffiths Valuation list one by one as one of those James Flynns listed there must be William's father.  We don't have any other hard information on James's occupation but we believe that he was married to Margaret.  So I guess the only way of proceeding is to physically access Church parish records in each of the places where a James Flynn is living according to the Griffiths Valuation and looking up baptisms to find the family.  A big job I fear.

cheers

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