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Tracing my Mackessy ancestors in North Kerry
« on: Tuesday 02 October 12 13:23 BST (UK) »
My great grandfather was Timothy (Thade) Mackessy. He married Mary Healy in or around 1921 (in the Listowel Registration district, possibly Tarbert). He passed away in 1974 and is buried in Tarbert cemetary. His estimated birth year is 1895.

I have asked my great uncles and great aunts about his early years but information is pretty thin, he didn't speak much about his parents or his brothers and sisters. They do know that his mother was Bess (Bessie) Mulvihill, and his father was also Timothy Mackessy. I have found children of Timothy and Bess on familysearch.org, but no record for Timothy Jr. (Thade). I also cannot find a marriage record for Timothy and Bessie.  Bess could be another name for Elizabeth or Eliza or Lizzie or Bessie.

The only Timothy Mackessy I found on the Census records is in Castlecor, near Mallow. County Cork. But I'm not sure if these are my family.

Could someone please help me to find out a little more about Timothy and Bessie? Particularly their marriage record, or the birth of their son Timothy Jr. (Thade)

Thanks

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Re: Tracing my Mackessy ancestors in North Kerry
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 02 October 12 16:24 BST (UK) »
Believe this is your Mackessy family (surname spelling different) in 1901 census
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http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Tarmon/Tarmon__West/1425058/
Tarmon West is in the civil parish of Kilnaughtin on the border of Kerry and Limerick - Possible  some of the births were recorded in the registration district of Glin rather than Listowel
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Re: Tracing my Mackessy ancestors in North Kerry
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 02 October 12 16:28 BST (UK) »
The family is still there in 1911 with older children missing-

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Tarmon/Tarmon_West/276720/

From this is seems that Timothy and Bessie were married c. 1871 or so.

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Kerrisk, Healy, McGuire, Duggan - Kerry and US
Tuohy/Toohey,Gorman, Purcell, Fanning- Holycross Tipperary

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Re: Tracing my Mackessy ancestors in North Kerry
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 02 October 12 16:48 BST (UK) »
annclare - you have no idea how much you helped me with that information! Thank you so much!

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Re: Tracing my Mackessy ancestors in North Kerry
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 10 October 12 19:42 BST (UK) »
Baptism Elizabeth Mulvihill. Address Newtown. Baptism place Causeway
9th September 1844
Father John Mulvihill.  Mother Mary Dumash. Sponsor Mary Dunne.

Marriage of Timothy Macessy of Tarmons. Father Thomas Macessy
Elizabeth Mulvihill of Glenalappa.  Father John Mulvihill.
Witnesses: Thomas Grady, Edmund Sheahan. DATE: 11th Feb 1872

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Re: Tracing my Mackessy ancestors in North Kerry
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 10 October 12 22:43 BST (UK) »
Civil birth regs

Timothy Mackessy  June 1895  Reg District Listowel Kerry
Volume 5 Page 389

Ellen Mackessy. December 1891. Reg District Glin
Volume 5 Page 196 :)

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Re: Tracing my Mackessy ancestors in North Kerry
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 10 October 12 22:46 BST (UK) »
Civil birth regs

Timothy Mackessy  June 1895  Reg District Listowel Kerry
Volume 5 Page 389

Ellen Mackessy. December 1891. Reg District Glin
Volume 5 Page 196 :)

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Re: Tracing my Mackessy ancestors in North Kerry
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 11 October 12 10:14 BST (UK) »
Superb infromartion, thanks ballydw! I have a great aunt in New York inher 90s who is very excited to see this information!

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Re: Tracing my Mackessy ancestors in North Kerry
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 11 October 12 13:32 BST (UK) »
Hi ballydw.

From your research, I now have the names of my great great grandfathers, Thomas Macessy and John Mulvihill.

Looking a little more into the Baptism of Elizabeth Mulvihill in 1844. I'm hoping that is a match, but I can't be fully sure. I'm wondering where Newtown is? Is it Newtownsandes (now Moyvane)? I can't seem to find a Newtown around Causeway.

Thanks,

David
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