Hi!
Thank you for your reply about your McEntee Irish lineage. And your comments about the other (possibly my) McEntee roots there.
I found this web site based on what you wrote (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_McEntee,_1st_Baron_McEntee)
Absolutely fascinating!
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So it would appear based on what you said, your line looks like this:
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- (your ggg-grandparents) Edward Alexander McEntee m. Eliza Church Stackpoole (b:?; d:1853; buried: Mt. Jerome Cemetery, Dublin)
+ (your gg-grandparents) Charles William Mcentee (physician) (b.? d?) m. Kate Williams Burchell (married: Church of Ireland)
* Valentine la Touche McEntee, 1st Baron McEntee (b.1871 d.1953)
m. (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Crawford, in 1892
m. (2) Catherine, daughter of Charles Windsor, in 1920
* (your g-grandparents) Henry Hugh McEntee (b.1869; joiner) m. Francis Henrietta Watchorn
- (your grandparents) Kate Mcentee (b.1894, d.1973) m. _____ Lynch
+ (your father) (d.2015) (told you that there was another McEntee family in Dublin who weren't related)
- 7 other siblings (on census)
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About my line:
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My ggg-grandfather (also named William Charles McEntee) was born in 1823 in Dublin. I suspect his father (not confirmed) had the same name and was also from Dublin.
FYI -- I believe if our families are connected --- the fact that yours were members of the Church of Ireland is consistent with how mine practiced their beliefs when they lived in Birmingham (where they were part of the Church of England).
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So it would seem possible (despite what your father said) that our 2 lines are connected? Do you happen to have the birth dates for your ggg-grandfather Edward Alexander McEntee and your gg-grandfather Charles?
It would be intriguing if you could do a DNA test. An autosomal type test should confirm if we're indeed cousins going back to a 3rd/4th great grandfather or so.
Also, do you happen to have any further information about the other McEntee line that your father mentioned? ie: where they lived, church, parish, etc?
And curious ... may I ask where you live? I live in Scotland currently. I was just in Dublin (and North Ireland) a couple weeks ago doing some genealogy research. (on different roots than this one)
Zak