Comerfords in Muckalee/Castlecomer/Clough area

[Silverhawk]

Thanks for posting, hllawson

Are we certain that the published handwritten tree is absolutely correct? I'm a little wary given that the research was said to be done in the 1970s and the compiler would probably have had less chance to compare and contrast than we do today.

If I go with the hypothesis that Anne was the sister of the John who married Johanna, it all fits together reasonably neatly with the 1840 and 1843 baptisms. However if the above image is correct and that's now proved false, it means I'm back to square one and my options are 1) That my Anne is the 1841 one and I just don't know how she and John are related (I'm assuming they must be related otherwise why were both he and Johanna witnesses for her); 2) She's another Anne completely that I haven't found yet; or 3) The 1840 one is still her, but her brother John wasn't the one who married Johanna Moore, that John being some more distant relation (like in option 1) and her brother just never married (that we can find)? I have nothing that can point to any option however.

[hllawson]

So regarding it’s validity I’m not 100% sure. The author I don’t think researched documents himself and cites a letter from someone I think I’ve identified to still be alive. My plan is to see if I can get in touch to clarify some more when the top row of information came. Someone is also sending me their copy of the book to lend so might be able to get some more information. I will keep you posted.

[Silverhawk]

Thanks I hope it all pans out okay, my Irish branch has always been a tough nut to crack.

[marcesi]

Hola, mis ancestros eran Ellen Comerford y John BRENNAN, Eran de Castlecomer. Puede ser que Anne se hermana o familiar de Ellen?

[Kiltaglassan]

Hola, mis ancestros eran Ellen Comerford y John BRENNAN, Eran de Castlecomer. Puede ser que Anne se hermana o familiar de Ellen?

Translating from Spanish via Google-

Hello, my ancestors were Ellen Comerford and John BRENNAN, They were from Castlecomer. Could it be that Anne is Ellen's sister or relative?

[Kiltaglassan]

Hello, my ancestors were Ellen Comerford and John BRENNAN, They were from Castlecomer. Could it be that Anne is Ellen's sister or relative?

Can you give us a date for this marriage, please?

It's not coming up on a search via IrishGenealogy.ie
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp

[Kiltaglassan]

Some links to this thread-

Yep, got that a little while ago.  He died in September 1902 in Knocknadogue, age 62.  Anne reported the death.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1902/05686/4602527.pdf

Knockanaddoge townland
https://www.townlands.ie/kilkenny/fassadinin/dysart/castlecomer/knockanaddoge/

I found her living in Knocknadogue with her two youngest sons.  She's stated as 57 years old in 1901 and 70 in 1911.  Her married name was Regan.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kilkenny/Castlecomer/Knockanaddoge/1459908/
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kilkenny/Castlecomer/Knockanaddoge/565511/

Birth record of last child-
Michael Regan at Knocknadogue [sic] - 2 June 1887
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1887/02558/1946542.pdf

[marcesi]

Hola, perdσn mi tardanza en contestar.
John BRENNAN y Ellen Comerford se casaron aparentemente en 1859.
Tuvieron 8 hijos. Michael, Edward, Anne, Daniel, Patrick, Mary, Ellen y John.
Ellen Comerford falleciσ el 26/9/1896 en clogh, Castlecomer

[Kiltaglassan]

Translated from Spanish-

Ellen Comerford died 9/26/1896 at Clogh, Castlecomer

Ellen Brennan aged 62 yrs and wife of a carman died at Cloneen. Her daughter Ellen was the informant.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1896/05882/4668293.pdf

https://www.townlands.ie/kilkenny/fassadinin/castlecomer/clogh/cloneen/
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4710697#map=13/52.8242/-7.1670