Thanks Heywood and Maggsie for your helpful replies. I have been looking into this side of my family for many years now but have nothing concrete relating to before the death of their father in 1868.
What I have is this (..and they are all well dead, so no problem with naming living people here
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Father: William McEvoy b. ~1823 (from burial records) d. Nov 1868 (mercantile clerk, address was 79 Meath Street)
Mother: Elizabeth b. ~1821 (again from burial records) d Dec 1887 (wife of mercantile clerk!, address was 5 James St North, North Strand)
Children that I know of and dobs based on references to age:
1901 1911 burial death cert otherJohn 1858 1853 1860 1860 Admission to hosp in 1916 1854
James 1863 1863 1858 1858
Elizabeth 1871 1865 1868 (BUT not sure if this is her as cant find where she is buried)
James got married in 1909 and I have any amount of information on him going forward as he is my great grandfather.
John and Elizabeth were living in Ushers Island for 1911 census, this is also Johns address at birth (James buried him)
I have found baptism records for a John (1853) and James (1858) with parents William and Eliza Seery. Nothing for their sister Elizabeth but as their mother didnt remarry I presume Elizabeth died shortly before or very shortly after her father died in Dec 1868. The family were living in Meath Street at the time and unfortunately there is a gap in baptism records for St Catherines between 1866 and 1871 so if she was baptised there we wont find that - and noone that appear to be her is showing up in the newly released church records.
This is probably as clear as mucky water - please shout if you have any questions
Denise