Kitty Power - born in a convent (Lixnaw)

[kjmck]

Hi,

I'm doing some research for a friend and have a query to put to you all.

His grandmother 'E' fled Ireland with her boyfriend to get married in Wales as she was pregnant at the time, and left her family behind (parent's and siblings etc).

'E's parents were Thomas Spillane & 'Kitty' Power. 'E' knows that Thomas was from Ahabeg in Kerry, and that Kitty was from Lixnaw. Apparently Kitty was born in a convent in Lixnaw after her mother, Margaret Power, was sent there from Waterford. I'm assuming Kitty was illegitimate.

Thomas Spillane was born c. 1898, but I haven't been able to find Kitty's birth, i'm thinking maybe Catherine was her birth name?

If anyone knows how i can find records of Kitty, or can help me find records of Kitty & her mother Margaret, that would be much appreciated.

Keelan

[hallmark]

You can try https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/

using a Search like this...
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[hallmark]

If it is Power you re looking for, change name and years accordingly!!

[heywood]

Hello,

When was Kitty born?

There is a Margaret Power b Waterford in the convent in Lixnaw in 1911 but she is a nun 
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Lixnaw/Lixnaw_Town__part_of_/273430/

Heywood

[heywood]

I was getting confused with generation there   

This looks like the marriage of Thomas Spillane and Catherine (Kitty) Power.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1929/09073/5282509.pdf

It shows her father as John Power deceased which if the story is correct, is a fictional name.

[hallmark]

I was getting confused with generation there   

 

It is a bit cryptic....   

[hallmark]

IF you are looking for a Power born in Waterford....

 Birth results for Power from 1890 to 1900
Area - Waterford

Displaying results 1 - 100 of 793.    http://www.rootschat.com/links/01llc/

[heywood]

This may be nothing to do with Kitty but there is a C P , 15yrs  in the Workhouse in Listowel in 1911.

This would fit with the marriage.

[myluck!]

Birth of Thomas SPILLANE in Ahabeg to John SPILLANE & Nanno BUCKLEY LINK #397
on Aug 01 1897

1901 census at LINK
house 22 in Ahabeg Middle (Kiltomy, Kerry)

1911 census at LINK
house 10 in Aghabeg, Middle (Kiltomy, Kerry)


Marriage of John SPILLANE & Hanora BUCKLEY on Nov 02 1889 LINK