McNamara - Ruddy of Ballina

[Sinann]

They are too recent for online records, which is why I went looking for death notices as they sometimes give info on children, but no joy this time.

[Vinwad]

Thanks Sinann.

Immensely grateful to you for trying.

[Sinann]

You need someone local to the area, if it was my area I'd say contact the village diary and local people would see it and help out if they could, I have a guy calling in to me next month who I was able to help in this way but I don't know the area you are searching so have no idea who you could make contact with or if there is any online site you could contact to help you out.

Perhaps you could ask here
https://www.ouririshheritage.org/content/category/archive/people/mayo_genealogy_group

[heywood]

You say that Michael remarried.
Was there family contact with him after that that you could check.
Is there an obituary or newspaper announcement for him which might mention his children?
Do you know if the children stayed in Ballina or moved with their father?

[Vinwad]

I'm in close touch with Michael's second family but they are as much in the dark as I am. 

There doesn't appear to have been any contact following separation and the children stayed with their mother although 'R', the eldest of Michael's and Eileen's children, apparently attended Michael's funeral held in Limerick in 1975.

Good idea to check obituaries; I didn't stop to think that his Ballina family might have posted something so I'll follow that path and see where it gets me.

[Owenwee]

I have sent you a PM 

[Vinwad]

Eileen's death notice says English, American and Scottish papers please copy, so there must be family in each place. No names just deeply regretted by her mother and family.
Leigue cemetery.

Hi Sinann,

Can you tell me where you saw the death notice published?

[hallmark]

"....Michael (Mick)Francis McNamara, and his first wife, Eileen Ruddy  had four children;
Two boys
R b.1941
J b.1942
And two girls
M b.1947
J b.1950....."

So what does the 'b'  stand for?

[heywood]

born