O'Kane/Kane

[Mikeyguitar]

Hi All,

Can anyone find any info on my 3x Great grand parents

John O'Kane/Kane married a Jane Elliot I think in Limavady. They had a son Laurence Kane in 1820 when they moved south to Lusk, Co Dublin.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Michael

[Gortinanima]

O'Kane and variants (Kane etc) is one of the most common surnames in Limavady and the Roe valley.

There are four households headed by John (O')Kane in the 1831 census for Drumachose (Limavady) parish (the census only names the head of household). 2 resided in Limavady town

1831 census Newtownlimavady
John Kane Market House Street 1male/1 female = 2 Catholics
John Kane Pound Lane, Limavady 2males/1 female = 3 Catholics

If your family resided in Limavady and were Catholic they would be buried in St Canice's cemetery on the Roe Mill Road. Below is a transcript of one headstone in the cemetery.

O'KANE: Erected by William O'Kane to the memory of his father John O'Kane who died 13 August 1850 aged 72 years.

The lack of Catholic records for the early 1800s makes the task almost impossible.

[Kiltaglassan]

1831 census Newtownlimavady
John Kane Market House Street 1male/1 female = 2 Catholics
John Kane Pound Lane, Limavady 2males/1 female = 3 Catholics

Here are the URL links-

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/c19/007246493/007246493_00160.pdf
(noting that there are 1male/2female totalling 3 Roman Catholics)

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/c19/007246493/007246493_00168.pdf

[Mikeyguitar]

O'Kane and variants (Kane etc) is one of the most common surnames in Limavady and the Roe valley.

There are four households headed by John (O')Kane in the 1831 census for Drumachose (Limavady) parish (the census only names the head of household). 2 resided in Limavady town

1831 census Newtownlimavady
John Kane Market House Street 1male/1 female = 2 Catholics
John Kane Pound Lane, Limavady 2males/1 female = 3 Catholics

If your family resided in Limavady and were Catholic they would be buried in St Canice's cemetery on the Roe Mill Road. Below is a transcript of one headstone in the cemetery.

O'KANE: Erected by William O'Kane to the memory of his father John O'Kane who died 13 August 1850 aged 72 years.

The lack of Catholic records for the early 1800s makes the task almost impossible.

The John Kane / O'Kane I have has his son baptised in Lusk in 1820 so they would of moved down from Limavady by then.

Can you find a marriage of John Kane and Jane Elliott ? I can't find anything anywhere 🤕🤕

[Gortinanima]

You are not going to get a marriage or any baptisms because civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1864. The Catholic registers for Limavady only begin 1855.