I am searching for information about my Irish ancestor, Eugene Moran. I would really appreciate any data you provide regarding this family. Eugene Moran was born March 1—probably in 1847—Black’47 being the death-peak of the five-year potato famine, aka The Starvation. This much is certain: Eugene’s father was a carpenter, and also named Eugene Moran. I have found an Irish baptism record indicating a Eugene Moran was baptized June 29, 1847, son of Eugene Moran and Mary Gara—probably in Mullaghnashee townland, Fairymount Catholic parish, Frenchpark barony, County Roscommon, Connacht province. A majority of all Irish families were then poor farmers, living on leased land, and not able to move off their plot during The Starvation. However, because Eugene Moran the father was a carpenter, able to relocate and find work, this would fit the certain fact that this Eugene Moran family was living in County Tipperary after 1847, while Eugene the son was a young boy. In 1866, Eugene Moran the son was a 19-year-old baker, living as a boarder in 48 Gardiner Street in north-Belfast, when he married Ann Gribben on December 1, 1866, in Saint Patrick’s catholic church on Donegall Street, Belfast. On June 4, 1869, Eugene Moran the son, the baker, and his wife Ann, departed Londonderry (current Derry) and sailed to Canada. They were accompanied on the ship by Eugene the father—the father’s age on the ship passenger list indicates he was born c.1813 (probably in County Roscommon). Eugene the father had pre-paid his return voyage to Ireland. Eugene the son and his wife Ann lived their remaining years in Canada. Thanks to you all in advance, Peter Moran.
