Re: John Leahy and Margaret Farrell abt. 1825 in Ireland
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John Leahy and Margaret Farrell abt. 1825 in Ireland
John Leahy 11/10/08
This took me some time to do.
I searched the Irish Family History Foundation's database. It contains 12,000,000 surviving rcds for abt 65% of Irish counties. Rcds are increasingly sparse B4 1840, rare B4 1800.
Note 1 - Without a KNOWN county, there is AT LEAST a 35% chance your ancestor's rcds aren't in this database.
For Maurice Leahy B 1842 +/- 4 yrs with a father named John, I found 4 B rcds: 1838 Cork, 1839 Tipperary, 1842 Cork, and 1845 Cork.
For John Leahy M 1837 +/- 4 yrs, I found 29 M rcds. For Margaret Farrell, I found 40 M rcds. For the two, there are ONLY 3 possible matches on yr and county: 1835 Tipperary, 1838 Cork, and 1840 Cork. Will let you sift thru the database to see if any also match for the same parish.
For Mary Hanley (exact) B 1845 +/- 4 yrs, I found 46 B rcds; 3 (1846, 1847 & 1848) are in Co. Tipperary, 1 in 1846 Cork.
For Thomas Hanley (exact) B 1842 +/- 4 yrs, I found 20 B rcds; 1 in Co. Tipperary, 0 in Cork.
Conclusion - based on the existing database, the most likely county is Tipperary.
Note 2 - The RC church hasn't allowed digitization of many of Tipperary's parish rcds. Access to the rcds is allowed only through the Tipperary Family History Research center for a substantial fee.
Based on all the above, these are my best guesses:
Maurice - born TIP, Cahir parish 1839
Thomas - born TIP, Cahir parish 1846
Mary - born TIP, Carrick-on-Suir parish in 1845
Note 3 - The only thing strange is that Maurice has a best friend who is 7 years younger. However, Thomas meets the usual age range for emigration to U.S. in 1865.
Note 4 - Mary's DOB in 1846 makes her eligible to marry in 1868.
Google the Foundation's name to lead you to this database. Pls post your search results to my genforum msg.
My analysis may be wholely wrong, but it makes sense. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Re: John Leahy and Margaret Farrell abt. 1825 in Ireland
John Leahy 12/01/08