Re: Anne O'Conner from Ireland m. Jeremiah Dillon (child born in Chicago, IL)
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Anne O'Conner from Ireland m. Jeremiah Dillon (child born in Chicago, IL)
Jennifer Hogan 11/08/06
From the 1910 census, what were Anne and Jeremiah's ages (DOB)? Were they married in Ireland?
I research 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 parish, the chance of an ancestor's rcds NOT being in this database is AT LEAST 35%.
Note 2 - Only 1/2 of Co. Cork's rcds are in this database.
Note 3 - The RC church kept control over most parish rcds from Tipperary (north). These are ONLY available thru the Tipperary Family History Research center at a substantial fee (regardless of outcome).
For Jeremiah Dillon M 1906 +/- 1 yr somewhere in Ireland, I found 0 M rcds between 1899 and 1907.
For Jeremiah Dillon B 1884 +/- 4 yrs ditto with the father's forename unknown, I found 0 B rcds. There are lots of Dillons in Ireland, just not many Jeremiahs. The only B possibility is for 1891 Limerick. This would have made him 15 when he married. Possible, but unlikely.
Assuming Ann to be also youthful, I found used a B search range of 1890 +/- 1 yr. I found 69 B rcds: 10 in Limerick.
Will leave it to you to search Co. Limerick to see if there are marriages of the two in the same parish. If so, these are likely your ancestors.
Alternatively, B/M/D registration was civil after 1863 and comprehensive. Civil rcds are at the General Register Office. Contact it at http://www.groireland.iehttp://www.groireland.ie for certificate copies. Fees apply. The office will want more preliminary information than I think you have. Suggest you search the U.S. censuses for 1910 and 1920.
Google the Foundation's name to lead you to this database. Register, opt to be notified as rcds are added and browse. Pls post your search results to my genforum msg.
Hope this helps. Good luck.