Re: Descendants of Jack Sheridan of Carrickgorman, Killinkere, Co. Cavan
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Re: John Sheridan b. 1800 IRE/Somerset, OH 1860
William Drake 4/16/05
William,
I have finished your book and I really enjoyed it.I have recommended it to several other people.
As far as the posting, I was really looking for the people who could be descendants of Jack Sheridan and John Sheridan's other 8 brothers.Mostly relatives who stayed in Ireland or went to England or the U.S.
My Philip Sheridan born about 1820 lived in Corneenflynn, Glangevlin Parish, Co. Cavan, Ireland.Some descendants now live in Curravagh, Co. Cavan; Kinsale, Co. Cork; Longford Town, Co. Longford; London, England; and the U.S.
I do not think I am related to General Philip Henry Sheridan.I never heard anyone even suggest it in our family.
There will be a Sheridan Reunion in Granard, Co. Longford, in the Spring of 2006.I plan to attend.During this visit to Ireland, I plan to go to Killinkere, Carrickgorman, and Beagh Glebe just to look around.
Since good maps of Ireland are hard to find, I went to the Cavan Research Centre in Cavan Town in February 2005 and purchased a few very detailed Ordnance Survey maps of Co. Cavan which now makes locating the townlands a lot easier.
One other thing, during my recent visit to Co. Cavan, I noticed that they started to place big rocks or bolders along the road with the name of the townland etched into them.Both the Gaelic and common name of the townland were on them.
I have found many variations in the census data.Then, there are mistakes from the people who recently transcribed the data into the current databases.One thing I have noticed that if an infant is 8/12, the transcriber into the database has made the person 8 years old.
So, the person could have given the wrong information to the census taker, the census taker could have written it down wrong and the transcriber could have entered it wrong into the database.All excusable human error.That is why I check the actual census film.
As always, thank you for responding.
Charlene
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