Coleman Family in Claremorris

Jim:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I located the church marriage record for Michael and Mary from 1854. Civil registration of RC marriages did not begin until 1864. Here is a link to the parish register for Kilcolman/Claremorris parish. Baptismal records start in 1835 so it is possible that Michael was born before 1835 and a record would not be available. http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1056

I was unable to find a good baptismal record for Michael Morley.

Roger McDonnell

Date of Marriage:29-May-1854
Parish / District:Kilcolman RC parish
County:Co. Mayo

Husband MichaelColeman
Wife MaryRuane
Witness 1
Witness 2Name:PatrickColeman
MaryO'Donnell

Hi Roger,

I realized I never thanked you for replying to my post. Thank you for the information about my 2nd great grandparents! Still hoping to find information on the Morley family, saw a reference to them in Griffiths in Knock but can't tie this to my family yet. Hope you have a blessed and Happy Christmas!

Jim Hopman

Denver, Colorado 

Jim:

Thanks for the Christmas greetings! Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Roger

Phoenix MD

Hi Roger,

I saw a reference on on John Grenham's site referencing Griffith's Valuation of 3 Coleman families and 1 Morley family in the Kilcolman Clanmorris parish in 1856-57.  I realize this is not related to the church records. I find Griffith's sometimes hard to research. Just curious if you've seen this. I'll try to add a screenshot.

Thanks, Jim Hopman

Jim:

Yes, the Griffiths is useful to a point. You also have to watch for spellings. There are also Colman records in that parish. Another issue is that there was another Kilcolman parish in Mayo in 1855 which was moved to Co. Roscommon in 1898. Sometimes the records get merged but if you have the Clanmorris barony records you are in the right place. The other parish is in Costello barony.

Roger

This is Jim Hopman again.  Thought I'd post the names of Micahel Coleman's and Mary Ruane's children. their daughter, Anne is my great-grandmother.  Wonder if there are any Coleman families in Claremorris and if they'd recognize any of these names.

siblings  Baptism              Birth

James   29 Jul 1855
Patrick  24 May 1857
Anne    08 May 1859      1 May 1859

Mary    27 Oct 1861
Margaret 15 Aug 1864  11 Aug 1864

John  26 May 1867       24 May 1867

Catherine 19 Dec 1869 18 Dec 1869

Bridget 25 Mar 1872      22 Mar 1872

Jane 18 Feb 1877
Celia 31 Aug 1879
Michael 22 Mar 1885
 

Hi Jim Hopeman 

I am the great great grand daughter of Patrick Coleman (the father of Michael Coleman). 

I may be related to your family in two ways.  

1.  via the Coleman family (my mother) 
2.  my great grand mother on father's side was Anne Ruane and I believe she is a sister or cousin of  the Mary Ruane married to Michael Coleman (mentioned in your post above).   

Anne Ruane's mother was Ann O'Donnell.  This explains the sponsor is named  O'Donnell.  

Regards 
Mary