Johanna McInerney : Short Biography

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Johanna McInerney 1807

Rathkeale (Limerick) County Limerick

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Johanna had at least one child, Margarita (Margaret), by Johannis (John) Myres, baptised RC 6th June 1832 in Croom, Limerick. No evidence she ever married Myres, after an extensive search of marriage records. At the time her daughter was shipped off to Sydney as an Irish orphan, it was stated that her mother was in "Rathkeile Union". (Presumably meaning a workhouse.) She seems to have taken up with John Reordon/Riordan who was stated in the orphan records to be Margaret's deceased father. Poverty relief loans show John to be in bad circumstances, behind in his payments. He must have been dead by the time step-daughter Margaret departed Ireland 1850 for Sydney.

Johanna McInerney likely informally took on John Reardon's surname and lived with him.

There was a Johanna Riordan in the Landed Estates Court Rentals 1850-1855 Transcription. Year was 1850, date was Oct-Nov 1850. Place Coolanoran, [Rathkeale], Limerick. Findmypast. Vol. 003, Document 042. Censuses.

There was a Johanna Riordan in the Primary Valuation of Tenements 1851. Townland Coolanoran, [Rathkeale], Limerick. Date 1851. Pub. 2002, Longford, Ireland, Noel Farrell, of exploringfamilyorigins.com. "County Limerick: Rathkeale/Newcastle West: Family Roots: Exploring Family Origins in Rathkeale & Newcastle West.
Family Connections book 941.5 FAR, IRL, LIM.

Johanna's probable death (the most likely candidate) is in rootsireland.ie, copyright Limerick Genealogy, accessed @ Family Connections 13th May 2017: Johanna Reordan died aged 60, bronchitis, 23 Feb 1867 in Croom, Croom workhouse as a widow, Labourer, female. County Limerick. Informant Patrick Carroll [probably the workhouse superintendent]. I have looked at the buildings entered in Ireland XO and found that Rathkeale workhouse took inmates from Croom. Then Croom workhouse started in 1850. I surmise that what happened was when daughter Margaret embarked the Maria as an Irish orphan in 1850 she was not to know her mother would've moved workhouses to the new one. Hopefully she eventually found that out!

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Date of Birth	1st Jan 1807
Date of Death	1st Feb 1867
Names of Children	Margarita (Margaret) Reardon

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I have looked at the buildings entered in Ireland XO and found that Rathkeale workhouse took inmates from Croom. Then Croom workhouse was built & started taking inmates in 1850. I surmise that what happened was when daughter Margaret embarked the Maria as an Irish orphan in 1850 she was not to know her mother would've moved workhouses to the new one. Hopefully she eventually found that out!