Hi,
I too have been looking for ancestors in the Parish of Lavey. Mine are the Murphys and unlike the Converys there aren't many of them. I am having a great deal of trouble in finding a baptism or birth register for John Murphy who would have been born circa 1836 as his wife Sarah Scullion was born then. There are many Scullions in this area and I would also be interested in finding anything about John's wife Sarah. I know they married on 10 Dec 1856. He could have been somwhat older than Sarah.
The Scullions and Converys intermarried but I don't think any of the Murphys did with the Converys, however if you have and records of Murphys or Scullions marrying Converys it may help my search. I have seen the name John (Manus) Convery in the Termoneeny Parish records at the National Library of Ireland NLI online so if you haven't searched this it may be worthwhile. It takes a lot of time but if you know some dates you can skip to them. I think from memory they only start from 1846 though so no good for my John Murphy's birth.
I am travelling to Ireland in May this year and will be going to the cermetarys at Lavey so will give your ancestors a nod.
If you have any Murphys crop up in your search I would appreciate the information. Specifically I am searching for John's birth and death. I have reason to believe he moved to Drummond around 1880. I would love to know who his siblings and parents were but without birth details it is hard to know if he is related to the other Murphys in the area although there aren't many. Apparently he came from Broagh and there are a few Broagh Murphys who I think he must have been related to. I have details of his children as follows- John circa 9 Jan 1880 (not the John in 1873 he was my GGGrandfather's twin who died), 13 March 1873, John and Patrick Sarah 11 Dec 1871, Bridget circa 14 Aug 1869, Catherine circa 1867, Andrew circa 1864, Edward circa 1862, Mary Jane circa 6th Oct 1862, Henry no birth date that I can find.
Good luck with your search and if you think you have any information that may help me I would appreciate it and likewise if I come across any Converys in my search I will let you know.
Lisa
