Ahern/Leahy From Annakissy, Cork

DLI:

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Here is a link to the parish register for Annakissy that shows the pages for marriage records for the first part of 1829. https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634081#page/38/mode/1up I do not see a February 23rd marriage at all and the marriage for Michael Ahern and Mary Leahy appears to be May 23. (see right hand page).

I think the Dan record you located was for a different Michael Ahern/Mary Leahy family.

By the way, there was also a Mary in 1836. See baptismal transcription below from the subscription site Roots Ireland.

Did you locate a death record for Patrick? Dioes it show Mary Leahy as the mother? Ancestry.com has Pennsylvania death records from 1906-1964.

I think you have the correct family. Co. Cork RC parishes generally go way back close to 1800 so it is unlikely that you would have a situation where the family married and had children in a parish where records start in 1845.

I don't think you will find burial records for someone who died in 1850 or earlier.

Let me know what questions you have.

Roger McDonnell

Name:Mary AhernDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:11-Aug-1836Address:B CurrigParish/District:KILLAVULLENGender:FemaleCountyCo. Cork
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Michael AhernMother:Mary LeahyOccupation:
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Informant 1:James HanlonSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Ahern

Hi Roger,

Thanks for your response.  I do have Patrick's death record, but it doesn't list his parents' names or where they are from beyond Ireland.  John's death record was too early to list parent information.  I only found out about John 2 weeks ago when I was trying to find burial information for 4 of Patrick's children who died young.  They are buried in John's cemetery lot. Michael is also buried there.  I can't find Michael on the 1860 census, so I don't know when he arrived in Philadelphia.  If Ellen, Mary and Eliza lived, they may have come to the States as well.  I will have to look for records for them.  John and Patrick lived in the same parish in Philadelphia and were witnesses at various baptisms, etc.

I found Michael and Mary Leahy Ahern by doing a search on fathers named Michael with sons Patrick and John through Find my Past.  This was the only match that made sense.

I see Killavullen on a map.  What does B Currig refer to?

DLI:

Priests always abbreviated Bally as B   Looking at the map, your townland would be Ballincurrig in Monaminy civil parish.

Roger