Cantwell & Finnerty And on to Clark

Rahan volunteer alerted

Hello James

Firstly welcome to Ireland Reaching Out

Question - how do you mean you have been blocked from finding out anymore on Martin Clark

Martin Clarke was born in Rahan October 29th 1835 to Patrick Clarke and Eliza Murray, Godparents were Jas (maybe Joseph) Smyth and Eliza Kelly.

Attached is the record

James

Honorah was Baptised on the 29th July 1930 in Killina in St Carthages Church in the Parish of Rahan. 

Parents were Peter Finnerty and Judith Cantwell, Godparents were Edward Kinahan and Winifred Kelly.  If Honorah was Baptised on July 29th she was born probably 2/3 days earlier.  (Baptism record attached)

Geraldine

Peter

Judith's parents were James Cantwell and Johanna Kelly, one of their other children was Michael Cantwell (Judiths brother) married Mary Molloy,

Michael and Mary are my Great Great Grandparents

Geraldine

Hi Geraldine -

Do you know if Michael had other brothers, namely Patrick?  Still trying to find some kind of marriage or birth records for Patrick Cantwell and Mary Grogan both born around 1820 and married around 1840.

Maybe I’m also looking for a John Henry Cantwell if the traditional naming convention was used.

I do know their son, John Henry b. 1844 was born in Rahan- was verified using an old employment application.

Thanks,

Kathryn Regel

Hello Kathryn

Hello Kathryn

Do you have this Baptism record for Patrick Cantwell to Michael Cantwell and Mary Molloy 16th Feb 1829

Patrick 1820

Matthew 1824

Mary 1826

Ellen 1824

Joseph 1838 (seems a big gap but the birth Registration is there with the correct parents)

Teresa 

Parents Michael Cantwell 1797 and Mary Molloy 1798

Hi Geraldine,

I think perhaps the Patrick baptized in 1829 may be too young to be my Patrick, IF that was also his birth year. I would think he would have been closer to his wife’s age - she was born in 1823, and their children born in the early 1840s.

You also reference above a Patrick born in 1820. Is that the same person? I’m a little confused.

Thanks,

Kathryn

Kayhryn

I have searched all the 1844 records for John Henry in Rahan baptisms but could not find him.  (might have to look again)

Do you have a record of his birth

The only other Patrick Cantwell I could find was born 1837 to Michael Cantwell and Anne Flanagan

Hi,

No record of John Henry’s birth. I know he was born in 1844 (obituary, headstone and census). On an employment application in the US, he listed his birthplace as Rahan. But nothing official at all like a baptism record. If he is the first born son, is there a good likelihood that his paternal grandfather was also named John?

Thanks!
Kathryn