I have a very interesting new found brick wall. My great grandfather, John J. O'Malley was born in Castlebar 12/29/1874 according to death records. Other documents indicate he could have been born from 1865-1874. Family lore was he was an only child and his parents John OMalley and Mary Kane with both dying young. I recently came across a civil birth record for a John Malley born 10/29/1874 at the Castlebar Workhouse to Bridget Malley. The reason this struck me as interesting is that that date the birth was registered was 12/28/1874 just one day difference from his death record date of 12/29/1874. I have never come across any marriage or information on John and Mary Kane Omalley. There are birth records for children born to a Mary Cain and James OMalley. These children emigrated to Cleveland Ohio where John J Omalley died but have never been able to fully connect him to that line. Would there be any way to investigate the Castlebar workhouse birth. Thank you for any help you can offer
Mstanrn
Wednesday 5th Aug 2020, 02:11PMMessage Board Replies
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Mstanrn:
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I searched for civil birth records from 1864-1874 and did not find a John Malley record with the parents you listed. I did find birth records for possible siblings of John in 1870 and 1871. In 1871, John Malley and Mary Kane Malley had moved to the town of Castlebar and John was listed as a pensioner. Possibly he was in the military?
I searched for death records and there were two possible records of a Mary Malley dying in her 40s in 1882 and 1886 where her husband was John but they were farmers. There were also a couple of leads for John Malley death records in 1889 and 1892. Use the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie
sixth record Anne https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1870/03330/2220672.pdf
eighth record Matthew https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1871/03305/2211132.pdf
Roger McDonnell
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