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I am trying to locate the birth place of my 3X Great-Grandmother, Ellen GRACE, born 1785/1786 in County Cork. I have no parish location. Her possible husband is Patrick FOLEY, though I am not sure if he was from Ireland or they met in Canada where they had a family, including a son, Patrick J. FOLEY (my 2X G-GF), born 1831 in Pokeshaw, New Brunswick. Ellen died Feb 19, 1838 and his buried in the St. Simon and St. Jude Parish cemetery in Grand Anse, New Brunswick. Her headstone states she was a native of County Cork and age 52. Suggestions/ideas most welcome. Thank you. Ted Sisk

ted1803

Sunday 3rd Feb 2019, 03:21AM

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  • Ted:

    Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

    Very few RC parishes in Co. Cork have records back to 1785. I checked the two sites we use for Co. Cork baptismal records (subscription site Roots Ireland and the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie) and did not find an Ellen Grace baptismal record.

    You may want to consider adding Ellen's emigration story to our XO Chronicles site and possibly someone will see a connection  https://www.irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-dat…

    Have you considered DNA testing?

    Roger McDonnell

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Sunday 3rd Feb 2019, 02:06PM

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