Gibbons family

DJRIOS:

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The baptismal records for Aghagower RC parish start in April 1828. I searched on the subscription site Roots Ireland for Gibbons baptismal records with father John and mother Catherine. I found an 1831 Austin Gibbons record (see below). There were also records for four siblings:Michael 1830 Mary 1832 Honor 1834 John 1835. Looks like the mother was also a Gibbons.

The townland was likely the current day Cordarragh North or Cordarragh South

Not sure what name Jeffrey would have been given at baptism. I assume he was born before April 1828?

Roger McDonnell

Name:Austin GibbonsDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:20-Sep-1831Address:CurdarraghParish/District:Aghagower RC parishGender:MaleCountyCo. Mayo. 
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:John GibbonsMother:Catherine GibbonsOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:John MortimerSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Gibbons

Thank you very much. I really appreciate you taking the time to research this for me.

It is my understanding that Austin and Jeffrey were twins and I have birth dates anywhere from 1828 to 1823. There is a passenger manifest indicating emigration in 1953 that lists their age as 20. However a local newspaper in the US describes a reunion of the brothers in 1903 at age 75, so I'm leaning toward 1828. At the reunion brother Michael was 73 and John 68.
The information you found appears to match these dates/ages.

Where would I find the passenger manifest of Austin and Jeffrey’s emigration to America?

Thank you

Katherine:

There are no Irish records of ship departures around 1850. Possibly there may be a record maintained on Ancestry of possibly familysearch.org however, records around 1850 are sparse.

Roger

Thank you Roger