John Casey m Anne McGee in Longford 1848

Jenni:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

The subscription site Roots Ireland had two baptismal records for two other children (see below). Possibly these two children died young in Ireland if they are not listed in the records in Canada. One of the records showed Longford for the address so likely they lived in the town. You asked about other records for John Casey and Anne McGee. I could not locate an Anne McGee baptismal record with father Charles. I did find an 1825 John Casey record with a father with a name starting with T. in Templemichael. Possibly this is the John Casey who married Anne McGee. See below.

John Casey was not shown on the Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Templemichael civil parish but there were six other Casey records.

https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/longford/templemichael.htm

Roger McDonnell

Name:Thomas CaseyDate of Birth:Date of Baptism:08-Sep-1849

Address:Not RecordedParish/District:LONGFORDGender:MaleCountyCo. Longford
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:John CaseyMother:Ann MacGeeOccupation:Not Recorded
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Thomas RyanSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Ann Casey

Name:Elizabeth CaseyDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:09-May-1851Address:LongfordParish/District:LONGFORDGender:FemaleCountyCo. Longford
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:John CaseyMother:Ann MacGeeOccupation:Not Recorded
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Hugh RourkeSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Anna Masterson

Name:John CaseyDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:01-Jun-1825Address:Not RecordedParish/District:LONGFORDGender:MaleCountyCo. Longford
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Thad CaseyMother:Mary O DonnellOccupation:Not Recorded
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Edward ScallySponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Scally

Roger - thank you so much for taking your time to help me in my searches! I had suspected there was at least one other child born that may not have survived so this information was affirming.

Would you be willing to share your thoughts on the following:

• I've attached a screenshot of the record I located for John & Anne's wedding. Is that a church name listed, or does it simply say "The Parish Church?"
• If a church is not listed, how I might find the church this family married in and baptised their children in? Would Roots Ireland help me with records for the early 1800s?
• I appreciate you attaching Griffiths Valuation and I am still learning about this resource. John and Anne's fathers were listed as laborers. Would they be on the valuation if they did not own property? Obviously I am inferring that, but wondering if I am understanding the function of that document.

Thank you in advance for sharing any thoughts that would help me in my continued searches!

Jenni

Jenni:

This is a civil record. From 1845-1863 only non-RC marriages were civilly registered. I suspect that either the bride or the groom was Church of Ireland and the couple agreed to baptize the children Roman Catholic.

Each civil parish had a Church of Ireland (now Anglican) church. So parish church in the record meant the church in the parish of Templemichael and in this case Longford Town.

Here is a link to  the Anglican churches in the area. If you hit "the Churches" link you will see St. Johns church in Longford town. http://www.longford.ardagh.anglican.org/

Roger

Thank you again, Roger! This was very helpful.

Jenni