McNamara Immigration Info

Hello Fiona and welcome to Ireland Reaching Out

Parish records for Kildorrery in the Diocese of Cloyne do not begin until 1803 for marriages and May 1824 for Baptisms 

Do you know if he married before he left Cork for Nova Scotia

I have searched Griffith Valuations for the name McNamara and the Tithe Applopment books but no luck

Historic Graves have surveyed the graveyards in Kildorrey - this is the link Kildorrery | Historic Graves

I have also searched the 1901 Irish census for the name McNamara but no luck either

I will keep looking

Have you any records at all from Ireland re the family

Thanks

Geraldine

 

Fional here is the link to the Historical Society if you would also like to contact them

Historical Society (kildorrerycommunity.ie)

 

Also have you considered DNA to find are there any relatives still in that area in Cork

Fiona I dont know if you saw this book Flight from Famine: The Coming of the Irish to Canada eBook : MacKay, Donald: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Yes, I do have a bit of info!

Dennis came to Nova Scotia around the 1830s. He married in Parrsboro in 1832, and had a farm with his wife and 12 children. He's buried at St Brigid's cemetary in Parrsboro, NS. I recently read "Historical Notes: Parrsboro and Vicinity" by DJ Taylor, a resident of Parrsboro, written in 1900. Its a detailed account of many early settler families from the Parrsboro area and lists his children and some grandchildren in detail. I've been tracing my geneology but hit a dead end at Dennis, as I have no info about his parents, or his actual date of birth. I just know he was born in 1802 and then left Ireland for NS. He may have had a sister named Mary? I found info about a Mary McNamara from Ireland in NS born around 1805 that migragted to NS around the same time he did, but I know the name Mary is extremely common, and I haven't found much else about her. 

 

Thank you for your help!

Fiona, do you have a tree on Ancestry? I am a DNA match to a person who has Dennis McNamara of Kildorrery who married Anne Atkinson who was born in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. My email address is janfortado"at" comcast.net

Yes! I will be sending you an email shortly, look out for it!