Meara, O’Meara, Mara, O’Mara family

Seeker:

The civil parish of Moyne is in North Tipperary. I searched the North Tipperary church records on the subscription site Roots Ireland for the years 1827-1837. I located a January 20 1836 baptismal record for a Joanna Meara with father Patrick Meara and mother Mary Salmon sponsors were Rody Mara and Margaret Cahill.  The parish was Lorrha which is at the northern most end of Tipperary and Moyne/Templetuohy parish is a good distance away. There was also a Judith Mara May 3 1835 father Patrick Mara and mother Mary (no last name shown) in Monsea parish which is also a good distance from Moyne.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Roger McDonnell

Hi Seeker . . . 

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out . . to Tipperary County . . and the Town of Roscrea . . .

Roscrea . . the Town . . would . . like you said . . appears to be the homeplace of the Clan Meagher

 (Meara, O'Meara, Mara, O'Mara) . . . 

Roger did some great research for you  (above) . . and given your limited input . . made searching very " iffy " . . 

Mahers ..OMearas  etc . . come together in this district . . and encompass ..3 (three) adjacent Counties ..

i.e. Tipperary - Offaly (aka Kings County ) ..and Laoise ( aka Quenns County )

I took Rogers search a little further . . including . . these two other Counties  . . including a broad time line . .. 

seaching . . between . . . 1827 - to 1837 . . 3 counties . . .BUT . . 

when I include father as " Patrick and Mother .Mary " . . NIL .. shows up . . .

BUT . . leaving out the Parents names . . . my search rings me back to ROSCREA . . 

Name:Johanna Mara      Date of Birth:

Date of Baptism:14-Apr-1835    Address:Not Recorded     Parish/District:ROSCREA     Gender:Female  CountyCo. Tipperary

Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:John Mara     Mother:Margaret MaherOccupation:

Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:John McdonaldSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Ryan

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Name:Johanna Meara     Date of Birth:

Date of Baptism:30-Jul-1836      Address:
Parish/District:Templetuohy     Gender:
County     Co. Tipperary

Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:John Meara      Mother:Catheirne Finn       Occupation:

Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Edward MearaSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Judith Meara

(NOTE - Templetouhy . . Is a possaility ..geographically_

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Name:Johanna Meara     Date of Birth:

Date of Baptism:27-Dec-1837    Address:Ballysorrell    Parish/District:TEMPLEMORE   Gender:Female   CountyCo. Tipperary

Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:John Meara    Mother:Catherine Morrisse    yOccupation:Not Recorded

NOTE ..Templemore . . is also a possability . . 

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Name:Johanna Meara     Date of Birth:

Date of Baptism     :05-Mar-1837Address:
Parish/District   :THURLES     Gender:
County  Co. Tipperary

Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:David Meara    Mother:Mary Dwyer     Occupation:

Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Thomas NewsomeSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Judith Ryan

Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Jas BarberSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Barber

NOTE ....THURLES ... also a poss.

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The above searches were with ROOTS Ire. (Paid)

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Before signing off . . I had a look at ANCESTRY . . and came across the following . . 

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/13265085:70667?tid=&p…

SO . . NOT much more . . BUT . . good luck with your continued search  . . . 

Best I could add . . 

Cheers . . Eamonn.

Roger and Eamonn,

I want to thank you both so much for your efforts in assiting me in my search!

As I stated in my post her parents names were Patrick/Mary, that information is as per her death certificate from here in the U.S. so I am farily confident in that information. All census records that I have located here indicate her birth year to be either 1831-32 and while they can at times a bit inaccurate, the number and consistency of them leads me to believe it to be true. Also her headstone indicates that she passed away in 1899 at the age of 67 years. Once again I cannot say with any certainty that she originated from Tipperary but based on the origins of the name I figured I would start there. I will look into the records you have provided as I cintinue my research and if either of you have any suggestions as to additional likely places of her birth based on family name I would be quite interested.

Thank you both so much Again,

Seeker

Hi again Seeker . . . 

So . . I read your reply . . . and thought . . maybe a search of " ALL " of Ireland . . might be in order . . 

and . . sure enough . . putting in the Patrick // Mary . . . heres hat I found as extra . . 

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Name:Johanna Meagher       Date of Birth:

Date of Baptism:04-Mar-1832    Address:?Parish/District:PALLASGREEN & TEMPLEBREDON     Gender:Unknown             CountyCo. Limerick

Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Patrick Meagher      Mother:Mary Carroll       Occupation:

Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Ml Donegan      Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:My Andrews

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Name:Johanna Magher      Date of Birth:

Date of Baptism:04-Apr-1833      Address:
Parish/District      :BALLYLOOBY       Gender:
County     Co. Waterford

Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Patrick MagherMother:Mary CoffyOccupation:

Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:John Cleary      Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Anastasia Coffy

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Just to add . . . Ballylooby in TIPPERARY . . looks interesting . . .
Maybe you should try a Postal Letter to Ballylooby National School . . to see if . . local knowledge
could be put in play. . .

Cheers . . again. .

Eamonn,

Thanks so much, that's terrific! I will definitely look more closely at this info. Any further ideas please let me know!

Thanks again,

Seeker

Hi Seeker,

Did she marry?
If she did wat was his name please.

Margot

Hello Margot,

Yes she did marry but it appears it was after she arrived in the U.S.

Her husbands name was Thomas White ... according to census records he arrived in the U.S. approx 2-3 years after Johanna.

Seeker

Hi Seeker,
 was hoping to pick something up from the death of Johanna with her married ame, sadly no results.
Back to the Parish Books, I searched 1827 to 1838 and no Johanna to Patrick and Mary.

In Griffiths Valuation there is a Patrick Meara in Moyne this is in 1850.
Griffith's Valuation (askaboutireland.ie)

I have searched for deaths for Patrick and Mary, sorry no results.
I will add you to my list and if I can find anything in future I will update you.
I am from the Meara Clan but in the Toomevara, Neneagh and Borrisokane area.

Cheers

Margot
 

Hi Margot,

It is quite a mystery but I will carry on searching. The most interesting possible match seems to be from 1832 Church baptismal records in Ballylooby with the last name spelling of Magher. All entries are in Latin but translate into the first names of both parents and Johanna as well. I would reiterate that I cannot say with any certainty exactly where in Ireland Johanna is origianlly from. She may well be from the Meara clan in one of the areas you mentioned above... I wish I could provide that information. Thank you for all of your efforts.

Seeker