Owen Connors/Connor

Kathleen:

It is not surprising that there were no children after Ellen since there is a 16 year period where Catherine had children. 

Kilbrin parish is real close to Clonfert, Kilcorcoran and Kilroe. It would not be unusual for someone living in Bawnmore Kilbrin parish to attend Kanturk parish.

We have very little info on families between the period of the Tithes (late 1820s/early 1830s) until the Griffiths unless you can find a church baptismal record.  

We don't know when the Tithe listing was prepared. Owen Connors in Bawnmore was leasing three acres of land at the time of the Tithes. What event occured to cause him to move to Lackaleigh? 

Civil registration of deaths did not start until 1864 and very few RC parishes kept death info pre-1864.

Owen Connors either died before the Griffiths or he lost his holding.

I checked for civil death records from 1864-1880 on the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie and there were no Owen Connors record in the Kanturk registration district. There are a few Catherine Connors records in the 1864-1870 period that possibly could be for your ancestor but until the site adds the images for those years, we can't confirm.

The 1901 census had one Connors family in Lackaleigh townland  http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Castlecor/Lackale…

Let me know if you have any questions.

Roger McDonnell

Thanks for getting back with me so quickly and giving me your thoughts. 

Here are some of the thoughts I had. Either Catherine or Owen could surely have died after 1834 and therefore there would be no more children. That would put them roughly in their 50's or so. I know the life expectancy was nowhere near what it now. I've considered that in 1845 when the Famine hit, there were too many deaths to count and that could surely have been a factor. I've considered what I have read about after the Tithe Apploment Books were done and there were Tithe Wars. Were people evicted if they couldn't pay their tithes or were they forced to move? Lackaleigh in the Parish of Subulter is very close to Kilbrin. Maybe they just moved there. Some of the kids would still have been young and where did they go?

I am going to get a map somehow that is very detailed of North West County Cork and in particular the Barony of Duhallow where I think all their lives were played out. I have books that have maps that are cross-referrenced with Civil and Catholic parishes. I don't have words to tell you how confusing that is. I have ALWAY been geographically challenged. I've tried and failed to figure out where I can get the above mentioned old OSI maps with the numbers on them that indicate who owned land and where that don't cost a fortune. Any ideas on that would be helpful. It would sure be nice if I knew that one of the Connors still there is looking for me. I would love to make a connection when I come this fall. 

Sincerely,

Kathy

Kathy:

I'm not a map expert. The only maps that I know have info on who leased/owned what plots in a townland and how many acres, are the maps for the Griffiths Valuation. The Ask About Ireland site has the maps  https://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/    From personal experience, it takes some time to understand the site but the maps are there.

Roger