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Richard Heery is my 3rd great grandfather, born in Ireland in around 1839. At some point he moved to Hartlepool, England, and we have his marriage certificate from 1870 there. He married Hannah Gleeson, and they had seven children. He worked as a labourer and lived in Hartlepool for the rest of his life, dying in 1911. On the marriage certificate, he names his father as Philip (and says that Philip is also a labourer), but we can find no records for a Philip Heery with a son called Richard at all. The English censuses don't say where in Ireland Richard was born, they literally just say Ireland, so we can't narrow down a place. We have found some baptism records for Richard with a father called Patrick, and Richard and Hannah's first son was called Patrick, so we are wondering if Philip is the right name? We don't seem to come across people called Philip often in 1800s Ireland. Also, often when we are searching on family tree websites, the sites seem to have a problem with the surname Heery and just come up with nothing at first. When records do appear they're often for people in County Cavan. Is Heery a rare surname, and does it come from County Cavan? We are very stuck, so any help would be really appreciated

GMoon

Sunday 27th Mar 2022, 09:06PM

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  • RootsIreland gives the following Philip Heerey/Heery/O’Hares in Griffith’s Valuation. This survey was taken in the mid-19th century. The townland is listed after the person’s name, then the parish. I hope this is helpful.

    Griffith Heerey Philip Latnadronagh Crosserlough Co. Cavan
    Griffith Heerey Philip Portan Crosserlough Co. Cavan
    Griffith Heery Philip Garryross Castlerahan Co. Cavan
    Griffith O'Hare Philip Magheramayo Drumgooland Co. Down
    Griffith O'Hare Philip Town Parks/t/dundalk/casey's Place Dundalk Co. Louth
    Griffith O'Hare Philip Lurgankeel Faughart Co. Louth
    Griffith O'Hare Philip M. Lurgankeel Faughart Co. Louth
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    Patricia

    Sunday 27th Mar 2022, 10:32PM

  • Hi Patricia, 

    Thank you for your quick reply and Griffith's Valuation ideas. We have looked at some of the original Griffith's Valuation records on the website AskAboutIreland, but we don't really know what to do next or how the Valuation is useful to family history research, since it just gives the person's name, their parish and the type of land. Is there anything else we could do to narrow it down, or are we stuck because we don't know where in Ireland Philip was from? 

    Thank you for your help and best wishes, 

    Georgina

    GMoon

    Monday 28th Mar 2022, 01:49PM

  • Hi Patricia, 

    Thank you for your quick reply and Griffith's Valuation ideas. We have looked at some of the original Griffith's Valuation records on the website AskAboutIreland, but we don't really know what to do next or how the Valuation is useful to family history research, since it just gives the person's name, their parish and the type of land. Is there anything else we could do to narrow it down, or are we stuck because we don't know where in Ireland Philip was from? 

    Thank you for your help and best wishes, 

    Georgina

    GMoon

    Monday 28th Mar 2022, 01:49PM

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