seeking family information Bowes/Burke

Hi there,

Killallaghtan looks to be in the Roman Catholic diocese of Cappataggle (Clonfert). The church records are available starting from 1809 for baptismal, marriage and burial records. You can check these at the National Library of Ireland, Pos. 2431, or the Church of Latter Day Saints, ref. no. 1279215, 1279216. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance.

Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864 however. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You could also try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffth's Valuation (1848-64). Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at.

There is an early 19th century document dated 1806-10: Catholic householders, Killalaghtan; In the Catholic parish registers of Cappataggle, National Library of Ireland Pos. 2431. I have already mentioned estate records to you that may be of some use.

Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.

Kind regards,

Sinead Cooney

Genealogist (Ireland XO)

Hello Irishclare

I have spoken to a volunteer in the next parish and they have provided some information.

Paula

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Burke is common in Kiltullagh/Killimordaly as in most places so would need abit more on Catherine

I assume that Clare's great-grandfather was John Bowes based on 1901 Census and Clare naming siblings..

They show up again on the 1911 Census with typo on the townland

Residents of a house 9 in Eastmill (Killallaghtan, Galway)

Surname    Forename    Age    Sex    Relation to head    Religion
Bowes    William    85    Male    Head of Family    R Catholic
Bowes    Catherine    70    Female    Wife    Roman Catholic
Bowes    Maria    35    Female    Daughter    Roman Catholic
Bowes    Patrick    32    Male    Son    Roman Catholic

Interesting to note that both William and Catherine have aged 20 years since the 1901 census (maybe related to getting there attempts to get the old age pension?!?) but the children's ages do not match up either. The age increase needs to be kept in mind when searching for date of births etc

There is a Matthew Bowes and family on the 1901 and 1911 Census in Eastwell...maybe a brother of William as of similar age???

Bowes    Matthew    65    Male    Head of Family

Other bits that may/may not help http://www.connorsgenealogy.net/galway/Killallaghtantithes.htm
Tithe Apploments Killallaghtan Civil Parish ca 1821-26
Bowes     Jas     193     Gurtnahoon

(there is also Burke in the area
Burk     Jas     4     Ballydonellan East
Burke     Jas     19     Brockloon
Burke     Jas     50     Park)

On the Ballinasloe website there is a photo of Cappataggle NS 1925 which names two female Bowes students attending the school http://www.ballinasloe.com/photos/v/ballinasloe_schools/Cappataggle+Nat…

I was looking through the Irish News archives website and have attached some news articles that should help piece together the Bowes family. Keeping in mind that there was Mathew and William Bowes in the same area in 1901 the news articles may be either family, but very useful information none the less. (there are probably many other articles relating to them, these are a sample)

I also spotted a William and Kate Bowes in Kilmeen Galway on the Census (which appears to be just outside Loughrea, right next to Fairfield Loughrea as mentioned on some of the news articles)
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Kilmeen/Foxhall…

Keep in mind Kilrickle when carrying out searches, it's up the road (so-to-speak) from Cappataggle and appears to be one of the family burial grounds.

Hi Again

Please see attached files.

Paula

Hi

Dont know if this is the right family connection but all the names etc are very familiar to me. This is what I know.

My grandads name was john bowes he had several brothers one named william who lived in foxhall little. My grandad lived in gertymadden which is in the middle of no where just like foxhall, nearest town to both would be loughrea.

John  Bowes married Mary ? ( do know but cannot recall right at the moment)

they had 5 children all boys William (my dad) Patrick, Thomas, Brendan and Gerry (twins)

Sadly only my uncle Brendan still lives, Tom passed away earlier this year.

The graves of John Bowes and Mary Bowes are in Abbeycormican Graveyard, also their are the graves of their sons Thomas Bowes, Patrick Bowes, Gerry Bowes ( could be spelt Jerry).

John was short for Joseph I think.

Also we visited the graveyard in kilrickle and their were lots of Bowes their amongst them our great grandparents William and I cannot recall his wifes name but again I can find out.

My uncle Gerry inherited land in Mullagh from an uncle, dont know the name.

My uncle Tom inherited land at Foxhall Little from his Uncle William Bowes

My Dad often spoke about relatives going to america, I thought he mentioned a name like mass on mass, boston.

Anyway thats all for now let me know if you think they are the same family, I am also interested. 

Sharon,

Sorry I have not responded.  My geneology work is often spread over wide times as my life allows.   Although the John and Mary are the right names, my great-grandfather/grandmother were married in Philadelphia PA and all their children as well.  I believe my great-grandfather was born in 1884, and is father William, somewhere around 1883.

Clare

Sharon,

Sorry I have not responded.  My geneology work is often spread over wide times as my life allows.   Although the John and Mary are the right names, my great-grandfather/grandmother were married in Philadelphia PA and all their children as well.  I believe my great-grandfather was born in 1884, and is father William, somewhere around 1883.

Clare

Hello Irish Claire!!
 

If u still need help I can help you. My surname is Bowes and my family are from Cappataggle. 

My Grandfather, Grand uncle and Grand Aunts have all passed and were from Peak, Eastwell Cappataggle. 

Matthew Bowes, Patrick Bowes, Kate Bowes and Maud Bowes.

None had any family except my grandfather matthew.

Hello Irish Claire!!
 

If u still need help I can help you. My surname is Bowes and my family are from Cappataggle. 

My Grandfather, Grand uncle and Grand Aunts have all passed and were from Peak, Eastwell Cappataggle. 

Matthew Bowes, Patrick Bowes, Kate Bowes and Maud Bowes.

None had any family except my grandfather matthew.

Hello Irish Claire!!
 

If u still need help I can help you. My surname is Bowes and my family are from Cappataggle. 

My Grandfather, Grand uncle and Grand Aunts have all passed and were from Peak, Eastwell Cappataggle. 

Matthew Bowes, Patrick Bowes, Kate Bowes and Maud Bowes.

None had any family except my grandfather matthew.

Hello,

Have been following your Bowes line and was wondering if the Matthew Bowes mentioned could possibly be any connection  to a Matthew Bowse( I think spellings vary) who was a witness along with Mary Murray to my GGGrandfather Michael Kenny who married Mary Usher in Cappataggle on February 6,1837. I don't know if they were related in some way,but usually it is a relation who would be a witness. I am trying to trace my GGGrandfather's parentage and also any information on Mary Usher 's  mother Eleanora Bryan. Hoping there is a thread to this.Go mile maith agat

Pat Owen

Hello,

Have been following your Bowes line and was wondering if the Matthew Bowes mentioned could possibly be any connection  to a Matthew Bowse( I think spellings vary) who was a witness along with Mary Murray to my GGGrandfather Michael Kenny who married Mary Usher in Cappataggle on February 6,1837. I don't know if they were related in some way,but usually it is a relation who would be a witness. I am trying to trace my GGGrandfather's parentage and also any information on Mary Usher 's  mother Eleanora Bryan. Hoping there is a thread to this.Go mile maith agat

Pat Owen

Hello Galway Bowes!

I just want to make you aware of my Bowes surname study that includes the surname and its different origins (Ireland, England, Scotland and parts east of there too!) since 2004. I am myself an Irish Bowe(s) from Kilkenny, so I have a special focus on Irish Bowes. I've been curious about the Bowes from Galway for some years, but this is the first I've found any descendants online.

If you look at the distribution of the Bowe and Bowes surname in Ireland (link below), you see that in the south, among the Irish Roman Catholics, Bowes is a variant of the much more prevalent Bowe. Many families from the area have shown both spellings. In Ulster there is a group of Bowes, none of whom use Bowe, who are Scots-Irish settlers from Scotland to Clones, Fermanagh, in the 17th century.

It's been unclear when the Bowes arrived in Galway. I have always assumed they were outliers of the Bowe(s) from the south; however some of the Scots-Irish Bowes families from the north changed religions quite a bit and a few are known to have become Catholic. Here's is the surname distribution from the 1901 census data and also showing religion https://sites.google.com/site/bowessurnames/m/ireland/1901-census-ded-level/1901-census-bowes-bowe-by-religion.

That link also takes you to my surname study website.

In addition I have a facebook page where you can friend me if you're on facebook https://www.facebook.com/bowesonenamestudy.

The third website that might interest you is the Y chromosome DNA project. Since the surname follows the Y chromosome down the male line over the centuries, we can compare a small fraction of it between men to determine which ones are in the same surname lineage. The lineages are displayed as matching subgroups in our results. The green subgroups are families from the south of Ireland (still there as well as diaspora), while the largest blue group is descendents of the Scots-Irish from Ulster. https://www.familytreedna.com/public/bowes/default.aspx?section=yresults

It would be very interesting to see which of these groups a male Bowes with family history from Galway matches. Any male Galway Bowes who would participate can contact me at bowessurnames[atsign]gmail.com or through these websites.

One reason there are multiple groups from the south of Ireland is that over the centuries inevitably there will have occurred non-paternal events. This is where a male's biologial father wasn't the same as the father who raised him and whose name he acquired. His NPE Y chromosome would then have been passed down to all his direct male descendants still bearing the name. There are probably also some unrelated Irish Bowe(s) owing to the name deriving from the personal name Buadhaigh, victorious, a name which could have been used as a surname eponym in more than one place in Ireland.

The last link I'll provide here is to a draft placename map (and I emphasize draft). I'll be going over this with a scholar for accuracy, but it gives a rough idea of where Bowe(s) were around the time surnames were taken and it's easy to see how there could be more than one, unrelated group. There are no such placenames in Galway. I wonder how long Bowes have been in Galway? https://sites.google.com/site/bowessurnames/place-names/ireland

Sincerely, Martha Bowes