Hello to you all, my name is Lola Brinton and I am in Australia. My husband and I will be in Leighlinbridge on the 14th and 15th July 2014. I am hoping with your help to walk where my Great Grandmother and Great Grandfather walked and kneel in the church where she was baptised and married.
Bridget Maher was born 1840 in Leighlinbridge one of at least six children of Michael and Mary Maher (nee Nevin)
Some of the children also came to Australia and according to their headstones were:
James DOB 25 JULY 1827 County Carlow
Jerimiah DOB 1829 County Carlow
Phillip DOB 1833 County Carlow
According to Bridget's Death certificate she married EDWARD JOHN BROUGHAM in DECEMBER 1865 at Leighlinbridge. Edward DOB 1839 County Killkenny.
According to some accounts I have read the Irish Broughams chose to remain Catholic around 1760 and were treated as having "gone native" by their English relatives and searches reveal very little about them. Edward was an experienced soldier having served with Garibaldi during the Italian Revolution and it is possiblle they travelled to Australia under another name as I have not been able to find them on shipping lists so far. I'm thinking he may have been known to the English authorities and this was the best way out. Edwards neice and nephew Ellen and John Brougham came out as Brougham shortly after and settled here.
Bridget and Edward must have emigrated soon after their marriage as their first child was born in Australia on 4 OCTOBER 1866.
I would be very happy and grateful if someone can verify or tell me more of My Great Grandparents.
Yours sincerely, Lola Brinton
Thursday 19th Dec 2013, 01:24AM
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Hi Lola,
Thanks very much for your message. I am delighted to hear that you will be visiting this year-I hope you are able to find some new information before your arrival. Unfortunately we do not have any active volunteers in Leighlinbridge just yet but be sure to check in with us again before the summer and hopefully there will be someone in place who will be able to help you.
In the meantime, as most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Leighlinbridge parish, follow this link:
As you can see the records for the parish start very early so hopefully you should be able to find something.
The Roman Catholic parish of Leighlinbridge actually incorporates a number of civil parishes. Here is a list of them:
This may make your search for other records easier as many other Irish historical documents use the civil parish name as opposed to Catholic parish.
For example land records. There are two land records-the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) and Griffith?s Valuation (1848-64)
I did a quick search for Michael Maher in both. There were a few results however as these records do not have any genealogical information it will be difficult to know which are relevant to you, however regardless they will give you some more specific area that you may like to visit while here:
Bridget?s marriage may be useful as it occurred in 1865 and compulsory civil registration was introduced in 1864. These records usually contain an address and also occupations of the couple and father's occupation. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office. Here are their contact details:
General Register Office
Government Offices
Convent Road
Roscommon
Ireland
Tel:+353 90 663 2900
Locall:1890 25 20 76
Fax:+353 90 663 2999
Homepage: http://www.groireland.ie/
For more information on civil records go to: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-civil-registration.html
Some other websites that you may find useful are:
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/carlow/index.html
Familysearch: www.familysearch.org
From Ireland: www.from-ireland.net
I hope that some of these help you in your research!
All the best,
Genealogy Support
Thursday 13th Feb 2014, 01:23PM -
From my headstone records of parts of Carlow, the nearest spelling I came across is in Leighlinbridge cemetery;
erected by James Braughan in memory of his
wife-Catherine Mara; 2/5/1795 (46) b.1749
2 sons-Nicholas & John; 7/6/1798 (30 & 20) b.1768/1778
daughter-Ellen Martin (alias Braughan); 22/2/1862 (67) b.1795
her husband-John Martin; 1870
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Jack Mc Donald
Friday 12th Dec 2014, 06:45PM