Looking for the birth place and immediate family for my GGG Patrick Reilly. He Died at age 96 in Carlow, Ireland on February 11, 1899. This made him born around 1813 but we can not find a record of him. Given DNA relations I believe he may have been from Meath or Cavan. The first record of him is in Carlow when he married Winifred Noonan at age of 43 and they had 6 children together. They owned a Public House at 77 Tullow Street in Carlow.
I think he may have been sent to Australia, otherwise imprisoned or had another family elsewhere prior to relocating to Carlow and marrying Winifred. Those are my theories for why he married so late in life but I have found nothing to support any of that yet.
If any one has any Patrick Reilly's born close to this time please reach out :) I would love to research them farther!
MelisReilly
Tuesday 18th Jul 2023, 12:36AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi
See from his death entry it gives his occupation as retired grocer and police pensioner.Would he have perhaps been an RIC constable stationed in Carlow ?
That might explain the "late "marriage although a man marrying at 43 would not have been as unusual then.
Have you checked RIC records ?Think these give place of birth etc.
agha
Tuesday 18th Jul 2023, 04:00PM -
https://www.familysearch.org/search/linker?ark=/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZT-277…; Record for Winifred Noonan married to Patrick Reilly
Marriage
3 Apr 1856
Ballon and Rathoe, County Carlow, Ireland children, Edward Reilly 1857-1885
Marian Reilly 1861-
Maryanne Reilly 1865-
Peter Reilly 1865-
Thomas Reilly 1858-1903
Patrick Reilly 1860 1937
Eileen
Tuesday 18th Jul 2023, 04:38PM -
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur… Birth of Peter Reilly 24/10/1865
Eileen
Tuesday 18th Jul 2023, 04:51PM -
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZ1-CX17 Winifred Noonan baptised 7/7/1821 Ballon and Rathoe, Carlow. Father Thomas Noonan, Mother Anne Noonan
Eileen
Tuesday 18th Jul 2023, 04:54PM -
Attached FilesRIC Pension Patrick Reilly.jpg (4.98 MB)
Attached is Patrick's RIC pension record which commenced the same month and year he married. There are also two enrollment records, one from Meath and the other from Cavan, on Ancestry for a Patrick Reilly; but hard to know which one is his.
Regards,
Carolyn
Tuesday 18th Jul 2023, 04:55PM -
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JV8-WKMLhttps://www.family…; Thomas Reilly 17/3/1858
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JHW-FRBJ Fanny Reilly 10/11/1862
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6J4W-B878 Peter Reilly 24/10/1865
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6N29-D8LQ Maryanne Reilly 25/5/1861
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JJK-2K3Z Edward Reilly 30/1/1857
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZG-F9S3 Patrick Reilly 11/1/1860
Eileen
Tuesday 18th Jul 2023, 05:07PM -
Thank you everyone for the wonderful information! I am looking in to everything now :)
MelisReilly
Friday 28th Jul 2023, 07:56PM -
Thank you al so much!!!! The RIC constable information was the tip I needed! I traced all his pension report records, got his start date and I already had his death date and with this info I was able to match him up to his original work record and found he was born in county Armagh and was working as a shoemaker before he joined the police and was sent to Carlow. He retired 3 days before he married my GGG. This is an amazing find. I was looking in the wrong counties all together!
MelisReilly
Saturday 29th Jul 2023, 02:52PM
