I'm having trouble finding any Irish details of Denis McKee who married Mary McMahon or Mary Carter in the 1800s (I have conflicting records - shipping record and a Death Certificate for one of her sons giving both possible maiden names). I've used Immigration Deposits and shipping records to identify family members. Fortunately the shipping records have the useful and hopefully unique identifier "Denis & Mary. Father dead. Mother …". I've used this to find the following children:
Name Age on Shipping Record Ship Arrived New South Wales Relevant Comment on Shipping Record
Honora McRee 25 Matoaka 17/05/1855 Denis & Mary. Father dead. Mother living Parish of Feakle, Co. Clare
Dennis McKee or Timothy McKee 17 Glen Isla 02/07/1857 Denis & Mary. Father dead. Mother living at Isle(?) Clare. He came from Annaghneal, Clare, Ireland
William McKee 19 Glen Isla 02/07/1857 Denis & Mary. Father dead. Mother living at Isle(?) Clare. He came from Annaghneal, Clare, Ireland
Bridget McKee 17 Telegraph 15/10/1860 Immigration Deposit paid by Honora McKee. Bridget came from Kilnoe Parish, Co. Clare, Ireland
Mary McKee 46 Spitfire 24/08/1863 Denis & Mary. Father dead. Mother on board; Feakle, County Clare also Facal (sic), Tulla, Co. Clare; Two sons & two daughters, Bridget McKee. Morpeth; Immigration deposit paid for Mary & Patrick by Bridget McKee
Patrick McKee 19 Spitfire 24/08/1863 Denis & Mary. Father dead. Mother on board; Patrick came from Feakle, Tulla, Clare, Ireland.
Patrick McKee 22 Star of Brunswick 18/12/1865 Immigration Deposit paid by Honora McKee. Patrick came from Feakle.
Using rough calculations based on Patrick’s birth (Denis’ and Mary’s apparently youngest child), Denis was probably still alive around 1843-1855. Patrick was 19 when he emigrated in 1863 (1863-19=1844) and when Patrick died in 1887 he was said to be 42 (1887-42=1845) – so born around 1844, given a 9-month gestation would means Denis would have probably been alive in 1843 and the shipping record of Honora (his eldest child I've been able to identify) says Denis had already died prior to her migrating in May 1855.
I don't know when Denis was born, married and died nor what his death was attributable to.
Phillip_Boyle
Wednesday 28th Aug 2013, 06:27AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Philip,
Thank you very much for your message. I hope that someone with information makes a connection with you and helps you to further your research.
Have you looked in the land records for any record of McKee?s in the parish you mention? I did a quick search in Griffith?s Valuation (1848-64) There was a Patrick recorded in Kilnoe and Tulla parish in 1855:
Here are the McKees recorded in Clare in the earlier record called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38):
Have you tried looking at church records? 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 records in Tulla follow this link:
For Kilnoe:
For Feakle:
Clare Heritage Centre have copies of lots of records so it may be an idea to contact them, however a fee may apply. Here is their email:
I also suggest that you have a look at the Clare County Library?s genealogy web page. They have a great collection available. It may be worth your while to check the ?Donated Materials? section on the right hand side of the page, you may be lucky and find some records pertaining to the family:
www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm
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
Family Search: www.familysearch.org
Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/clare/index.html
From Ireland: www.from-ireland.net
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Emma Carty
Thursday 5th Sep 2013, 11:14AM -
I know it's been a long time, I wanted to ask have you found a way to fix this problem?
Wednesday 8th May 2024, 08:25AM