Hello:I don't know if anyone can help but, I'm trying to locate information on my Gradnmother and Grandfather.Grandmother was Mary Bridgett White, Father was Thomas White, Mother was Mary O'Neill-White Mary Bridgett White was born in Crosshaven November 4, 1886 They were Roman Catholic but I do not know what parish they belonged to.My grandfather was Thoma McClure born 1886 in Kinsale, crosshaven I believe he was a twin and his twin sister was Margaret McClure, Father was James McClure, Mother was Ellen O'neill Mclure born about 1850, The 1901 census shows them living at house # 7 Bayview I do not know the parish in bayview or Kinsale. Thomas my Grandfather was Killed at sea while serving in the Mercantile Marine aboard the S S Rio Verde. He married my Grandmother in Cardiff, Wales November 9, 1912. At some point they moved to Glasgow, Scotland.
If anyone can point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it.
Thank You,
Robert Cullen
Monday 8th Apr 2013, 02:50AM
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Hi Robert,
Thank you for your message. I have forwarded it to one of our volunteers in Crosshaven who hopefully may be able to advise or assist you.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Tuesday 21st May 2013, 12:39PM -
Hi Robert, I think I've figured out why you can't find Mary Bridget White in Crosshaven...she was in Carrigaline! Carrigaline and Crosshaven were joined together as one parish until the 1980s, so the records can often be misleading...plus Kilnagleary is on the way to Crosshaven. Here she is in 1901 with her family @ Kilnagleary, Carrigaline:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Carrigaline/Kilnagleary/1120599/
They seem to be gone by 1911, for whatever reason. You could try and track down Mary Bridget's siblings seperately through the online census enquiry, just add 10 years on to their age and seeing as White is a relatively unusual name in Ireland, you might be lucky!
On the McClures....
Kinsale is a completely different parish again to Crosshaven or Carrigaline, Kinsale being a town some 12 miles west from Carrigaline (see google maps)....so there's no such place as Kinsale, Crosshaven.
I searched for McClures and only found 6 in Ireland in 1901:
Three of them fitted your bill (Ellen as a widow, Thomas and his twin sister Maggie), and are shown @ Myrtleville, Crosshaven (a seaside hamlet):
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Templebrady/Myrtleville/1121058/
I don't know where you can across the idea of them living at a 'Bayview' house, but the records above seem to fit very well with your info and I'd go by them. Please feel free to email me at josullivanban@ymail.com for any further help I can be!
Good luck :)
Tuesday 21st May 2013, 04:26PM