Gleeson / (O)' Sullivan

Hi Rose,

Patrick Gleeson married Catherine Hurley 28th February 1929 in Aughadown parish church.

Tim 24th Apr 1839

Michael 3rd Feb 1942

Patrick 21st Apr 1844

Brendan

www.researchireland.com

Thanks so much. This is fantastic...and so fast!. My first Ireland "hit". All my other lines the information is too vague to know exactly where they came from.
Tthis gives me one place to visit for sure next month.
There were some Hurly / Hurley families in Halifax at that time. I will try and round up the ones from Cork, and post them here.

In fact Jeremiah Sullivan and Ellen Gleeson's daughter
Mary Sullivan - December 09, 1857 – sponsors - James Maher & Catherine Hurly.

Thanks again

Rose

Hi Rose,

My g grandmother was a Hurley, I know I have the correct family as on one record it states Kilcoe.

There was also a Maurice Gleeson born 1846, Patrick also had a brother Richard who married 1822, a sister Julia and a brother Donatus in latin who married 1833.

I believe their father was James.

Brendan

Hi Brendan

thanks so much for the additional Gleeson information.
I've started collecting some Hurley information for you. Don't know if any of these are yours or not, but they may be of some help.

I started with ones whose birthplace were Cork, or Ireland, and then started collecting descendents.

I haven't gotten too far yet, but will update as I have time and find more.

I've shared the document here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B79GKnIsoJM_c19MMVEwNDJ1Vjg/edit?usp=s…

thanks again for your help

Rose

Hi again

Further information on my Ellen Gleeson (~1823- 1869) has surfaced. Patrick Gleeson and Catherine Hurley were not her parents, but her uncle and aunt.

Her father was Michael Gleeson, son of Timothy Gleeson and Maria Burchill. I'm not sure of her mother's name yet.

I'm not sure when Michael Gleeson was born. I found his estate papers in Halifax, NS. He died around February of 1871. He had a second marriage in 1862 in Halifax. His 2nd wife Catherine O'Donnell was born about 1811 in Parish Mothel, County Waterford, Ireland.

In his will he mentions his grandchildren Thomas and Mary Sullivan (children of Ellen Gleeson and Jeremiah Sullivan), and his brother Patrick Gleeson.

Hi Rose,

Might Ellen Gleeson's mother be Mary Sullivan? There is an Ellen Gasson [sic] who was baptised on 23rd Dec 1828 - here is the church record. The transcription is a good attempt compared with the original page (see here). The Patrick Glasson [sic] noted as the godparent could be the uncle you refer to... I haven't been able to find a marriage reference...

If so, there is a reference to a Mary Glasson, baptised Jul 1831 to the same parents - see here (note a Maurice Glasson as godparent - another uncle/cousin?)

Regards

Jerry

Thanks so much Jerry.

She is a distinct probabilty! There were also other (O)Sullivans in Halifax that my mother was told she was related to, but so far, I could find no connection to Ellen Gleeson's husband Jeremiah Sullivan, or any other branches of the family. If Ellen Gleeson's mother was Mary Sullivan, then that opens up a new avenue.

Jeremiah Sullivan's and Ellen Gleeson's 2nd daughter was named Mary, so more evidence. (but didn't every family have a Mary? :-) )

Patrick Gleeson and Ellen Hurley had a son Maurice, so maybe named after the Maurice in the baptismal record that you refer to.

http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ search is down at the moment, but can't wait to go digging around again.

Thanks again

Rose

Hello Rose,

I'm not sure if you're still on this site but I am very interested in this thread as Jeremiah Sullivan and Ellen Gleeson are my 2x great grandparents.

Before my mother, Pauline Sullivan,  passed away in 2015, you were in contact with her friend, Carole, via e-mail assisting with research on my mother's family. This was about 8 years ago. I also believe your mother was in contact with my aunt Elizabeth Sullivan also doing research. I have tried to contact you through e-mail without success. I was hoping to be able to discuss whatever research was completed. 

In the meantime, I'm still researching Jeremiah and Ellen's ancestors and having very little luck. I was also hoping there would be some records of their immigration from Ireland to Canada that I haven't been able to find either. I'm also still searching for their grave locations. 

I do hope you are still active on this site and that I hear from you.

Regards,

Audrey Mayall

I think that this is the baptism for Jeremiah Sullivan listing his parents as Michael Sullivan and Mary Crowly.

"Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:624F-K4ZD : 23 June 2023), Michl Sullivan in entry for Jerh Sullivan, 1828.