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Kevin:
I went to www.irishgenealogy.ie which is a free Irish government site which has records for the Diocese of Cork and Ross.
I found an 1853 marriage in the Cork South parish between a Michael Sullivan and a Catherine Casey. Perhaps this is the other couple that you referenced.
I also found a February 17, 1874 marriage in Bantry for Michael Sullivan and Catherine Casey. Michael was shown as coming from Drimoleague and Catherine from Caheranacerin. ( I will look up where this townland was located).
I also found three baptismal records in the Drimoleague RC church for children born to Michael Sullivan and Catherine or Kate Casey:
Anne May 27, 1875
Daniel February 23, 1877 NOTE father and son shown as O'Sullivan
Hanora April 8, 1879
Perhaps the mother died giving birth to Hanora or sometime after. Michael and Daniel emigrated and maybe the sisters stayed with family in Cork.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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kevin:
The townland for Catherine Casey was likely Cahernacrin in Kilmocomoge civil parish.
Roger
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Thank you Roger. Keep in touch Kevin and let us know how the research is going!
Best wishes
Clare Doyle
Genealogy SupportClare Doyle
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Clare and Roger,
Thank you so much for working with me on this.
I continue to chase my family both in Ireland and in America.
Roger's comments were helpful.
A few points of clarification:
I have an obsure death record for a Kate Sullivan in North Brookfield, Massachusetts in August, 1881.
This coincides with the year Catherine Sullivan (Michael Sullivan's daughter) was born in North Brookfield.
We're following up with the local people to determine whether this Kate was married to Michael at the time of her death.
So, it appears that Catherine did in fact emigrate to the US.
Regarding Catherine and Michael's children:
Assuming the 1874 marriage date that Roger identifies is the correct one, then only Anne, Daniel and Hanora would have birth dates following the wedding. All other children reportedly from Catherine Casey and Michael Sullivan must be from another couple (coincidentally).
I'll keep looking.
kws2311
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I just wanted to update this post.
I'm still chasing the Sullivans in Cork County and North Brookfield, MA
It appears that I've found the family in Angram, Drimoleague, Cork County in the early to mid 1800s,
Michael Sullivan was born in Angram on 6 Jan 1851, and Catheine Casey was born on 14 JUN 1852 in Cahernacrin, Bantry, Ireland.
Michael's parents were Andrew Sullivan (born 1810?) and Catherine Brien (born 1813?) both in County Cork.
The family appears in the Griffiths Valuation records in 1836/7 in Angram.
I haven't found a birth record for Andrew in 1810 due to limitationns on Church records for Drimoleague and Drinagh for that period.
On the other end of the spectrum, it appears the family emigated to North Brookfield, MA in August 1881 (naturalization records for my great grandfather, Daniel B. Sullivan (Michael's son). Michael's wife Catherine Casey died in North Brookfield around the same time that they emigrated and daughter Katherine's birth. There's some confusion about what month Katherine's birth and emigration occurred.
I'd love to find an obituary for Katherine (Kate) Sullivan (Michael's daughter) who died in 1958 and is buried in St Joseph's cemetary in North Brookfield, MA.
kws2311