I am searching for records about or descendants of my great-great grandparents, Michael Shea (born: 1833; father: Patrick Shea) and Margaret Doyle Shea. They were married in Knockane parish on Feb. 7, 1863. They reportedly had eight children. My great grandmother Catherine was the fifth child. She was born in 1870 and at the age of 13 seems to have been the first to leave home. In 1883, she arrived in the US and went to Bucksport Maine where she had an aunt , the sister of her father, Mary Cullity. She exaggerated her age when leaving Ireland and is on the manifest of the vessel S. S. Cephalonia that arrived Boston June 7, 1883 as Cath. Shea, age 19. She married Thomas Sheehan in Bucksport and had seven children. She died at 75 in 1945. Michael Meserve. Arlington, VIrginia 22207. Please use this email to contact me. : wmichaelmeserve@gmail.com Attached photo is of Catherine Shea Sheehan on the porch of her house in a Bucksport, Maine around 1929-1930 with her daughters Harriet Sheehan Kiley, Anna Sheehan a McCann, and Margaret Sheehan Turner. The little girl is my mother Kathleen Mary Kiley.
Thursday 16th Apr 2015, 02:18AM
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With daughters and granddaughter in 1929-1930. Bucksport, Maine USA
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Michael:
The marriage date was actually February 7th 1864. See the civil index record below. The record also shows that Margaret's father was Michael Doyle. If you go to www.irishgenealogy.ie which is a free irish government site, you will be able to find Catherine's baptismal record and some of her siblings also in the Beaufort (Tough) RC church.
I checked the 1901 census for Keel townland and did not see a record for the family. Not sure if they had moved or all had emigrated or died.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Roger McDonnell
irst name(s) Margaret Last name Doyle Age 21 Marital status - Marriage year 1864 Marriage date 07 Feb 1864 Marriage place Knockane,,Kerry,Ireland Father's first name(s) Michael Father's last name Doyle Mother's first name(s) - Mother's last name - Spouse's first name(s) Michael Spouse's last name Shea Spouse's age 30 Spouse's birth place - Spouse's marital status - Spouse's father's first name(s) Patrick Spouse's father's last name Shea Spouse's mother's first name(s) - Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘