Thanks to the inscription on Andrew Leary's gravestone in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvanis, USA, I know that Andrew's parents were Bernard & Ellen Redmond Leary, and that they were natives of Parish Donaghmore, County Wexford, Ireland.
Based on data from Civil War Service Records, US Federal Census, I know that
Ellen Redmond was born about 1810.
Ellen Redmond probably married Bernard Leary before 1835
Andrew Leary was born in 1840.
John Leary was born about 1835.
James Leary was born about 1839.
Ellen Leary was born about 1837.
There may be other children born in Ireland.
The Learys would have been farmers when living in Ireland.
No one in this family as able to read or write in English. ( Young Ellen did learn to read and write in English later in her life <perhaps from her children>)
The descendants of this family are interested in knowing more about the Learys and Redmonds in Donaghmore. We are interested in knowing about what life was like for a family like the Learys in the 1830 through 1855. How did poor families pay for travel to the U.S.? John & James both fought in the US Civil War 1861-1865. James died during his service.
Wednesday 10th Sep 2014, 09:41PM
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Hi Michele
I'm no expert on early Irish life I'm afraid but I thought you might be inetested to know that there are 23 Redmonds in Donaghmore Wexford in the Tithe Applotments 1823-37 (a free site). This will show you where they were living then ; (there are lots of others in Wexford also
There are 206 Lerys in Wexford in the Tithes also but none in Donaghmore
www.rootsireland.ie/ (pay per view) has 4 Ellen Redmonds born Wexford 1810 + - 5 years
1811 and 1813 from Kilkanerin RC parish and 1812 & 1814 from Enniscorthy RC parish
I'm no expert but suspect the Enniscorthy records could be the Donaghmore connection
I couldn't find a marriage record for them or a birth/baptims for Bernard or birth records for any children
Griffiths Valuation 1848-64 (free) has 6 Learys and 60 Redmonds in Donaghmore Wexford
Col
ColCaff, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Thursday 11th Sep 2014, 03:39AM -
Donaghmore civil parish is located on the east coast of Co. Wexford, to the south of Gorey. The Catholic parish for the area was Ballygarrett. Baptism and marriage records for this parish go back to 1828 and are available on microfilm in the National Library. This parish does not seem to be included on RootsIreland transcripts at the moment.
Shane Wilson, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Thursday 11th Sep 2014, 09:01AM -
- Hi records, Ballygarrett parish of Donaghmore, I hope these are of some help to you.
I have a Bernard Leary and Ellen Cullin as parents to
Elin 28/2/1831
joanna 18/6/1842
joseph 24/12/1835
winifred 3/2/1838
james 25/2/1841
Parents Bernard Leary & Eleanora Roche to ( living in ardamine, about 3 miles from Ballygarrett)
Andrew 6/6/1836
Elen 5/4/1832
james 5/2/1831
Times for Catholic farmers were uncertain to put it mildly. They were tennents at will ( meaning the landlord could evict a tennent if they were late paying their rent, or not paying their tithes to the protestant church) Marshal law via the army was brutal to non or late payers.
They were offically uneducated,under the penal law system, not allowed to own anything, changes were introduced in 1829 to change this , however it took many further years for the system to change, most likely due to the famine in the early 1840's. Over half the entire population starved.
Many travelled as far as Liverpool to work and save for their passage to Australia or the US. Check the 1841 Liverpool census for a lead on your family.
I have checked to see is either Ellen was a Redmond married to a Cullin or Roche, and found nothing, sorry,
Best of luck
SileDeChiardubh
Sunday 19th Apr 2015, 08:38PM