Hello,
Patrick Worrell married Judith Mooney and they had 6 children. All of the children were born and bapt in Camross parish, Roman Catholic,Ossory Diocese. 3 of their children immgrated to the state of Wisconsin in the USA. I have no other information on this family in Ireland. I know William my direct ancestor came over when he was 17 yrs old sometime in 1850's. He was born in 1827. I have a copy of his bapt record. The family story is that he was a horse jockey in Ireland and some business men from New York came and brought him to the states to race. He had a accident and lost one of his arms and had to stop racing. He than went to Dane co in Wisconsin. He went back to Ireland to bring his sister Catherine back to the Us during the famine. I do not know the date.
Thanks so much for your time,
Theresa
Saturday 4th Feb 2017, 02:46AM
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Theresa:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
The civil parish for Camross RC parish would be Offerlane. The 1850 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Offerlane parish shows two Worrell entries both Johns. Patrick Worrell may have been deceased by 1850 or possibly he was not leasing land. http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/laois/offerlane.htm I looked at the 1901 and 1911 censuses and there was a Worrell family living in Camcloon townland in Offerlane parish. Camcloon was one of the two townlands mentioned in the 1850 Griffiths so I believe there is a connection. Possibly Camcloon is where William and his family lived.
Roger McDonnell
http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Queen_s_Co_/Donore/Camcloo…
http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Queen_s_Co_/Donore/Camcloo…
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Thank you so much for information!