Trying to trace Cosgrove and Mullervy ancestors from Killoe

PFRae:

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I looked on Roots Ireland in Co. Longford for the marriage record and the best record that came up was in 1871 which is much later than you cited and possibly this record is for another couple. Here is the transcription.

Date of Marriage:21-Feb-1871
Parish / District:KILLOE
County:Co. Longford
Husband  PeterCosgrove Address Killoe
Wife CatherineMimnaghAddress:Killoe

I went to the parish register and located the marriage entry which is in Latin and I'm not sure the name is Petrus for Peter but maybe Patricus for Patrick. See what you think the name is.

http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632443#page/36/mode/1up

www.irishgenealogy.ie is down right now which prevents me for looking for birth records.

Roger McDonnell

Hi Roger

Thanks for such a quick reply! I had a look at the record and I would agree it's more like Patrick. Possibly a sibling? It would make sense as Peter's father was Patrick. I'm hoping to find as much as I can on the Cosgroves as we know so little. My great grandfather, Patrick died when my grandmother, who was his only child, was less than a year old. The family left Ireland hoping for a better life I assume but they didn't seem to find it.   

Paula

Paula:

www.irishgenealogy.ie is back up. I searched for the four civil birth records and only found the one for Anne. The registration district is Longford and I searched for all civil births from 1864-1872 and only one record showed up. So possibly the other three were not civilly registered. The family lived in Ballincurry townland in Killoe civil parish. You will have to sign-in to see the record

Roger 

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur…

I found a probable baptism for Patrick, a few years earlier than you were expecting...  4th January 1863, parents Petrus/Peter Cosgrave and Catherina/Catherine Mull..y (the last part of the surname is cut-off), the parish is Killoe Co. Longford.

Thanks  for the link Roger. It's good to have the township information. Using the same site I have found an Owen Mullervy in Monaduff which is not too far away. Catherine's father was Owen. This one is too young but possibly a brother. It looks like they stayed in Killoe. 

Thank you Shane for that information. Could you tell me where I can find that record?

Kind regards 

Paula 

The record I mentioned for Patrick is a register image of a Catholic baptism for Killoe parish, see the link (it's attached to the date in the reply). The baptism for Patrick is abt two thrids of the way down the left page, and is the first entry for January. The images are on the collection of Catholic register images filmed from the original registers and are availabale free on the National Library of Ireland Website.

Thanks Shane. I should've realised.  The date fits with the marriage records. The witness details are also useful. 

Paula 

Hi PFRae,

I've been researching my family tree and by chance, I googled my relatives names, and your thread came up! My great great great grandparents are Peter Cosgrove and Catherine Mullervy, from Killoe, co. Longford. I'm related to their daughter, Elizabeth, who married John O'Donnell on 09/06/1900 in Cambusnethan, Lanark, Scotland. I have a copy of Elizabeth Cosgrove's birth certificate, which says on there that Peter and Catherine were married on 12th February 1862 in Killoe. I've attached Elizabeth Cosgrove's birth certificate if you would like to look at her parents marriage date. ​

I also do not know why the Cosgrove family moved to Lanarkshire, but my family have stayed in Lanarkshire until this day, however my dad moved to England and my sister and I were born in Frimley, Surrey. Do you have any relatives in the Lanarkshire area still, or any that you know of in Ireland?  My family are not in touch with any of the distant Irish family unfortunately. 

I look forward to hearing from you soon,

Kelsey O'Donnell

Hi Kelsey

It's great to hear from you.  I've been doing some work recently on this branch of my family and it is a pretty sad story.  I'm hoping to get it together soon to add Catherine Mullervy's story to the site.  Only three of her children made it to adulthood and Elizabeth was the only one to live past the age of 40.  My great grandfather died when my grandmother was less than a year old so she grew up with a stepfather.  It wasn't until recently that I even knew the Cosgroves had been in Lanarkshire.  I had assumed my granny went there after her mother remarried.  Before his death John had children.  His wife also remarried.  I have still to track down the children.  As far as my grandmother is concerned she remained in Newmains and had 5 children, 4 of whom stayed in Newmains and had families there.  Of course, she changed her name at her marriage so I don't know of any Cosgroves still in the village but I'm sure between John and Elizabeth there will still be some connections there.  I'll get more info to you as soon as I can.

Regards

Paula

Hi,

Probably a bit late to the boat but if you get this would you be able to contact me?

I am a Mullervy and we are trying to trace our family tree - so far we have traced back to the 1800's to a town called longford near Dublin. We have traced we were orginally gypsies and owned land in ireland - but appartenly the registry office where all our family's birth/marriage/death certificates were kept was burnt down in the early 1800's.

Hi Megan      

Nice to hear from you. I’ve been looking at the info you have sent and hopefully will be able to work out the connection. Mullervy is quite unusual although I’ve seen a few in Killoe parish records from that time.  Since my first post on here I have found out quite a bit more about the family  

Regards 

Paula