Shinrone Relatives

Ken:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I checked the online Irish phone book and did not see any Hearns records in Co. Offaly.

You did not mention the name of your great-grandfather. I did locate an 1862 baptismal record for a James Hearns with parents James and Ellen Dea. Also saw an 1865 baptismal record for an Ellen Hearns in 1865 same parents.

Roger McDonnell

First name(s)JamesLast nameHearnsBirth year-Baptism year1862Baptism date05 Nov 1862ParishShinroneAlternative parish namesBallingarry, Shinrone and BallingarryDioceseKillaloeCountyOffaly, TipperaryCountryIrelandFather's first name(s)JasFather's last nameHearnsMother's first name(s)EllenMother's last nameDeaRepositoryNational Library of IrelandNational Library of Ireland linkhttp://registers.nli.ie//registers/vtls000634651#page/1/mode/1up

Hello Roger,

I would like to thank you for your work in locating my great grandfathers Baptism.I forgot to mention his first name-it was James and his sister was Ellen.That is also correct about the names of their parents,James Hearns(a carpenter by trade and hard to locate)and his wife Ellen Day/Dea. As far as I know,there were 2 brothers-John Hearns-Sept.12,1849,born in Ballyhindy; Joseph Hearns-Dec.,1854,Towra and 2 more sisters-Mary Hearns-April 26,1857-Rosamine and Margaret Hearns-Oct.5,1859-Rosamine.

 I was wondering if you could give me any ideas about how I might be able to trace forward any possible living relatives in Ireland today.As far as I know,James Hearns and sister,Ellen,were the only ones going to Canada and the rest of brothers and sisters remained in Ireland.

Thank you again,

Ken O'Hearn

Ken:

I would look at the 1901 and 1911 censuses for Hearns (or other spelling) records to see if you can find any siblings who stayed. Here is a link to the online Irish phone book  Use the Residential Tab

Roger

http://www.eirphonebook.ie/#