CASEY:Patrick of a Thomas & Mary/Marie, Roscommon b. abt 1824

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Roger, our Castlemore Volunteer has asked that I post this on his behalf

Best wishes
Clare Doyle
Genealogy Support
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Donna:

The records for St. Peters (Athlone and Drum) are on Roots Ireland and go back to 1789. I located a 1796 baptismal record for a Mary Conniffe with a father Bernard in the church records.

I checked the St. Peters records for baptismal records for Casey children from 1815-1835 with parents Thomas and Mary and did not find any records.

Let me know if you have questions.

Roger McDonnell

Church Baptism Record
Name: Mary Conniffe Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1796
Date of Baptism: 1-Jan-0
Address: Athlone Parish/District: ST PETERS ATHLONE
Gender: Female County Co. Roscommon
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Bernard Conniffe Mother: Anne Burke
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: William Brennan Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Anne Costello

Thank you so much for taking the time Roger. That was very kind of you.  It is quite puzzling that they had no other children between the time they married in 1815 and 1834.  It is indeed the same Mary CONNIFFE and Thomas CASEY.....possibly some records missing for Boyle?  Possibly.  Thank you again.  Donna CASEY

Donna:

The National Library of Ireland plans to place all RC parish registers online for free searching on July 8th. I would review the Boyle register at that time.

Roger

I think that is what needs to be done.  Just seems odd having no births in over 15 years...seems I must have missed some when I viewed those rolls on my visit to the NLI.   Thanks for reminding me of those registers coming online.   Donna CASEY, Michigan, USA

Donna, I too am searching for my g-grandfather, Peter Casey, who also lived in Cincinnati from about the mid-1850's to 1870.  He and his new wife, Elizabeth Casey (nee) then settled in Louisville which is where I was born.

Peter naturalized in Cincinnati in the 2-step process in 1858 and 1860 and his witness was a Patrick Casey - we have no idea of the relationship but think it could be a brother.  Peter was probably born around 1835 in Ireland and we have reason to believe it was Co. Roscommon.  We found a message from a Peter Casey in the Boston Pilot Search for Missing Friends in 1858 in which he was looking for information on his cousin, Bridget Flanagan of Corgowan, Kilglass, Roscommon and said to send any information to him in Cincinnati.  We believe this to be our Peter.

He named his first-born son (my grandfather) Thomas, who then named his first-born Peter, following the old naming pattern.  Due to this, we are thinking that Peter's father was most likely a Thomas Casey.

We know absolutely nothing about Peter's family from Ireland, except from a family story passed down that said the family had a mill that went bust with the famine.  That's it.

I've done the autosomal DNA test through Ancestry and did have a possible distant cousin match with someone who's still in Boyle. 

If you see this, I'd love to hear from you and share information.

Regards,

Joyce Casey Hagan