Looking for Casserly & Corcoran

The Griffiths Valuation survey was conducted in Co. Roscommon in 1855-1856. There was a Thomas Casserly listed in Culleenanory townland, Lissonuffy parish and I assume he was your great-grandfather.

http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/roscommon/lissonuffy.htm

The 1901 census for Culleenanory shows a Bridget Casserly age 70, a widow, with an unmarried daughter and a married daughter. There is a good chance that this Bridget was the wife of Thomas.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003859005/

The 1911 census does not show any Casserlys but there is a Thomas Kerins and his wife Mary who are believe are the son in law and daughter from the 1901 census.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003240258/

It would appear that the children of Thomas and Bridget were born before 1864 when civil registration started.There are some Church records available for that time period. You can visit a Mormon Family History Center and order microfilm from Salt Lake City. www.familysearch.org  See link below.

.http://www.londonfhc.org/content/catalogue?p=Ireland,Ireland,Roscommon,Lissonuffy&f=1

Roger McDonnell

Thanks so much. Do you live in the area? My sister and I are in Ireland for the next week and want to travel to our ancestor's home land. QhIs Castlemore a location? Would that be a good place to look for more information?

I live in Maryland.Castlemore is a parish in northwest Roscommon which includes the town of Ballaghaderreen.

Culleenanory is on the east side of Co. Roscommon not far from the Co.Longford border. I assume you have a car.

If you get to the town of Roscommon, go east on the N63 towards Ballyleague and the Longford town of Lanesborough. Before you get to the River Shannon and Lanesborough you want to take the R371 road northeast for about five miles to Culleenanory.

Roger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanesborough%E2%80%93Ballyleague

We will be in that area. I will post when we are close. Is there a cemetery that we should look in for Thomas Casserly. Did they record deaths.

I would contact the Catholic church in Strokestown to see if they can provide any info on where Thomas would be buried.

Roger

STROKESTOWN (KILTRUSTAN, LISSONUFFY AND CLOONFINLOUGH)

Very Rev Ciaran Whitney PP VF
Strokestown, Co Roscommon
Tel: 071 9633027
Rev Ciaran O'Flynn CC
Strokestown, Co Roscommon
Tel: 071 9633027

We are hoping to be in GalwY by noon tomorrow and then in your area some thine before night fall. We ran into a little car trouble that delayed us. Hope we can still get together. We were Abe to locate another line of  our ancestors in county Kilkenny. Johore we will be as successful in County Roscommom.