Rebecca Wallace is conducting a genealogy research on her family from the Tipperary region and she is wondering if there is anyone in Nenagh or the surrounding area that can help her. She is the 3rd great granddaughter of Mary Madden, daughter of William and Catherine Madden. Mary was born in Tipperary in 1857, married to John T. Garraty of Philadelphia, and died in Philadelphia in 1897.
John T. Garraty was the son of James Garraty (may be spelled Geraughty or Geraghty) who was born in Tipperary in 1819. James immigrated to Canada in 1848 and subsequently to the U.S., residing in New York and Pennsylvania.
Rebecca found some records which might pertain to her ancestors. One of these is an Estate Record for an Edward Geraghty who held land in the parish of Modreeny and James Geraghty who held land in the parish of Uskane. A military service record for William Madden included the following information: Calculated year of birth: 1837, Parish of birth: Lorrha, Town of birth: Portumna, County of birth Tipperary. Age at attestation: 18 years 4 months, Discharge date: 24 September 1855, Discharge rank: Private, Discharge corps: 21st Foot, Discharge soldier number: 4300. Finally, an Estate Record for Knigh lists a William Madden born in 1831 in the Nenagh and Knigh Parish.
If you can help Rebecca please contact her at:
Rebecca Wallace
22 N. Llanwellyn Ave.
Glenolden, PA 19036
USA
Rebecca Garraty Wallace
Tuesday 12th Mar 2013, 06:01PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi,
Thank you for your message.
I suggest that you also post this message on the Nenagh and Modreeny parish pages so that our volunteers there may be able to see it and hopefully assist. You need to join these parish pages first and then post. Here are links to the pages:
http://www.irelandxo.com/group/nenagh-tipperary
http://www.irelandxo.com/group/modreeny-tipperary
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Emma Carty
Wednesday 8th May 2013, 11:56AM