Harding - Power family in Kilsheelan

This may be a brother of Ellen:
Name:Thomas PowerDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:12-Aug-1808
Address:Parish/District:ST JOHN's
Gender:CountyCo. Waterford
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:James PowerMother:Catherine Wall
Occupation:
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Informant 1:Peter Walsh
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Informant 2:Mary Crotty
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See Griffiths Valuation for Michael Harding in Kilsheelan. He had a house and 37 acres of land.

http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/z/zoomifyDynamicViewer.php?file…

Also in the townland were James Power and John Power.

Patricia Phelan, glanvil3@aol.com

Hi Lindsay,

I thought I'd also take a look to see if I could find more of your family. I struck out. Except for Thomas Power's baptism in Waterford city they did not show up at all. I did get the impression that your dates might be off by a bit, but still there should have been some trace of them. My guess is that they are in some parish record that has not been completely transcribed or that has been lost. I did find Michael Hardings death registered in Clonmel. They should soon be putting up the image of his death certificate. They have just reached the 1870s in the last month or so so it is worth keeping an eye on that..

It is frustrating to come up a blank. Maybe the next thing is to do more research to see if  you can nail down the dates more firmly. I sent you the tithe applotments for Kilsheelan. Lots of Powers but no Hardings. Maybe  his wife was from here and Harding moved in from somewhere else.

Sorry not to be of more help.

Geraldine

Hi Patricia and Geraldine, thank you both so much for your replies and investigation!

Patricia, while I was already aware of the Griffiths Valuation reference, the Thomas Power record is an interesting new lead!  I did recently find a death record for Catherine Power, assuming it to be Ellen's mother, which would give her a birth year around 1801.  But, that is just an assumption and there are enough family names/locations to further investigate - thank you for that!

Geraldine, thank you for your research efforts!  I have no doubt the dates may be off - they are based off of death registries an ocean away and and oh so prone to error!  I've sort of suspected the Harding branch came down from Tipperary or beyond, but don't have any hard evidence to support this yet.  Thank you also for the lead on the 1870 death.  I had previously found that record and splurged the 4€ for a copy; it belongs to the 13 year old son who died of rheumatic fever complications.  Would there be any way to find out where he might be buried?