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Searching for more information about Robert McILLREE (c.1815-c.27.7.1886) who married Catherine JENNINGS (c. 1824-26.9.1864) at St Nicholas, Galway on 10 September 1845. Groom lived at Banba, Galway; bride from Madeira Island, Galway. Later Robert McILLREE was a manager of the Bank of Ireland, Westport, County Mayo. Robert McIllree and Catherine Jennings had two or three children:

1. William? born 24 July 1847? (may be the same as 2.
2. Robert William McILLREE (26.12.1847-1877?)
3. Frances (Fanny) Margaret Sidney McILLREE (13.3.1849-18.9.1874)
Not sure where the family name "Sidney" or "Sydney" came from.

 

‘Robert McElree’, address Westport, Co. Mayo, owned 137 acres in Land Owners in Ireland 1876.

 

 

May be the Robert McIllree who was the brother of Surgeon-General John Drope McIllree. This Robert McIllree died at Bray, County Wicklow in 1886.
See England and Wales, National Probate Calender (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861–1941, 1886 states: McILLREE Robert Esq. Personal Estate in England £6,140 10s. 25 September. Probate of the Will and two Codicils of Robert McIllree late of 1 Esplanade-terrace Bray in the County of Wicklow Esquire who died on or about 27 July 1886 at same place granted 14 September 1886 at Dublin to William Watson of 2 Seapoint-terrace Monkstown in the County of Dublin Esquire and John Drope McIllree of 1 Esplanade-terrace Surgeon-General two of the Executors.

 

Any additional information about McIllrees and Jennings families of Galway welcome.

 

 

 

Jane Morrison

Sunday 30th Dec 2012, 03:18AM

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  • Hi sir i have a list of sites that you can try a seach on.

     

    CHURCH OF IRELAND;Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870-are publicrecords. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyedin the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most are still held by the local clergy, althoughsome are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church BodyLibrary in Dublin. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. The Anglican Record Projectis has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf SURNAME SEARCHYou can check for information about the frequency of the name in the mid-19thcentury and any other variant spellings of the name here: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ VALUATIONS OFFICEValuations office in Dublin (http://www.valoff.ie) will have a record of the landregistry from 1855 to modern times. This will assist in seeing what happened to (name) and whathappened to his land (as it usually passed on to a relation). CENSUS RECORDSThere is lots of useful information to be found in the 1901 and 1911 censusrecords. You can find this here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/ TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOKS / GRIFFTH?S VALUATIONYou could try checking the land records calledthe Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/ The Tithe Applotment List might be of use to you, or at least interesting for you. These listsconstitute the only nationwide survey for the period, and are valuable because the heaviest burdenof the tithes to the Established Church, the Church of Ireland, fell on the poorest, for whom fewother records survive. The information in the Tithes is quite basic, typically consisting of townlandname, landholder's name, area of land and tithes payable. Many Books also record the landlord'sname and an assessment of the economic productivity of the land. The tax payable was based on. The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml 

     

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