Dear Province of Connaught: I have been trying to find my great Grandfather, Patrick Kane, born around 1839 to parents Maurice Kane and Mary Catherine Mullen. I do not know their Parish, County or Province of birth, however I am hopeful about finding information on Patrick by posting messages on all Province Message Boards in Ireland. Recently I found seven Maurice Kanes in Griffith's Valuation and have also posted messages on those Parish Message Boards.
Maurice was born around 1800 and married Mary Catherine around 1838. They immigrated with Patrick to Quebec, Canada in the mid to late 1850s. Maurice was a farmer and they came to Canada during the potato famine. They settled in Bristol, Quebec and I recently was excited to find their tombstone at St Brigit's Parish in Bristol. However, the St Brigit's records do not show their birth place only their Country of birth.
I believe that with the help from the Message Boards and all the people involved with Ireland Reaching Out, that I will eventually find my great Grandfather's place of birth.
I will be visiting Ireland with my husband in June and look forward to our travels across Ireland and to visiting my ancestors' Country of birth and hopefully place of birth.
Regards
Darleen (Cain) Finnamore
Ottawa Canada
Sunday 10th Feb 2013, 04:57PM
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Good Morning Darleen
Many thanks for leaving a message.
In relation to the name Kane, sometimes that was spelled Keane. It is a common surname in the Connacht area. It maybe worth your while checking the Keane surname on the Griffiths valuation.
http://www.failteromhat.com/galway.php
Keane Edward Creggaunnagroagh Killosolan Galway
Keane Honoria Course Killosolan Galway
Keane Martin Caltra Killosolan Galway
Keane Patrick Caltra Killosolan Galway
Keane Thomas Caltra Killosolan Galway
The above is from the Caltra / Killosolan parish in Co Galway.Paula
Tuesday 12th Feb 2013, 09:25AM -
My buddy in the UK, Mike Caine, descends from the Martin Keane of Killosolan, Co Galway, listed above. His experience of tracing his allegedly Manx family is a good example of how DNA can help. There are two Cain/Caine families on the Isle of Man- one have haplogroup R1a Y-DNA, associated with the Norse Vikings. The other has haplogroup R1b Y-DNA, of a variety known as the Little Scottish Cluster. Mike's Y-DNA did not match either of those. But it did match my Y-DNA, from east Co Galway.
It must be noted that the Kanes of Connemara (west Co Galway & Mayo), are a different Y-DNA again, haplogroup E from the middle east that came to ireland with the spread of agriculture. See the Cain DNA project at www.familytreedna.com/public/Cain-Caine
Saturday 17th Jan 2015, 03:34AM