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I am looking for a connection to the following:

Parents               

Michael Hackett                              

Bridget Meagher/Maher (circa 1795-1876)

Home:

County:                Kilkenney

Parish:  Freshford (could be part of Tullaroan after 1843)

Townland: Brittis / Brittes / Brittass

Children

Judith (1814 - 1884)  married John Delahunty in 1840

Richard  (1816 - ????)

Margaret  (1818 - ????)  married Patrick McGee

Matthew  (1820 - ????)

Mary  (1824 - ????)  married Michael Kelley

John  (1826 – 1891)  married Mary Walsh, Catherine Walsh, & Kate Culinane

Michael (1829 – 1925)  married Catherine Langay

Patrick (1824 – 1924)  married Dora Egan

The mother, Bridget, and some of the children (Margaret, Mary, John, Michael & Patrick) left Ireland in about 1846.  The family settled in Michigan.  The marriages of the children that accompanied Bridget to the US took place in Michigan.  Most of the sons worked for the railroad (probably the Michigan Central Railroad) in various cities along the line that served the route from Detroit to Chicago.

Judith stayed in Ireland and married John Delahunty.   John was a shoemaker (according to Judith’s 1884 death record) . 

Their children were:

Paul  1840

Mary  1842

Bridget  1845

Michael  1847

Jane  1849

They were living in Clamanto, Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny during the early years of their marriage.

Judith and John Delahunty were living in Watergate, Kilkenny, District #1 at the time of her death in 1884. 

I have never found a marriage record for Michael Hackett and Bridget Meagher/Maher.

I have no record of the father, Michael, or the other two sons, Richard and Matthew, living in the US. 

I do not know if the Richard survived to adulthood.

I have found Matthew as a sponsor at the baptism of Judith’s child, Mary, in 1842.

I do not know if Michael, the father, died in Ireland or elsewhere.

I am seeking connection to the Hackett, Meagher/Maher and Delahunty families, if any remain, in Ireland or elsewhere.

 

Florence Clark

Houston, Texas

Wednesday 20th Feb 2013, 03:58PM

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    Hi,

    Thank you very much for your message and for sharing this information on the Ireland Reaching Out message board. No doubt, this will prove very useful to someone who is researching similar lines. I hope that they make a connection with you.

    Kind regards,

    Genealogy Support

    Monday 22nd Apr 2013, 12:50PM

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    My cousin who is in Ireland recently found records of siblings to our family.

    The names and dates that you posted are of much interest to me as they would

    tell me who my other cousins are that were separated 163 years ago.

    I look forward to corresponding with you.

    Joseph Patrick Broderick

    Joseph Broderick

    Sunday 16th Jun 2013, 07:47AM

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    My cousin who is in Ireland recently found records of siblings to our family.

    The names and dates that you posted are of much interest to me as they would

    tell me who my other cousins are that were separated 163 years ago.

    I look forward to corresponding with you.

    Joseph Patrick Broderick

    Joseph Broderick

    Sunday 16th Jun 2013, 07:48AM

  • Kia Ora Florence
    I have just found the family info you posted here, by searching for "Annie Hackett". On page 5 of your document. She was my great-grandmother! Thanks for all that history.

    I'd love to share the info I have on her children, etc. She lived in Gisborne, NZ, where I grew up, though I never met her, or my grandmother who both died before I was born.

    I hope you are still in touch with this old post.

    Cheers
    Peter Robinson

    Tuesday 19th May 2015, 09:08PM

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