Information on my Great Grandmother, Mary Cummins Power

Lynne:

Welcome to ireland Reaching Out!

I searched for the marriage record on Roots and Find My Past with no success. As far as you know, the couple were married in Co. Offaly?

I did look for a baptismal record for Mary and located a record (below) for a Mary Cummins in 1859 in the Banagher RC church. I also located the likely civil death index record for James which is also below.

If the oldest child was born in 1880 or later possibly you can find the marriage record on the RC register for the parish which were placed online 10 days ago. The records end in October 1880. http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0149

Let me know if you have questions

Name:Mary CumminsDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:09-Jan-1859Address:
Parish/District:BANAGHERGender:FemaleCountyCo. Offaly
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:John CumminsMother:Mary Moran

First name(s)JamesLast namePowerBirth year1844Age at death56Registered year1900Registered quarter/yearApr - Jun 1900Registration districtBirrVolume3Page398

Hello,

I will be visiting Ireland in September and would like some guidance in searching for the burial sites for my great grandparents referenced in the messages above: Mary Cummins Power, died in 1912 in Banagher; James Power, died in 1900 while working on the Balliver Estate.  She was buried in Banagher, to the best of my knowledge; he may have been buried on the Estate.  I have looked at Find-a-grave and have had no success.  Some of the reading I have done indicates common gravemarkers were made of sandstone during that time and may have lost any engraving through erosion.  Do you have any suggestions as to how to begin my search when I come to Banagher?

Many thanks for your prior response and any help you can offer with this query,

Lynne
 

Lynne:

Welcome back to Ireland Reaching Out!

Good to hear that you are coming to Ireland. I will e-mail one of our parish liaisons in a nearby parish to see what suggestions she would have regarding your search.

Roger

Dear Lynne:

That is wonderful news that you will be able to return to Ireland to do more research.  You might be interested in the Historic Graves project which has trained communities to record, photograph and transcribe their local graveyards.  The website is:  wwwhistoricgraves.com and the site is free.  You can search by county, parish as well as by family surname.  

If you need any further assistance, please let us know.  

Kind regards,  

Jane 

Hello Lynne

I have contacted Banagher Parish for you but they had no luch - below is their message.

Tracy make a suggestion that it might be Shannon Harbour.  I am going to send the email I sent to Banagher to Ferbane and see if I have any luch with that

Geraldine

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I have checked the Baptismal records we have here in Banagher, but can find no record of any Powers having been baptised here in Banagher.  Maybe they were baptised in High Street Church as they lived in Shannon Harbour.  I don't know the email but the address to write to would be The Parish Secretary, Ferbane, Co. Offaly.

Regards,

Tracy Dolan,

Parish Sec.

I have just emailed Ferbane parish office and I am going to send the same message to Offaly Historical Society today.

When are you coming to Offaly Lynn

Geraldine