Halpin, McArdle, Matthews, Maguire

Hi MK,

You didn't mention the sources you've tried so don't know whether you've seen these already from www.rootsireland.ie/:

Name:William HalpinDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:30-Nov-1843Address:
Parish/District:KINGSCOURTGender:MaleCountyCo. Cavan
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:James HalpinMother:Margaret MathewsOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Ann Mathews Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Michael Hand 

This is the only one for Mary I'm afraid:

Name:Mary McardleDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:25-Jun-1835Address:
Parish/District:LOUTHGender:UnknownCountyCo. Louth
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Peter McardleMother:Rose SmythOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Laurence Smyth Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Anne Mcardle 

Very little info on parents' marriage record!

Date of Marriage:15-Feb-1843
Parish / District:KINGSCOURT
County:Co. Cavan
Husband
WifeName:JamesHalpin
MargretMathewsAddress:
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic

This is the only marriage from Kingscourt for John McGuire 

Date of Marriage:12-May-1855
Parish / District:KINGSCOURT
County:Co. Cavan
Husband
WifeName:JohnMagurie
AnneWolleyAddress:
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic

No Halpins in Cavan in the Irish phone book.

Col

Thank you! I will look further into the rootsireland page! Right now we are working off of ancestry.com with census, birth, and some marriage records. This is helpful information!  

I know where William Halpin had his farm and when Margaret Halpin died. Do you have that information?

Hi Elwyn! 

I have that Margaret died in 1854. And I have a lot of info for William once he reached Nebraska in the US, but not very much prior to that! Do you have info on his farm in Ireland? 

When I said William’s farm, I meant the farm where he was presumably brought up. Strictly speaking his father’s farm.

Statutory birth registration started in Ireland in 1864 so Philip’s the only 1 of the children you have listed to have a birth certificate birth. Philip was born 15.6.1869 at Carrickleck. Parents names are as you have given them. The father was a farmer and blacksmith. See:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1869/03386/2241407.pdf

Griffiths Valuation for 1854 lists James Halpin in Carrickleck. He had a total of about 90 acres (which was a lot for one farmer in those days). It was spread across plots 25 & 43-46. He lived on plot 45. Using the maps on the Griffiths site you can see that the farm today is just off the Cregg Rd, near Dunroe.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameS…

There is a death on 27.3.1888 for Margaret Halpin of Carrickleck, who was a farmer’s wife, (whose husband was still alive). Informant was Thomas Halpin of Carrickleck. His relationship to the deceased is not recorded. Margaret was 55 so born around 1833. That’s a bit younger than your Margaret Mathews year of birth, so can’t be certain it’s the Margaret who married James Halpin, but given that there don’t appear to be any other Halpin households in the townland, it could be her, and in any case she’s likely to be related somehow. Ages on death certificates in the 1800s were just guesses and were often out by 10 years or more, so I wouldn’t allow that aspect alone to worry you.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1888/06178/4766238.pdf

I also noticed the marriage of a James Halpin to Mary McCabe on 9.7.1888 in Nobber chapel. He was residing at Cloghmacoo which is quite close to Carrickleck. His father was James Halpin, farmer. Don’t know if that’s your James Halpin but worth bearing in mind.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1888/10785/5933217.pdf

Hi
These names ring a bell, I have a family tree written down but can't find it at the moment. My maiden name is Halpin, my Dad was born in Trim hospital in 1927, lived with his grandparents in Drumcondrath. My Nans(dads Mum) name was Elizabeth Philomena Halpin, her fathers name was Patrick (if I remember correctly) not sure what year he was born, he died1964. I remember reading that someone emigrated to America and settled in New Jersey. To tell you more I need to find my paperwork. Going on a paper hunt, if I find it I'll let you know more. My Dad is living in England, he'll be 91 in May and Mum was 90 yesterday March 10th, I live in Canada with my husband and two sons.

Hi Ria! 

Thanks for the reply! My mom has done a lot of research, and it looks like James Halpin moved to New Hampshire to join fellow townspeople named Matthews and/or McArdles (James married Margaret Matthews)  before moving to Nebraska, and then splitting off to Wisconsin. It also looks like there were ancestors in Nobber, Kingscourt, and potentially Drumconrath. Is your family closely related to Ireland? Did they move away fairly recently?  Would love to see your family tree! We have one also! 

Best,

MK

William Halpin was born on November 11, 1843, in Kingscourt, Cavan, Ireland to James Halpin and Margaret Matthews.  His siblings include John (1846), Patt (1848), Hugh (1851), Phill (1852-1852), James (1857), Phillip (1869), Mary, Thomas and Robert.  He married Mary McArdle in Fisherville, New Hampshire, USA on November 23, 1874.  Mary McArdle was born in Brooklyn New York in 1852.  Her father, Peter McArdle and her mother Rose Maguire were born in Ireland. William died on September 10, 1916, in Greeley, Nebraska, at the age of 72, and was buried there.

 

James Halpin married Margaret Matthews ( -1888?) on February 15, 1843 in Kingscourt, Cavan, Ireland.  Here is what we know, or think we know from Griffiths Valuation. http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&familyname=Halpin%20&firstname=James%20&offset=20&countyname=&parishname=&unionname=&baronyname=&totalrows=63&PlaceID=0&wildcard=

William Halpin was born in Kingscourt, Cavan, Ireland in 1843, John (1846), Patt (1848), Hugh (1851), Phill (1852-1852), James (1857), Phillip (1869), Mary, Thomas and Robert.

 

Questions:

1.      James Halpin’s birth date, place and parents, death date and place, place of burial?

2.      Margaret Mathews’ birth date, place and parents, death date and place, place of burial.

a.       James Halpin’s wife Margaret Halpin died in 1888.  The record indicates she was 55 years old.  Which would make her too young for our William Halpin.  I know that dates can be off by 10 years easily.  But I am also thinking that Margaret Matthews may have died and this is a second Margaret.  There are death records that indicate the death of a Margaret Halpin on February 15, 1854 at Kingscourt.  I am thinking that is our Margaret Matthews but I do not have the actual church records.

 

Mary McArdle was born on March 14, 1852, in Brooklyn New York to Peter McArdle and Rose Maguire.  We have a lot of documentation about her life and death.  

 

Peter McArdle – I have records indicating that Peter McArdle was the sibling of Andrew, Patrick, Mrs. Lawrence (Ann) Gahagan and Mrs. James (Rose) Connor, all residing in Penacook, Fisherville, New Hampshire around 1852 and immigrating from County Meath Ireland.  These records include a written history of Penacook New Hampshire, USA and Edward McArdle’s will (probate records in New Hampshire, USA).  I have death and approximate birth dates for Ann and Rose which line up with parish birth records in Nobber, Meath.  Based on all this, I am making a guess that their parents are Ned (Edward) McArdle and Biddy (Bridget) Brady, Nobber, Meath.  

 

Questions:

1.      Peter McArdle’s birth date, place and confirmation that his parents are or are not Edward McArdle and Biddy Brady?

2.      Edward McArdle’s (Peter’s father) birth date and place.  Peter McArdle’s father died in the US (Penabook history). 

3.      Biddy (Brady?) McArdle’s birth date, place and death.  I am making an educated guess that her birth date is July 24, 1795 in Nobber, Meath, Ireland to Cathe and Patt Brady.

 

Rose Maguire –  I have a death record for Rose Maguire indicating that her parents were John Maguire and Ann Lovelle.  USA census records indicate that she was born in Ireland about 1832.  There are plenty of Maguire’s in the Kingscourt and Nobber area.  There is a marriage record for a Daniel Leval in Kingscourt Parish in 1845.   A Mary Lavell, married Charles Carrolan in Nobber in May 1854. But I can find no records for the birth of a Rose Maguire to a John Maguire and Ann Lavelle. There seem to be Lavel’s in the Crosmaglen, Armagh area which isn’t too far from Kingscourt.  I am really stuck here and just making guesses.

 

Questions:

1.      The birth date and place for Rose Maguire (baptismal records for Rose, indicating date, place and her parents would solve a lot of questions.

2.      The birth date and place for her father John Maguire.

3.      The birth date and place for her Mother Ann Lavelle/Lovelle/Leval or any evidence that she existed in the Kingscourt/Nobber area.

 

 

Any connections with people in the area who might be related to any of these people would be an amazing thing.

 

Information about property.

 

Stories about these people.  They all seemed to immigrate at about the same time 1849-1850 (expect for William who came later after he grew up), and they all ended up in the same place, Fisherville, Penacook, Boscowen, New Hampshire, USA.  I am assuming they came in relation to the famine.  But the mass migration of all these people from the same general area in County Meath to this specific place in the USA is interesting to me.

I have a Rose Halpin (b. 1816 Cavan) married (Oct 3, 1843 Kingscourt Cavan. to my 3rd ggrandfather Michael McGrath/McGrah (b. abt 1812 d. After 1901 Cavan). I do not know her parents or any relatives. I've looked for her marriage record but it does not show parents. They had 5 or 6 children all born in Kingscourt Cavan, but then they moved to Corrakeeldrum Killinagh Cavan.