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Hello,

I will be traveling to Ireland in April this year and would love to connect with my Irish roots where my GGG grandfather, Edward Moore, once lived.  He was born 1 May 1811 in Queen's County and emigrated to the USA sometime between 1842 and 1850. He was married to a Mary Conklin/Caughlin/Connolly (not sure of her last name) and they had 3 children prior to leaving for the USA.  Their names were Sarah Ann DOB 1833, Simon DOB 1838, and Maryann DOB 1841.  They lived in Pennsylvania in 1850 according to the census, but ultimately ended up in Green Isle Minnesota.  Edward Moore's father had the same name and his birth year was around 1780 and his wife's name was Sarah. I presume he had siblings, but I do not have that information.

If anyone has any information if there are any descendants of Edward Moore's siblings still living in Ireland, I would be so grateful to learn more about the family and my heritage.  Attached is a photo of Edward Moore's granddaughters, Nellie and Genevieve, as well as some of Nellie's children, including my grandmother Katherine.   Nellie and Genevieive's  father was John Patrick Moore, the son of my GGG grandfather, Edward Moore.

Many thanks in advance,

Lori Makela

Wednesday 23rd Jan 2019, 02:02PM

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  • I found a possible marriage for your Edward Moore and Mary Coughlin in Mountmellick Catholic parish on the 1st February 1834. Few details are recorded in these early marriages - in this case just the date and names of the couple - the record is a transcript from RootsIreland (pay-website), images of the original registers for the parish are on the NLI website, but very faded and difficult to read for this timeframe. No sign that I have been able to locate so far of the children..

    Shane Wilson, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Wednesday 23rd Jan 2019, 02:17PM

  • Many thanks, for your help! Would you be so kind to suggest a helpful website for me to use to find out if my ancestors had siblings who did not emigrate? I am new to doing research, so again, I sincerely appreciate your kindness! I am very excited for my upcoming trip to Ireland and look forward to learning more about my Irish heritage. Lori

    Thursday 24th Jan 2019, 05:22AM

  • Many thanks, for your help! Would you be so kind to suggest a helpful website for me to use to find out if my ancestors had siblings who did not emigrate? I am new to doing research, so again, I sincerely appreciate your kindness! I am very excited for my upcoming trip to Ireland and look forward to learning more about my Irish heritage. Lori

    Thursday 24th Jan 2019, 05:22AM

  • The baptism and marriage records for the Catholic parish of Mountmellick go back to 1814, so Edward and Mary would probably have been baptised slightly before the start of these records making a search for siblings difficult. A search for baptisms in the parish from the start of available records up to 1840 shows about 40 children with the surname Moore ... no Edward unfortunately, similarly about 20 Coughlin baptisms during the same time, among them three Marys baptised 1826 1833 & 1835 so all a little too young to be 'your' Mary.

    I had another search for the children but no sign that I could find ...

    At the time of the marriage of Edward & Mary the parish had two churches, one in Castlebrack and another in Mountmellick town, this was likely the parish church and where the marriage took place. The current church is St. Joseph's, and although slightly later it's on the same site as the earlier church. There are some details in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of 1837 for the town that might be of interest - see Mount-Mellick market & post town.

    Images of the Catholic records for most of the parishes in Ireland are available free on the National Library of Ireland website, and have been indexed and searchable on Ancestry & FindMyPast. A separate pay-website RootsIreland also has transcripts of many parish records.

    Shane Wilson, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Friday 25th Jan 2019, 11:02AM

  • Thank you, again, for all the wonderful information.  I was able to find the 1834 marriage document/record for Edward Moore and Mary!   I also read the Mount-Mellick market & post town details from Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of 1837.....very facinating, for I really enjoy history.  I found it interesting that this region had weavers as one of the main occupations, as my GGG grandfather, Edward Moore, had weaver listed as his occupation in the 1850 Pennsylvania USA census. 

    I will be doing another post in the near future with questions regarding my Minehan side of the family from County Claire.

    I sincerely appreciate all that you have done with helping me!

    Tuesday 29th Jan 2019, 07:45PM

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