Joseph Ringwood : Short Biography

Joseph Ringwood 1826

Rathdowney (Laois) Urlingford (Kilkenny) County Laois County Kilkenny

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Joseph Ringwood is my great, great grandfather. He was born about 1826, probably in Queen's County (Laois) but possibly in Kilkenny. Ireland Reaching Out helped me to find Joseph's death record in 1895 in Graigue, Queen's County (Laois), very near the borders with Kilkenny and Tipperary.

Based on many, many DNA matches, my current strong guess is that Joseph's parents were William Ringwood and Mary Blake. Charlotte Ringwood from that family was the baptismal sponsor and supposedly an aunt to Joseph's daughter Mary Anne (my great grrandmother), and Charlotte Ringwood was also who my grandmother Charlotte Loughery was named after. Also, Joseph's first son was named William.

However, I cannot find any baptismal record for Joseph Ringwood to Wiliam Ringwood and Mary Blake -- but those start in 1827. So was Joseph simply the oldest with no available online record?

The only other "possible" baptismal record that I could find for a Joseph Ringwood in that time was on 10 Feb 1826 in Castlepierce, near Johnstown, Kilkenny with parents James Ringwood and Mary Kelly. But I could find only one other baptismal record for that couple so there's no way for me to verify. Also, Joseph did not have any sons named James.

Joseph married Norah Feeley (shown in the picture) at Templetuohy, Tipperary in 1860 but all their children were born in Graigue, Queen's County (Laois) - same as where all the children of William Ringwood and Mary Blake were born.

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Date of Birth	10th Feb 1826
Date of Death	15th Feb 1895

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Hello, According to his civil registration death record Joseph Ringwood died in Graigue, Queens County on 15 February 1895 at the age of 69 years. At the time of death he was a widower. His occupation had been farmer. The cause of death was "Probably Apoplexy ? years. No Med Att." The person who was present at the death and who reported the death to the local district registrar was Joseph's son, William Ringwood of Graigue. The registrar, Philip Cormack, recorded the death in the Urlingford Registration District on May 11, 1895. Go to the following link from the irishgenealogy.ie website to access a copy of Joseph's original death entry in the register: https://is.gd/QUVEDB

His death is at Number 155 in the death register..

With Kind Regards,

Dave Boylan

davepat

Monday 8th June 2020 05:09AM

Thank you very much for that information! I had only found an 1899 death record (with no detailed information) and I knew that he was not on the 1901/1911 censuses (there were only 3 sons and a daughter listed). But this is definitely him in Graigue, Queen's (Laois). And the fact that he is listed as a widower is consistent as I believe that his wife Norah Feeley died in 1884.

If you're up to another question, it involves his father William. Starting in 1828, there are several children born to a William Ringwood and Mary Blake in Graigue. Then William Ringwood and Mary Holohan had only 2 children born in the mid-1840's in Graigue (Joseph being one of them). And then in the 1850's there are two more children born in Graigue to William Ringwood and Jane Rowe. None of the children have the same name. Based on some DNA matches, I strongly suspect that it is the same William who married Mary Blake and then Mary Holohan. I don't have anything specific on the Jane Rowe marriage, but she might have been a third marriage -- or maybe it's just a different William. Is there any way to find out if there are 1,2, or 3 Williams involved in these marriages and births? Also, to make it maybe even a little stranger, I also found a couple of children born in Dublin in the early 1820's to a William Ringwood and a Mary Blake -- but I don't know if it's the same person and if it is, I have no idea why he would have been in Dublin. For now, I am assuming it's just a strange coincidence, but who knows.

I also do have a possible baptismal record for William -- 25 Nov 1806 to Arthur Ringwood and Margaret Delany in Graigue. However, I know that William was a common name, so I'm not sure on that -- but the age and location do fit At any rate, the Mary Blake / Mary Holohan marriages and children are my primary question (if possible).

But again, I definitely appreciate your proactive research.

Thank you

Phil Cagney

Monday 8th June 2020 03:52PM

Quick update to my previous comment -- I think I just found a death record for Mary Holohan in 1889. The informant was Mary Luby, and her daughter Mary Ringwood had married Patrick Luby. Assuming that to be true, then it must be a different William who married Jane Rowe and had children in Graigue in the 1850's. My assumption then is that it is the same William who first married Mary Blake and then married Mary Holohan. Thanks, Phil.

Phil Cagney

Monday 8th June 2020 06:04PM

Hi we are looking for Charlotte Ringwoods family, we know her father was a William Ringwood and we have been told they were from Graigue. Charlotte married Michael Delaney and they lived in Clonmeen and they had 5 children and Charlotte died we don't know what year or what happened and Michael remarried. If anyone has any information we would be grateful thank you

Zarah Delaney

Thursday 10th December 2020 11:01PM

Hello Zarah, I think that I may have some of that information for you. My great grandmother was a Mary Anne Ringwood, and Charlotte was her aunt and baptismal godmother. Here's what I have:

Charlotte was born in Graigue, Rathdowney on June 25, 1836 to William Ringwood and Mary Blake. She married Michael Delany on Feb 14, 1865 in Galmoy Church, and then you are correct that they had 5 children. Charlotte died way too young on April 6, 1874 in Clonmeen. Michael Delany then remarried Catherine Maher on Nov 27, 1875 at the Rathdowney Church and I have them as having one additional child (Joseph).

I have a very large tree on Ancestry that has this information, or feel free to email me at pcagney@yahoo.com or jphilip.cagney@gmail.com if want to discuss further. I would love to help in any way that I can. I have also come across some DNA matches (on Ancestry and My Heritage) that are descended from Charlotte.

Hope this helps a little

Phil Cagney

St. Louis, Missouri USA