In search of Bridget Cummins

Michael:

The subscription site Roots Ireland has a September 1 1838 baptismal record for a Bridget Commins in the Edenderry RC parish church. Father was Thomas Commins and mother was Margaret Fitzgerald.

There was also a Bridget Commons baptized January 1 1831 at the Kilcormac RC parish church. Father was John Commons and mother was H. Dunne.

I only searched in the Co. Offaly records.

Do you have a death record or obituary which might list parents names or siblings?

Roger McDonnell

Good morning Roger

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my inquiry.

I have no family information on Bridget, except for her name on a passenger list linked to the Red Jacket arriving in December 1864 and written details on my grandfather’s Samuel Henry Winters and his sister’s birth records in Sydney Australia. Sadly Jane passed away at the age of 12 in Sydney 1880 and Bridget passed away without a death or burial record. Samuel Henry Winters was left alone; possibly by the mid 1880’s a family written record has been proven to be inaccurate and misleading. The record stated that Samuel’s father was English, which doesn’t add up as AncestryDNA Ethnicity Estimate says that I am 94% Celtic and 60% of Irish ancestry.

That is why I undertook the Y-DNA investigation to find my great grandfather who should have been a Winters. The shock was I belong to the Kelly Clan without a doubt, possibly coming from the Shannon Bridge area. I can only guess at the location of Bridget and Mr Kelly’s birth place in Ireland and that is why I keep looking in hope to find a clue.

Regards

Michael