Bridget Cleary left County Clare in 1841 as Biddy Clary, married to John Ahern. They emigrated with their children Mary, Eliza, Patrick and James.
Bridget's parents were Bridget Connors and Patrick Cleary. The children's baptism information indictes that the family were from the township of Killerk.
Bridget's death certificate indicates that she was born in 1806.
Is information available about the Cleary family from Killerk, for example, was bridget the only child, did any other Clearys migrate, is there a marrriage date for Bridget and John Ahern?
Tim
Wednesday 28th Jul 2021, 05:36AMMessage Board Replies
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Tim:
Killerk East and Killerk West townlands are in the civil parish of Killone and the related RC parish is Killone/Clarecastle/Clare Abbey.
The baptismal records for that parish start in December 1853 and marriages start in January 1854. Therefore, if Bridget and John were from that parish and left in 1841, no records would be available for the couple or their children. ( I did check the subscription site Roots Ireland to be sure and did not see any records). https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0761
The 1855 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Killone civil parish https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/clare/killone.htm shows two Cleary records Patrick and Peter, however, they were not in Killerk but could be related to Bridget. There were no Ahern records listed.
The Tithe records for Killone civil parish likely from the late 1820s show two Cleary records for a Patrick and Denis. No Ahern records.
http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?…
The Co. Clare Library has extensive genealogy info which may be helpful to you but they won't have any baptismal or marriage records for your family. https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm
Have you considered DNA testing?
Let me know if you have any questions.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Wednesday 28th Jul 2021, 02:52PM