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i am searching for information of my Great, Great Garandmother, Eliza JOICE (nee GROVE). She and her brother, Jonathan GROVE,  both from  Waterford..  Jonatan went to San Francisco in 1855 and Eliza arrived in San Francisco lin 1861.  I would like to know what parish they were from and anything particular to them  

CHERYL

Tuesday 24th Aug 2021, 10:04PM

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  • At RootsIreland, three baptisms were found for children of William and Anne Grove.

    --Jonathan Grove
    Born 08-Apr-1835
    Baptized 26-Apr-1835
    Parish St. Patrick's
    Co. Waterford
    Church Of Ireland
    Father: William Grove
    Mother: Anne Grove
    Register: B/M 1812-1845.

    --Elizabeth Grove
    was born 17-Jan-1843
    Baptized 28-Feb-1843
    St.Patrick's
    Co. Waterford
    Church Of Ireland
    Father: William Grove
    Mother: Ann Grove
    Register: B/M 1812-1845.

    --There is also a Wm. Grove born 17 April 1833. Address: Trinity Willows.

    Patricia

    Tuesday 24th Aug 2021, 11:08PM
  • Cheryl, I just checked the address for young William, transcribed by RI as "Trinity Willow."  However, I believe it is likely the townland of "Trinity Without."  I hope this is helpful.

    Patricia

    Tuesday 24th Aug 2021, 11:19PM
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    Dear Patricia, OMGosh, you have no idea how helpful this is.  Thank you sooo much.

     

     

     

    CHERYL

    Wednesday 25th Aug 2021, 07:22PM
  • William Grove married Anne Purcell on 17 Aug 1929 in Christ Church Cathedral Waterford.

    I think he may have been a Glass cutter as he is referred to as William Glass Grove. 

    cahirb

    Thursday 26th Aug 2021, 09:13AM
  • Isaac Veitch and Henry Rainey were the witnesses for the marriage in 1929. I can't find any other details for the Grove family. But Isaac Veitch is living on Yellow road, Waterford, so presume Grove family may have lived near there. There are Purcell families still here,

    cahirb

    Friday 27th Aug 2021, 09:38AM
  • Thank you for this wonderful information.  I truly appreciate it.

    CHERYL

    Friday 27th Aug 2021, 06:13PM
  • Hi Cheryl,

    Glad to know the info was helpful.  Do you need any other lookups?

    Patricia

    Saturday 28th Aug 2021, 01:56PM
  • Hi Patricia,

    Thanks for the offer.  I am curious about Jonathan Grove.  He died in San Francisco, April, 1867 of respiratory ailment.  The SF newspaper article requested that Cork copy the news.  Any idea what the connection is to Cork?  More importantly, I have great,great grandparents from Ireland that went to Newfoundland, or perhaps met in Newfoundland and married and had several children there.  Their names are:  Mary LAHERTY and ?KIRBY.  Mary was born in 1820 but I don't have any idea where.  I did a search of LAHERTY/KIRBY to find where they might have met and discovered they intersected in Kilkenny, so possibly they are from there.  Any! information you can find on them would be very appreciated.  Thanks!

     

     

     

    CHERYL

    Saturday 28th Aug 2021, 05:31PM
  • HI Cheryl,

    One of my great-grandmothers was born in Oldcastle, Co. Meath, and died in New York City.  Two of her children emigrated to Australia. Her  death notice in the NY Herald included "New South Wales papers, please copy."

    Newspapers generally included the "please copy" notice when the deceased was a native of a certain place or had  relatives in a certain place.  In your case, Jonathan was from Waterford; is it possible his wife was from Cork?  

    I hope this helps.

    Patricia

    Sunday 29th Aug 2021, 07:13PM
  • Hi Cheryl

    https://www.irishartsreview.com/annes-grove-from-the-past-to-the-presen…

    This Grove family came from Middlesex in England, so may have been a descendant of this branch.
    There are very few other Grove families in Waterford and I can't find the deaths of William and Ann anywhere.

    Re the Laherty/Kirby I can see some Mary Laherty marriages in Kilkenny but none to Kirby. What years were the children born in Newfoundland? or any other piece of relevant information

    Mary

     

    Thursday 2nd Sep 2021, 04:07PM
  • Dear Mary,

    Thanks for the valuabble information, I'll start chasing the clues.

    Regarding Laherty/Kirby, they had five children in Newfoundland from 1840 through 1846.  Mary J ( 1840 my GGG grandmother); William, 1841; Julia, 1842; James, 1843; Richard, 1846.  This is from 1860 US census, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  There is no mention of Mary's husband.  They emigrated to the US in1851 from Newfoundland  and lived in Chicago from 1870 to about 1910.  I have death information for Mary J and Richard only.  

    I hope this answers your questions.  Thanks for all you have done.

    Sincverely,

    Cheryl

    CHERYL

    Saturday 4th Sep 2021, 07:23AM
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    Dear Mary,

    I just read the article you sent which I find fascinating.  Is there documentation to show any connection to my Grove ancestors.  i would love to see anything available.

    Sincerely,

    Cheryl

    CHERYL

    Saturday 4th Sep 2021, 08:08AM
  • Attached Files

    I think this may be your Kirby family in 1850

    hackett dot mary at gmail dot com is my email if you want to get in touch direct

    cahirb

    Saturday 4th Sep 2021, 06:14PM
  • Hi Cahrib,

    Wow, it's wonderful to see anything with their names on it!  They were in Newfoundland in 1850 so depending on where this document was from, it could be them.  I was thinking about the marriage cert for Wiiiam and Mary Grove of 1929. If William was born in 1833, a marriage in 1929 would make him 96.  It seems likely the groom would be a great-grandson. I look forward to your information.

    Sincerely,

    Cheryl

    CHERYL

    Sunday 5th Sep 2021, 06:44AM
  • Event TypeCensus
    NameRichard Kirby
    SexMaleAge5
    Event Date1850
    Event PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
    Event Place (Original)Milwaukee, ward 3, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
    Birth Year (Estimated)1845BirthplaceNewfoundland

    So Cheryl as you can see it was in Milwaukee. I think it is most definitely your family. It would be a big coincidence otherwise.
    Did you find out who the Mary Laherty aged 24 born in Ohio was? She is with them in Chicago in 1870. 

    How do you know for sure that they were in Newfoundland in 1850 - did you find a record of them there?

    Also my 1929 was a transcription error. It was 17 Aug 1829 in Waterford city. They are the parents of Jonathan and Elizabeth - in Church of Ireland records they did not use the mother's maiden name in the baptism of children records. So hence she is listed as Ann Grove in those. 

    There are no records of this Grove family in Waterford in 1901 or 1911. 

    Hope this is helpful

    Mary

    cahirb

    Sunday 5th Sep 2021, 12:54PM
  • Event TypeCensus
    NameRichard Kirby
    SexMaleAge5
    Event Date1850
    Event PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
    Event Place (Original)Milwaukee, ward 3, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
    Birth Year (Estimated)1845BirthplaceNewfoundland

    So Cheryl as you can see it was in Milwaukee. I think it is most definitely your family. It would be a big coincidence otherwise.
    Did you find out who the Mary Laherty aged 24 born in Ohio was? She is with them in Chicago in 1870. 

    How do you know for sure that they were in Newfoundland in 1850 - did you find a record of them there?

    Also my 1929 was a transcription error. It was 17 Aug 1829 in Waterford city. They are the parents of Jonathan and Elizabeth - in Church of Ireland records they did not use the mother's maiden name in the baptism of children records. So hence she is listed as Ann Grove in those. 

    There are no records of this Grove family in Waterford in 1901 or 1911. 

    Hope this is helpful

    Mary

    cahirb

    Sunday 5th Sep 2021, 12:54PM
  • Event TypeCensus
    NameRichard Kirby
    SexMaleAge5
    Event Date1850
    Event PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
    Event Place (Original)Milwaukee, ward 3, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
    Birth Year (Estimated)1845BirthplaceNewfoundland

    So Cheryl as you can see it was in Milwaukee. I think it is most definitely your family. It would be a big coincidence otherwise.
    Did you find out who the Mary Laherty aged 24 born in Ohio was? She is with them in Chicago in 1870. 

    How do you know for sure that they were in Newfoundland in 1850 - did you find a record of them there?

    Also my 1929 was a transcription error. It was 17 Aug 1829 in Waterford city. They are the parents of Jonathan and Elizabeth - in Church of Ireland records they did not use the mother's maiden name in the baptism of children records. So hence she is listed as Ann Grove in those. 

    There are no records of this Grove family in Waterford in 1901 or 1911. 

    Hope this is helpful

    Mary

    cahirb

    Sunday 5th Sep 2021, 12:55PM
  • Event TypeCensus
    NameRichard Kirby
    SexMaleAge5
    Event Date1850
    Event PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
    Event Place (Original)Milwaukee, ward 3, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
    Birth Year (Estimated)1845BirthplaceNewfoundland

    So Cheryl as you can see it was in Milwaukee. I think it is most definitely your family. It would be a big coincidence otherwise.
    Did you find out who the Mary Laherty aged 24 born in Ohio was? She is with them in Chicago in 1870. 

    How do you know for sure that they were in Newfoundland in 1850 - did you find a record of them there?

    Also my 1929 was a transcription error. It was 17 Aug 1829 in Waterford city. They are the parents of Jonathan and Elizabeth - in Church of Ireland records they did not use the mother's maiden name in the baptism of children records. So hence she is listed as Ann Grove in those. 

    There are no records of this Grove family in Waterford in 1901 or 1911. 

    Hope this is helpful

    Mary

    cahirb

    Sunday 5th Sep 2021, 12:55PM
  •  

    One thing that is interesting, actually there are several, is that Eliza's family members lived in Wisconsin.  I don't lknow if they are brothers or cousins, but they all had a lot of chldren with similar names.  The census above shows Anastasia & Peter's family with Johanna listed.  i believe the Mary who is a servant on Mary Kirby's 1870 census is a niece from Richard & Ann's family.  Another Laherty family is Edward & Anna with James in 1850 census.  I am not sure right now which census it was, but it lists 1851 as their stated year of emigration.

    Cheryl

    CHERYL

    Tuesday 7th Sep 2021, 09:37AM
  •  

    One thing that is interesting, actually there are several, is that Eliza's family members lived in Wisconsin.  I don't lknow if they are brothers or cousins, but they all had a lot of chldren with similar names.  The census above shows Anastasia & Peter's family with Johanna listed.  i believe the Mary who is a servant on Mary Kirby's 1870 census is a niece from Richard & Ann's family.  Another Laherty family is Edward & Anna with James in 1850 census.  I am not sure right now which census it was, but it lists 1851 as their stated year of emigration.

    Cheryl

    CHERYL

    Tuesday 7th Sep 2021, 09:37AM
  • I don't know why I amgetting theses posts, as I have no relatives of this name.

    Lyle wakeling

    lyle

    Wednesday 8th Sep 2021, 03:30AM
  • I don't wish to add to the confusion and I KNOW how muddling it can be because of repetitve names but here goes:

    I have a William Grove/Groves(b ca 1817) as my g-g-g-grandfather. His ddaughter, Sara Elizabeth Grove/Groves (b 1839) married(1857) Hugh Davis (b-1832) and gave birth to their last child my g- grandmother Annie Davis (b1869) who married John Robey leading to my Grandmother Addie Mary Robey.

    William was a seafaring man as was Hugh Davis early on.  (Hugh and Sara later ran a pub near the harbor n Baltimore)   Both Hugh and William are listed in the US Census as Mariners in the earliest records.They lived in Maryland. A  William Grove/Groves is listed again and again in Baltimore, however  All those listings haven't been verified yet.

    I would call it a coincidence except our family lore tells us that Annie Davis was orphaned and sent to live with an aunt, Eliza (married surname unknown) in Washington D.C. . Eliza was best friends with Matilda Robey and the two encouraged the joining of the son andneice, John Robey and Annie Davis.

    I haven't traced William's background yet so can't offer more at this moment. .  Do you think one of the siblings or offspring of your Eliza Grove may have settled in Maryland instead of the Mid weatern US?   Hugh Davis is listed oon the various Census reports as born in Ireland.  I acknowledge that his name is VERY Welsh and the family lore said we had Welsh roots on that side. Perhaps his family came by way of Ireland first.  TheI Irish-mariner connection makes a link with William Grove very possible. 

     

    Jody seeking

    Wednesday 8th Sep 2021, 01:32PM
  • Dear Jody,

    Thanks for your thoughts, this is a very interesting story.  I don't have any evidence that Eliza Grove went to the east coast. I only have evidence that she was in San Francisco (SF) where she married Peter Joice and gave birth to Ann Elizabeth in 1867.  There is also evidence that she owned property in Iowa with her husband, and she lived the rest of her life in Illinois, specifically Chicago and Moultrie County where she died.  However, I don't have proof of how she got to SF other than arriving aboard a mail ship in 1861.  So, I can trace her life from 1861 through 1923 from SF to Illinois, but before that is a mystery.  I have a newspaper article about her arrival to SF, that she was meeting her brother, Jonathan, who had arrived in 1855.  Again, his path to SF is a mystery, but I do know he died in SF in 1867.  So, that is what I know at this time.  Thanks for any help!

    Sincerely,

    Cheryl

    CHERYL

    Wednesday 8th Sep 2021, 04:22PM
  • Dear Cheryl,

    After reading your original notes I didn't think "my" Eliza was the same as yours but thought maybe, since the names William and Eliza are prominent in your history, there might be an off chance that they were relatives, using the same family names.  It was just a thought.  I have to keep a chart to organize all my paternal Irish family straight because they all used the same family names.  We've all tripped over that phenomenon. From 3 brothers and their father, whose lists of childrn all sound alike, (and the tradition carried right up to today throught 5 generations alone) - we have 7 Josephs and 7 Johns or Seans all with same last name , not to mention the extra Michaels, Williams and Thomases.  So I took a chance on the Grove family, just in case. 

    I hope you find the data you are seeking. Good Hunting!

    Jody
     

    Jody seeking

    Thursday 9th Sep 2021, 01:42PM
  • I don't know why I am getting this e-mail as I do not haave any relatives whose surname was Grove.

    Perhps you could not forward any more e-mails for any posts looking for the family Grove.

    Many thanks 

    Lyle Wakeling

    lyle

    Thursday 9th Sep 2021, 11:35PM
  • I want to thank everyone who contributed to this thread, you cettainly have given me new directions to follow.  It is a complex story that I can develop in many ways.  It's not going to be fast or easy, but it will be fun!  Thanks for all you have done and will look forward to any new thoughts you may have.

    CHERYL

    Friday 10th Sep 2021, 04:22PM
  • message for Lyle:  I believe we receive notise whenever there is activity in one of the counties we have registered in.That way even if its not "your" family, you might be able to pick up clues tt he area or customs or discover neighbors etc.  I receive notices all the time because I have expressedinterest in that county.  Its probably an automated trigger, I am sure no one is being deprived of the message you are seeing.

     

    Message for Cheryl- Best of Luck withyour quest.

    Jody seeking

    Friday 10th Sep 2021, 07:09PM
  • Cheryl, are you the daughter of Hellen and Richard?

    pwrpla

    Saturday 11th Sep 2021, 07:55PM
  • I am following up on clues presented by you. I am seeking information on Ann PURCELL of Waterford and Lismore Diocese. She married William GROVE in 1829 in Waterford. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you.

    CHERYL

    Friday 30th Dec 2022, 08:11AM

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