My great grandparents were Patrick Ford and Ellen Crowe from Annaghdown, County Galway. I am trying to find a birth/baptism certificate for Ellen (and possibly other siblings).
Ellen immigrated to NZ on the Melbourne departing Leith Dec 16, 1860, arriving Port Chalmers, Dunedin, March 17, 1861. The ship’s log of assisted passengers lists Pat. Crowe and Helen Crowe, Drumgriffin.
Also on board was Patrick Ford, from Annaghdown. He was baptised on 24 Jan 1837 in the Annaghdown Parish, Co Galway. Father Michael Ford, Mother Mary Boyle. They came from Lisheenornan townland (Corrandulla) in the Annaghdown Parish. Michael and Mary were married on 15 March 1835 in the Annaghdown Parish.
Two years after their arrival in NZ, Patrick Ford and Ellen Crowe were married in Dunedin on 29 Aug 1863. The marriage certificate says Patrick was 24 and Ellen 20, so she was born about 1843. However she died on 22/1/1928 aged 89, suggesting she was born in 1838. (Quite some discrepancy but I can’t find any other documents to clarify her DOB). On her death certificate her parents are listed as Anthony Crowe and Ellen Crowe (nee Small).
I am able to view the NLI website of baptisms for the Annaghdown Parish (Sept 1834 to Sept 1869). However I wondered if there was an annotated version available listing names as it is very hard to decipher the original microfilm. Incidentally, I don’t know which townland our Crowe’s came from (although Griffiths valuation lists Crowes in the Barrany). I have been told immigrants to NZ from Annaghdown sometimes put Drumgriffin because there was a post office there. Family tradition also says Ellen was born at Clear, Galway (possibly Claregalway?) Any help or suggestions would be welcomed.
| Additional Information | ||
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1840 (circa) | |
| Date of Death | 22nd Jan 1928 | |
