...Last time... There was a possible ancestor spotting found in
the records of Griffith's Evaluation of County Clare ...
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Separate from my own research, relatives
of mine were also on a mission to find our family in Ireland and commissioned a
genealogical report from the Clare Heritage & Genealogical
Research Centre in Corofin.
Through the Heritage Centre's work, they
were able to find seven separate baptismal entries for children who were born
to a James Lardner and Bridget (O)Sullivan in Cloonlaheen West (Roman Catholic parish
of Kilmurry Ibrickane, Diocese of Killaloe):
- James, baptized on 2 January,
1840
- John, baptized on 17 April, 1841
- William, baptized on 4 February, 1843
- Anne, baptized on 7 December, 1844
- Michael, baptized on 19 July, 1846
- Patrick, baptized on 23 July, 1848
- Ellen, baptized on 1 July, 1850
Comparing the
birth information gathered for the two known siblings, the above baptism dates
in bold appear to correspond with my 2x great grandfather and aunt’s birth
dates given as 1 January, 1840 and 1 July, 1850 respectively. These individuals could be my family!
If I could, I would hug the person who put this report together.
Also included in
the Centre's report was a copy of James Lardner Sr's 1883 death register record
for the civil district of Cragaknock,Union of Kilrush. According to this
document, James died on 13 July, 1883 in Clonlaheen at the age of 80 which
would place his year of birth around 1803. His wife, who is listed as the
informant of his death, was a woman by the name of Kate Lardner.
Per the Centre's
report, Bridget (Sullivan) Lardner died sometime after 1850 and James married
again, this time to a Catherine "Kate" (Breen) O'Halloran.
Marriage records were not included for the couple in the research, so I'm
not sure where Catherine's information comes from, but apparently decedents of
Catherine and her first husband, Thomas O'Halloran, still own the family
property today.
As a result of
this report, my next tasks will be to track down a microfilm copy of the church
registers for Kilmurry Ibrickane in order to gather images of the baptism
entries, while locating records for Bridget's death and James' subsequent marriage
to Catherine.
Until later...
All the Best,
Jessica
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