Search for my G grandmother from Aghamore, Mayo Co to Dunkirk, NY
Per 1900 census in Dunkirk, Chautauqua, NY Catherine Kenny Hartman claims she was b. Nov 1870 in IR, arrived in US age 3 (1873).
Her marriage 1888 at St Marys RCC church records her parents were Andrew Kenny and Ellen.
Catherine is the 1892 Dunkirk, NY State census, m. with children
1900 Dunkirk, NY Federal Census with her 4 living children and husband
Birth of my grandmother in the newspaper 1895, a party
Birth and death of 3 babies Church records, one buried at St Mary's Cemetery.
By 1905 she has disappeared and the 4 living children are in St Mary's Orphanage.
She is not buried at St Marys' Cemetery
With help of DNA I find her shared matches in Mayo Co.
Checking the Diocese Tuam, Parish Aghamore Baptisms 1864-1880 I believe I found her family but I don't see my Catherine.
My feeling is she came as a young child with a family friend or relative. My closest match to Catherine has the same mystery with his g grandmother. She ended up in Lancashire, EN in a poor house. I feel she is the sister of my Catherine. Margaret baptized April 1865 d/o Andrew Kenny and Ellen.
Really appreciate any insight. I now want to discover more of her birth as opposed to her disappearance that I spend so much time working on.
Mary Jane McAllister
mjdevault@gmail.com
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Hello Mary,
For the years you are interested in all Irish birth, marriage and death records are available online at no cost on the Irish government site https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/
You should be able to locate both Catherine Kenny's birth record and her parents marriage record there.
That said, the information that you have may not be totally accurate. Andrew is a relatively unusual name for an Irish person, which is a good thing for your search. A quick look at the site above indicates that there has only ever been one man named Andrew Kenny who married a woman called Ellen in the Irish records, and that was in 1875. That marriage record is at the following address...
Also, I don't see the couple having a child called Catherine.
The https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ site is your best source. It may be valuable re-examining your American records to search for any alternate names to use in your review of the irishgenealogy website. The records will be there.
Best regards, John.
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The dates on US censuses for arrival and age are often not quite right - especially for our Irish ancestors who all seemed to have kissed the Blarney Stone. Some of mine shaved from 9 to 20 years off their ages over the years.
I do see, in the Irish Roman Catholic baptisms, in Aghamore, a couple Andrew Kenny and Ellen Kenny having 3 children about that time - Margaret, b 1865, Bridget, b 1868, and Pat, b 1870. That register has been recopied - the image quality tells me it is not 150 years old. It's possible that a name was omitted or misspelled when it was recopied. Pat could be an error for "Cat" or "Cath" as priests often abbreviated names to save space and ink.
Sisters/siblings/cousins often traveled together when immigrating. Have you found her in the 1875 NYS or 1880 US census? What are the names of her wedding witnesses or for the baptisms of her children? Those will often be close family members. Filling in the rest of the family can be useful in finding the one line you want to see.
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