Looking for Lavelle Family

Patrick Henry and Anthony were brothers.

Ptrick was born in 1831

there is a post on here called Patrick Henry Lavelle 1831 with a post by laurie O'Neill with more info.

regards Sue

Hello, Sue.  I can't find the previous post to which you refer. I searched the message board for "Patrick Henry Lavelle 1831" and "Patrick Henry Lavelle". Result each time was "There are no posts". There are 2 pages of results for "Lavelle". I didn't notice a post by Laurie O'Neill among them. Was it on the Mayo board? How long ago was the thread posted?  Perhaps you may be able to find it and summarise the key information from it. 

Patrick Henry Lavelle was my g-g-grandfather. On Monday, 1 April 1850, in company of his brother, Anthony, and their mother, Honor, they stole a sheep from an outhouse belonging to a Mr. T. Kelly of Dooeaghny, 3 miles from Ballina. Next day they were arrested by Const. Phibbs, and were subsequently sent to trial at Sligo. On Tuesday, 9/4/1850 the three were found guilty, and whereas Pat and Anthony were sentenced to Van Dieman's Land (now Tasmania, Australia) for a term of 7 years, Honor was given a sentence of 12 months hard labour. The brothers were transported aboard the Lord Auckland on 28/9/1852. I think Anthony won a Ticket of Leave in 1855, and Pat was granted one on 11/4/1857. Pat married Keziah Rachel Mead at Hobart on 4/7/1874, and they had 14 children. Pat was a carpenter, and he died on 20/10/1910 at Lindisfarne, Hobart, Tas.

Anthony, after being given his Ticket of Leave married Mary Ann Hogan, and they had at least one child together. On 7/9.1858 he was involved in an armed robbery at the Mt. Nelson Signal Station, Hobart in company with John Johnston and Thomas Gault, the ringleader. They had robbed another man pereviously that same evening, but when the trio were caught they weren't charged with that earlier robbery because the Signal Station was a Government instalation and therefore any major crime made against it would usually meet with a death sentence if the perpetrators were found guilty. Johnson was found not guilty, but Anthony and Gault were pronounced guilty and were sentenced to hand on 21 December, 1857. The day before the execusion Anthony received a Stay, whereas Thomas Gault, because of his numerous previous convictions, was executed in the morning of the 21st. Anthony was granted a pardon around 17/2/1870, and thereafter spent some time looking for his family and generally trying to get his life back together. Anthony had been visting his brother and his family at a time they were living in the southern reaches of Tasmania, and was now heading back to Hobart, being transported in a whaleboat owned by a man named McIntyre. Also aboard was the onwer's wife Mary McIntyre. Sometime in that night of 8/4/1872 the boat hit rough waters in The Narrows and was flipped. The only surviver was the boat owner. So, 22 years and one week after committing that first crime Anthony's came to an end, leaving no trace of his whereabouts.

Pat's family in Australia are finding it difficult to find anything more about the brothers and their mother in their early days on Achill, and would sincerely appreciate any help that our cousins on Achill can provide us with.

Laurie O'Neill   

Laurie O'Neill
Thursday 17th January 2019, 11:00PM

Hi Sue,

I'm afraid none of this will be of much help 

The R C registers available online only have Achill baptisms starting in 1867; marriages start 1829 registers.nli.ie/

The Representative Church Body Library in Dublin has Achill C of I registers but those records only start in 1854 also!

The Tithe Applotments have 36 Lavelles in Mayo 1824-33 http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/; most are from Burrishoole which includes Achill

No Lavelles in Mayo in the 1821 Census

I have a cd Memorials of the Dead Galway & Mayo; there are a few which may be relevant (hard to know) whether one could be your boys' father

Burrishoole Abbey:

Lord have mercy                                   
soul of
Patrick Lavelle
who died on the 16th of Jan
1867
aged 77 years
Lord have mercy on the soul of Edmd
Lavell deced Octob
er 5th 1817 aged 30 years
His sister Mary Lavell
decd Sept the 2nd
1803 aged 20 years

Aughagower R C:

To the memory of
Michael Lavelle
who died on the 19th of Feb 1897
aged 86 years
and his wife Anne
who died on the 19th of March 1898
aged 76 years

Castlebar Old

O Lord have mercy on the soul
of
Patrick Lavelle
died Dec 15th 1866
aged 56 years
also
Henry
died June 21st 1879
aged 18 years
and his wife
Mary Lavelle alias Lally
who died August 28 1891
aged 74 years
Erected by
Patrick Lavelle
in fond memory of his parents and brother

I googled Lavelle Achill and found a message board on ancestry with recent posts but I assume it requires ancestry membership?

I have a similar brick wall with my Achill Cafferkys so share your frustration!

Col Cafferky

Achill Parish