I am looking for some help in locating the marriage of my great grandparents Mary Mitchell and James Mulhere. I have found birth records of their 5 children - Thomas 1867, Anne 1869, John 1873, James 1879, and Michael 1881, all born Coolnageeragh, Portumna. But I can not find a marriage for them, nor any credible information for Mary's parents (I have a Lawrence Mitchell/Ellen Bohan as a possiblity). Thanks for any help you can give me.
Pat
Friday 13th Nov 2020, 05:37PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Pat
Welcome to IrelandXO.
This is the Marriage record for Mary Mitchell to James Carey !!!!! of Coolnahgeeragh March 1867. Her father Laurence. His father James Carey. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_re…
Would not associate Mulhere and Carey. As both James & John Carey signed with an "X" the Priest may not have been local and recorded phonetically.
They were also closely related as noted on the Church Register (1st + 2nd Cousins, 7 a-Kins to be confirmed !) https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632946#page/206/mode/1up
Regards
Gerard, Parish Liaison Lackagh
Saturday 14th Nov 2020, 09:48AM -
Thank you! I had found the Carey/Mitchell marriage on irishgenealogy.ie, but I had not found the church record. I was thinking that there may have been a mistake with Carey/Mulhere too, especially since I can find no record of the correct marriage, and I know parents from the childrens birth record. I also can not find any Carey children with Mary Mitchell as a mother, but there could be other reasons for that (unable to have children, moved out of the country, etc.). It is a real mystery.
But the most interesting thing is something I would have ignored in the church record
1st + 2nd Cousins, 7 a-Kins to be confirmed
That is fascinating, I never knew those additional characters referred to how closely the married couples were related.
Thanks again,
Pat
Pat
Sunday 15th Nov 2020, 12:33AM