Hi Everyone , I wonder if anyone can assist ; I am trying to find any living relatives from my late grandfathers Irish family . James Palmer was an English soldier based at the Curragh Army Camp , Naas , Co Kildare .
He married Catherine ( Kate ) Dunne 23rd August 1911 in Mullingar Cathedral , she was born Jan 1890 to Patrick & Mary in Mullingar .
They had 5 or 6 daughters :
Margaret b. 17.04.1912 @ Curragh Camp , Naas , Co. Kildare
Alice b. 13.06.1913 sadly d. 08.09.1913
Kathleen Josephine b.25.07.1914 @Curragh Camp , Naas, Co. Kildare Married Joseph Murphy in Mullingar 20.11.1935
Dora (Doris ) b.01.01.1916 Birmingham England Married William Rickard in Mullingar 02.12.1933
Mary Josephine b.21.05.1917 Canal cottages Mullingar
Annie b.18.12.1919 Austin Friars St Mullingar married Francis Nolan 12.11.1938 in Mullingar
Mike swales
Wednesday 9th Aug 2023, 05:41PMMessage Board Replies
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Your note indicates that you were interested in James Palmer and his Irish family. The 1911 civil marriage record shows that the father of James Palmer was Philip Palmer who was a mechanic. I checked the 1911 census and do not see any Philip Palmer records anywhere in Ireland where Philip is over 40. The 1911 census does not show the names of soldiers, only their initials. There are so many soldiers, it would be a very difficult effort to find possible JP records. By the way, from what I saw almost all of the soldiers were born in England. So was James born in England or Ireland and if Ireland do you know the county?
If he was born in England, we will not be able to assist you since our focus is people who were from Ireland. Thanks!
Roger McDonnell
IrelandXO Moderator DC
Thursday 21st Sep 2023, 09:18AM