McEntyre and Lynch

Hi Maria,

I hope you are well.

McEntyre, is commonly spelt McIntrye here, however, I will try & give you a selection of sites that you could look at.  

1. Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864. You can access the website here:http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

Dear Carmel

thank you for your email. The ancestry.com family tree will be mine. There are McEntyres listed in Cavan - In the Shercock and Cootehill areas as well as Corporation lands and Annagh. My gut feeling is that Thomas came from the east of Cavan, near Ballieborough and Shercock. However, the place he lists on his NZ records. - Laoy or Lavey - had us stumped. We have had our dad's DNA test done and will order a report from Tyrone Bowes to see if he can assist us in locating the family place in Cavan.

while the name is usually spelt McIntyre, there are exact matches to the name McEntyre in Cavan.

Thank you for your help

kind regards

Maria McEntyre

Hi Maria, Do you want to share the piece of paper that the place name is written on incase I make something else of it,do you have a copy of his baptism?

I would know the McIntyres between Bailieborough & Shercock & I would know someone who knows the McIntyres beside cootehill, so if you get a lead I cant get you contacts.  In my husbands family some of his distant relations were married into McIntyres, but I dont have their info, that far back.

Regards Carmel

Dear Carmel

Thank you for your reply and kind offer to follow up my query.I attach a copy of a birth certificate (NZ) for Thomas John McEntyre's daughter, Hanorah. On the certificate he registers his place of birth as Lavy or Laoy (hard to read), Cavan, Ireland. That piece of information has led to sign up to Lavey parish as a possibel connection for our original family place.

On Thomas' marriage certificate (Australian) he records his place of birth as Cavan Ireland and his parents as John McEntyre and Mary Lynch. I attach that record also to this reply. Thomas left Ireland and went to the gold fields of Victoria, Australia before settling in Arrowtown, Otago, NZ where he farmed    until he died in 1915.

We believe he had a brother in NZ for a time with him as an Owen McEntyre was listed on the NZ electoral role at the same address as Thomas. There is only a record of Owen for about 5 years in NZ. We do not know if he returned to Ireland or if he lived elsewhere in NZ.

I have research records of McEntyre / McIntyre in Cavan and note that there were two McEntyres in 1856 - 57 Griffith's Valuation  carried out in County Cavan. The first was Michael McEntyre leasing land from Mary Fitzpatrick in Back Lane in the Townland ,  Corporation Lands, in the parish of Annagh and Barony of Loughtee Lower. The second McEntyre listed was Patrick McEntyre leasing land from John Vernon in the Townland of Kilcorby in the parish of Drumlane and Barony of Loughtee  Lower.

There are three McIntyres recorded in the parish of Lavey in the Tithe aplotment books - Hugh, Owen and Peter - in 1823 -1837 which s round the time Thomas was born. However, none of those names are listed on any of Thomas's records.

The 1901 and 1911 census records McEntyres living in Shercock, Cootehill and Ballieborough areas.

If you need further information to assist you, just email me and i will see if I have it.

The dates we have for Thomas are: Born  1 December 1832 (Cavan Ireland). Married 31 January 1866 (Australia). Died 1915 Arrowtown NZ. An early settler record about Thomas says that he emigrated to Australia around 1855  -56. We can find any shipping record so cannot help out there. Thomas was catholic. 

I really appreciate your kind offer to help. Our connection to Ireland is importnat to our family.

Both my parents families are trace to Ireland - Roscommon (Lee and Early), Antrim (Delargey and McLean), Galway (Forde and Higgins), Waterford (lynch), Limerick (Fitzgerald), Clare(Curtin and Bellet)  and Cavan(McEntyre and Lynch)! We have had more luck with the other counties and other family lines.

Kindest regards

Maria  McEntyre

NZ

maria.mcentyre@paradise.net.nz

PS  Have tried to attach the records but system will not accept them - maybe oversize limit so can you send me your email address and I will send them directly to you?

Maria, I have emailed you.

Carmel