Dennis McNamara was born in 30 Jul 1820 in Clare somewhere. His Parents were John McNamara & Susan O'Donnell. His 1st wife was Catherine Sammon who was born around 1827 and died 12 Jan 1869 in Rocky Hill, Ct I can find not information on when they arrived in the US. It seems that most information I see on arrives for that time period is just a name. His 1st child was born in the USA in the mid 1850's
Thier Children were
John J McNamara b. 1854 d 1917
Mary b. 1856
Susan b. 1858
Thomas b. 1860
Dennis b. 1864 d.1943 in CT
Edward b. 1867 d. 1932 in CT
The person that brought me to this line was thier 1st child John J McNamara (his 1st wife was Ellen Fitzgibbon). He ended up marrying Mary McNamara(b.1871) who was the daughter of John McNamara & Bridget Clune. On their marriage reg it stated John McNamara was living in Kiladerry/Broadford. Bridget Clune was living in Tryedagh. After they were married John McNamara moved up the the Clune homestead in Tyredagh. I have them in 1901 Census in 1901. John McNamara died in 1923 In Affick. Some of their children went to Knockjames school.
Mary McNamara was John & Bridget's 1st child and I think she was the 1st to go to the US (1889). How did Mary know John J McNamara and end up marrying him??
I have no birth information on John McNamara (Bridget's Husband). His Father's name was Michael. Maybe Denis McNamara was Michael's Brother??
Friday 13th Sep 2013, 08:21PM
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Hi Blake,
Thank you for your message.
It will really help your search if you can narrow down parish of origin. I did a quick search in the Tithe Applotment Books for John McNamara. Unfortunately,however the name was very common and there were over 100 results:
I also did a search for Denis McNamara in the later Griffith?s Valuation, again there were too many results for it to be helpful:
Perhaps you could cross reference the tw and see if any common parishes appear? It will be difficult to know if the results are relevant to you but it may offer you a starting point for your search.
It may also be an idea to contact the Clare Heritage Centre to see if they can offer any assistance. However please note that a fee may apply. Here is their email: clareheritage@eircom.net
Some websites that you may find helpful are:
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/clare/index.html
From Ireland: www.from-ireland.net
Clare resources: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mccarthykathryn/clare_church_records.htm
Clare Library: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Tuesday 24th Sep 2013, 10:15AM