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Peter Coolahan married Catherine Colahan around 1825. They lived in Ganaveen and had 2 sons  peter and Michael.catherine died before 1835 and Peter moved to Ballymanagh and remarried Ellen Murphy. They had 5 children.

 

Michael (son of Peter) married Bridget Kelly around 1850 ? They had 13 chilldren, Bridget and her 4 youngest children died around 1878 (typhus) I think they are buried in the Lawrencetown cemetary lot 286. 

 

Any information would be greatly appreciated

 

Thank you

Catherine colahan

Sunday 14th Dec 2014, 04:24PM

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  • Catherine:

    I checked the 1901 census and found a Michael Colahan in Ballymanagh. He was not there in 1911 and presumably died. I did find an 1906 civil death index record for a Michael Coolehan in the Ballinasloe registration district. The age fits your information

    http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Lissmanny/Bally…

    First name(s) Michael
    Last name Coolehan
    Birth year 1833
    Age at death 73
    Registered year 1906
    Registered quarter/year Jan - Mar 1906
    Registration district Ballinasloe
    Volume 4
    Page 13

    There was a Bridget Colohan civil death index record for a Bridget Colohan in 1878 (below). There was also one in 1882. 

    First name(s) Bridget
    Last name Colohan
    Birth year 1835
    Age at death 43
    Registered year 1878
    Registered quarter/year Jan - Mar 1878
    Registration district Ballinasloe
    Volume 4
    Page 27

    I also located an 1866 civil death index record for a Peter Coolahan, Possibly this was the father of Michael.

    First name(s) Peter
    Last name Coolahan
    Birth year 1796
    Age at death 70
    Registered year 1866
    Registered quarter/year 1866
    Registration district Ballinasloe
    Volume 4
    Page 32

    Let me know if you have questions

    Roger McDonnell 

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Sunday 14th Dec 2014, 05:24PM

  • Wow Roger, thank you so much for this information. I am sure these r the right records as my grgrandfathers marriage cert lists Michael as still alive in 1901. And Bridget dying before her children ( I have a record of Fannie dying at the end of 1978. And the record of Ballymanagh list Peter as dying then. 

     

    Is there somewhere I can get these records. Will they tell me Peters and Bridgets parents

     

    catherine

    Catherine colahan

    Sunday 14th Dec 2014, 07:12PM

  • Catherine:

    The death records will not show parents. The death records show date, location, cause of death, name of informant and sometimes the relationship of the informant to the deceased.

    Go to this link https://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Apply-for-Certificates.aspx  print out the death form, fill it out to the best of your ability and add the info from the index record: quarter/year of death and in Peter's case the year, registration district and the volume and page number. You need one form per person. Make sure you request a copy not  a cert. Mail the forms to the GRO in Co. Roscommon (address provided on instructions). You can ask the GRO to e-mail the copy back to you. Each request costs around 4 euros.

    Roger

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Monday 15th Dec 2014, 01:28AM

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