Trying to find family roots

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Roger, our Casltemore Volunteer asked me to post this on his behalf

Best wishes
Clare Doyle
Genealogy Support
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Natalie:

The records for Tralee RC church go back to 1772 but I did not find a marriage record for Robert and Johanna. I did see the baptismal records for the children. Since marriages were usually in the bride's church, I'm wondering if the marriage was in a different church and the records for that church no longer go back to the very early 1800s.

I believe the family lived in Bawnboy townland in Clogherbrien civil parish. Here is the 1852 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Clogherbrien civil parish.

http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/kerry/clogherbrien.htm

Civil registration of deaths did not start until 1864. I did not find a record for a Robert or Johanna Barrett in the Tralee registration record,

Roger McDonnell

Dear Natalie, this appears to be the marriage of Joanna, daughter of Robert, Bawnbee

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/3ad2690589263

5 sons born in the 1840's

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?namefm=Johanna&namel=Barret&exact=&name2fm=martin&name2l=Walsh&location=&yyfrom=&yyto=&diocese=KERRY%20%28RC%29&parish=&century=1800&decade=1840&sort=&pageSize=100&ddBfrom=&ddMfrom=&ddDfrom=&mmBfrom=&mmMfrom=&mmDfrom=&yyBfrom=&yyMfrom=&yyDfrom=&ddBto=&ddMto=&ddDto=&mmBto=&mmMto=&mmDto=&yyBto=&yyMto=&yyDto=&locationB=&locationM=&locationD=&keyword=&member0=&member1=&member2=&member3=&member4=&member5=&member6=&member7=&member8=&member9=&namef0=&namef1=&namef2=&namef3=&namef4=&namef5=&namef6=&namef7=&namef8=&namef9=&namel0=&namel1=&namel2=&namel3=&namel4=&namel5=&namel6=&namel7=&namel8=&namel9=&event=&submit=Search

It may be worthwhile checking this line out as it moves forward as they may be of the same line as you.

There is a Robert Barrett, Bawnboy in Griffith's Valuation (c.1850)  showing 16 returns.

There are also 10 returns for Barrett, Bawnboy in the 1901 Census

also worth checking out. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?searchMoreVisible=&census_year=1901&surname=Barrett&firstname=&county19011911=Kerry&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&parish=&ward=&barony=&townland=bawnboy&houseNumber=&ded=&age=&sex=&search=Search&ageInMonths=&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&yearsMarried=&birthplace=&nativeCountry=&language=&deafdumb=&causeOfDeath=&yearOfDeath=&familiesNumber=&malesNumber=&femalesNumber=&maleServNumber=&femaleServNumber=&estChurchNumber=&romanCatNumber=&presbNumber=&protNumber=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving= 

Do let me know if anything comes of it or if you have any problems with the search.

Warm wishes

Martine