LARKIN ANCESTORS (UPPER KILLEVY)
I am looking for my Killevy ancestors. This is what I know so far.
Bernard Larkin, my great great great grandfather, was born about 1804. He married Bridget McGivern and they had at least 4 children:
Ann, born 1833. She was my great great grandmother.
Hugh, born 1836
I have baptismal parish record references for them.
James, born about 1849
Patrick.
As far as I know they were all born in Killevy.
In 1862 Ann had a son by Laurence McAteer. Her son’s name was Laurence and he was my great grandfather. I have his baptismal certificate as he had to have it as proof of his age in order to claim his old age pension!
In May 1864 Ann married Laurence McAteer.
Between 1864 and 1871 the family moved to Liverpool. My father’s family have told the following story down through the generations:
In 1866 Laurence McAteer embarked on a journey to the USA on a ship named the ‘Monarch of the Sea’. Off the coast of Ireland in the Dingle Peninsular the ship collided with a whaling boat and sank with all hands. There were no survivors. This event is recorded in the records held at the Liverpool Maritime Museum.
I can track Ann up to her death in 1899 in Liverpool via census returns and parish and civil records.
In 1871 Ann was living in Liverpool with Patrick Duffy, her son. Laurence, her father, Bernard Larkin and her brother James Larkin. Ann and Patrick also had a son called John but he died aged 2 years. In 1874 Ann married Patrick Duffy and was known thereafter as Ann Duffy. Her son Laurence was known as Larry Duffy throughout his childhood and reverted to his birth name of McAteer as an adult.
Ann’s brother, James Larkin, who was living in the same household as her in 1871 married Mary Ann McNulty in 1871 and they had a son also called James, born 1874. He was the Socialist, Big Jim Larkin who has a statue dedicated to him in O’Connell Street in Dublin. Ann was his godmother at his baptism.
Ann’s brothers also remained in Liverpool and died there. Her father, Bernard Larkin died in Liverpool in 1879.
My grandfather, Owen McAteer was Ann Larkin’s grandson.
I would like to contact anyone who could help me discover my Irish ancestors and also anyone who could share any information regarding my great great grandfather, Laurence McAteer who died at sea in 1866.
If you’re still with me, thank you for reading this
Frances
Fran
Wednesday 4th May 2016, 04:00PMMessage Board Replies
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Frances,
I found Ann Larkin's marriage details on FindMyPast as follows:-
Ireland Marriages 1619-1898 Transcription
Print transcription
First name(s)
Ann
Last name
Larkin
Age
-
Marital status
Single
Marriage year
1864
Marriage date
06 May 1864
Marriage place
Newry, Arm, Ireland
Father's first name(s)
Bernard
Father's last name
Larkin
Mother's first name(s)
-
Mother's last name
-
Spouse's first name(s)
Laurence
Spouse's last name
Mctear
Spouse's age
-
Spouse's birth place
-
Spouse's marital status
Single
Spouse's father's first name(s)
Frank
Spouse's father's last name
Mctear
Spouse's mother's first name(s)
-
Spouse's mother's last name
-
Residence
Ireland
Place
Newry
County
Armagh
Country
Ireland
Record set
Ireland Marriages 1619-1898
Category
Life Events (Birth, Marriage, Death)
Subcategory
Marriages & divorces
Collections from
Ireland
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl
Note: The spelling of McAteer is different - McTear. There are also many articles in the Irish Newspaper archives about the disappearance of the Monach of the Sea with the loss of all 759 emigrants on board.
Anne Larkin's baptism can be viewed at
http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632512#page/10/mode/1up
on the 13th September 1833 in Killeavy Upper parish records - parents Bernard Larkin and Bridget McGivern.
But you probably have all of those records already.
To find Laurence McAteer's baptism would be more difficult as we do not know the year of birth nor the parish. It MAY be the same parish but records in that parish for baptisms only started in 1832, so if he was born before then, the records do not exist. Civil Registration did not start until 1864.
Fiona Burke
Wednesday 4th May 2016, 07:37PM -
Hello Fiona,
Thank you for your response. I am thinking that Laurence McAteer is always going to prove elusive! I will try the Irish newspaper archives to read about the loss of the ship. Thank you for the research you did on my behalf. It is very much appreciated.
Frances
Fran
Thursday 5th May 2016, 09:51AM