DNA Keaveney Surname

Hi Shawneena, my husband's 2nd great-grandmother was Bridget Keaveny from Galway.  I did know the name of the Townland but right now I can't remember it.  I will have to ask a cousin and get back  to you with the name.  Bridget was born 16 Feb 1837 to Mark Keaveny and Mary Donland.  They were born about 1815 and I have Knockmoyleen as Mark's place of birth.  I believe that is in Galway but I'm not sure. Mark and Mary had 5 children, that I know of:  Bridget, Michael, James, Patrick, and Honor.  The birth years I have are 1837 - 1855.  I don't have birth years for Patrick and Honor.  The birth place I have for James is Englishtown, Glenamaddy, Galway.  Bridget came to the USA on 23 Jun 1854.  She lived in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and married Patrick Cray (Creigh in Ireland) on 8 Feb 1857.  They had 8 children.  Is this the same family you are researching?  I would love to hear from you and learn if it is the same family.  I believe there is still family in Ireland, probably in Galway

Mary Todd

The Villages, Florida, USA

I forgot to mention.....a cousin had a DNA match to someone in England.  She doesn't know of family in England but she does have the DNA match!!

Mary Todd

Hi Shawneena.

' https://www.johngrenham.com/findasurname.php?surname=Keaveney  is a website I have found helpful to position relatives who have not sent a forwarding address.  They should have known I would be looking for them!

This site will show those listed on the Griffiths Valuation (1847-1864).  There are none for Galway but the counties either side (Mayo & Offaly) have 5. Remember that this was a time of being poor and the Griffiths only show those owning or renting properties over an acre.

The 1901 & 1911 Censuses can be reached through this site and show surname distribution.  There are a large number for Galway.  There are also Roman Catholic records.

My next suggestion would be ' https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp. where there are 558 births, 214 marriages and 626 deaths listed.  

The following site lists the Registration districts of each county and will help with the above site.

' https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Ireland-civil-registration.html

Galway: Ballinasloe, Ballinrobe, Clifden, Galway, Glenamaddy, Gort, Loughrea, Mountbellew, Oughterard, Portunna, Roscommon, Scarriff, Tuam.

Offaly (King’s): Edenderry, Mountmellick, Parsonstown (Birr), Roscrea, Tullamore.

Mayo: Ballina, Ballinrobe, Belmullet, Castlebar, Castlereagh, Claremorris, Killala, Newport (included in Westport after 1886), Swineford, Westport.

There is also a two part map showing the locations of the Registration districts.  Unfortunately you may have to print out both and join them together as the above are on both halves.

I hope this gives you some further sites to check out.  Good luck with your search.

I am still trying to find out which flying saucer mine came to Australia on as I can find no records of them.

Kathy

mtodd81  Thankyou so much for all the infomation, so kind of you.Will go through it and contact you soon.Very exciting.Shawneena

Kathy from oz.  Well the infomation is great thankyou so much.Will stay in touch.Shawneena.

Shawneena:

My husband and I visited Glenamaddy (County Galway) last summer and were assisted by volunteers at the Glenamaddy Boyounagh Heritage Project.  In fact, a Mr. Patrick Keaveny showed us where my ancestors lived.  You can contact them at glenamaddyheritage.com or email gbhp.info@gmail.com  They have done extensive research on the people in that area.

I recall him telling us that there were many Keavenys in the area.  He said there is another spelling for the name, i.e., Keaveney.

Good luck,

JoAnn Frederickson

Hi,

My great grandmother was Mary Keaveny Watters, although she lived in Co. Mayo after getting married, she was from Co. Roscommon. My GedMatch is DW2848025

Did Mary marry john keaveny think i have it now on ancestry.I have done my DNA on there.Got 1841 census.Thankyou for your message.