Margaret Reid / Read

Hi Jim,

I've been searching through the Milltown/Killarney records and haven't been able to find anything definitive as yet. I wonder if you have any further relevant information? Could the surname have been Reed or Reidy? Reidy is quite a common surname in some parts of Co. Kerry. I found records of a Reed family in the area who were Church of Ireland. Do you know if she was Roman Catholic or Church of Ireland? Apart from her father's name, do you have names of any other members of Margaret's family eg. siblings? Also, her children's names and their order might provide clues, as Irish families often followed a traditional naming system. Do you know her age at the time of emigration to Australia and the Irish port of departure? Did she travel alone or with others from her area?

I have found some possibilities but need more information for confirmation. If you can find anything else, let me know and I will do some further research into it. 

Kind Regards,

Joan Holland

Hello Joan,thanks for responding to my query.

In answer to your questions Margaret was a Catholic and was age 22 on departure from Plymouth .( UK )

Her kids were named - in order of birth - Margaret , Thomas , Ellen , Michael , Denis , Mary , John , Bernard , William.

I do not know anything about her siblings.

All the best

Jim

Hi Jim,

I'm afraid I've been unable to find any definite record of your Margaret Reid in that part of Co. Kerry at that time. Kilburn is in the parish of Kilcolman, Milltown, Killarney. The earliest records for the area go back to the early 1800s. The only likely relative I could find was a Thomas Reidy, born 1802 to David Reidy and Margaret Donnell of Milltown. If he married young, he could have had a daughter, Margaret (called after his mother, as was family tradition), born around 1820 - 1822. The only other possible record I found was a Death Record for a Thomas Ready, Shoemaker, of Twohills Lane, Killarney, who died in 1872 at the age of 52. If Margaret's father Thomas was a Bootmaker, it is likely that this could be her brother, also called Thomas, carrying on the family business.

I'm sorry I haven't been able to find anything else about her or her family.

Best wishes,

Joan

Thanks Joan - I will make a note of this.

By the way where did you find this information.

Regards

Jim