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Looking for my 3RD Great grandmother, Catherine Walsh, who married someone with the last name of O'Brien.  They had a daughter, Bridget(t) O'Brien, on Febuary 02, 1829.  Catherine Walsh may have been born in Tooreen, Partry district around 1800-1805 to a James Walsh who was a farmer and a school teacher.  My family is saying that she has a sister named Bridgett Walsh, born around 1803 in Tooreen also, who later married a Thomas Gibbons. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Katherine Pitts

Wednesday 11th Nov 2020, 04:28PM

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  • Hello Katherine.
    I believe my 3rd g-grandfather Ransom Walsh was a brother of Catherine and Bridget. Bridget did marry Thomas Gibbons and they immigrated to the U.S. One of their sons was James Cardinal Gibbons. You can find a lot about him through a web search, for example http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/People/James_Gibbons/ELLxLCG/1*.html. Ransom's family also immigrated to the U.S. I don't know anything about Catherine. I'm looking for information on their father James and their mother (name?). No luck yet. 

    Regards, Catherine Goodman

    Catherine

    Monday 4th Jan 2021, 08:24AM
  • Hello Catherine Goodman.

    I just received your message with your information.  I was beginning to give up on receiving any information at all regarding Catherine Walsh.  I have been trying to find genealogical information on Cardinal James Gibbons, but, that has proven to be difficult as well.  I do appreciate the link you sent me and will definitely look at it.  Where did Ransom Walsh immigrate to in the U.S.?  Catherine Walsh's daughter (Bridget O'Brien- married name Clark) immigrated to Maryland in the U.S.  I will continue searching and with any luck will stumble upon something which I will share with you.  Thank you again for this information.

    Sincerely, Katherine Pitts

    Katherine Pitts

    Monday 4th Jan 2021, 01:11PM

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