My great great grandfather Michael Collins was baptised in Loughgilly in 1849 and moved to Jarrow on Tyneside at the age of about 20. As he was born in Loughgilly, I am assuming that one or both of his parents would have died and been buried there. As St Patricks church is Church of Ireland, does anyone know where catholics in the area would have worshipped and been buried around the late 19th century?
Sunday 21st Sep 2014, 10:45AM
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I am looking for the family of James & Honora Taylor Hickey who died in 1846 during the potato famine in County Clare. They had five children, David, 15, John, 13, Thomas, 6, Baby Catherine (born in 1844 or 1846) and another girl (could be named Margaret, Mary or Bridget). David emigrated to the US in 1855 and in 1856 he sent money for his four siblings to join him in the US.
I found some arrests in Dublin that could be them. A John Hickey was arrested in 1850 at Dublin for having stolen potatoes in his possession. The birth year was 1833, the date he was born and he was from County Clare. It is a good possibility that it was my relative.
John and Thomas worked in Scotland. My dad said that my great grandfather Thomas started working at six years of age on a farm and he made $25.00 per month. Did family members take him in or maybe the priest found a family for them to live with in Scotland.
I know nothing much about the two girls. I wonder who took care of them? I cannot imagine what they went through when their parents died. They died about three months apart.
David, John & Thomas all settled in or around Bradford & Camp Grove in Stark County, Illinois, USA. Catherine was in Wisconsin in the US at one time and the other girl in Joliet, Illinois, USA.
Terry Hickey Abercrombie
Monday 22nd Sep 2014, 04:08AM