My second great grandfather John Tracy b. 1819 in County Clare emmigrated to Montreal about 1825 with his parents Patrick and Ann Tracy. He married Mary E. Butler of Montreal, though Irish descent, her father was Henry Butler I think.
John and Mary had seven children Catherineb. abt 1850, Richard b. 1852, Patrick, John b. 1861, Nellie, Mary, William and Ellen. The first three were born in Canada, the rest in Henry and/or Dupage County, Illinois. They were Roman Catholic. Several are buried in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery in Lemont Illinois, including my great grandfather John Franklin Tracy b. 1861, and His wife Anna Laughlin Tracy.
Anna Laughlin is the daughter of Thomas Laughlin b. abt 1819 in Ireland, and Ann Maher Laughlin b. 1825 in Ireland. Nearby in DuPage County, Illinois also lived the Thomas Maher and Margaret McDonough Maher family and their three sons, all of whom were born in Ireland. I suspect the families were neighbors or fellow parishioners in Ireland
The Laughlins and the Tracys were farmers to begin with in Illinois.
I have desperately searched for my Irish families, including a visit to Corfin in 2012. Because of the times when the Tracys left there were few records. I am ready to return to Ireland to look for the Laughlins and Mahers.
I would love any help you can spare.
Thank you,
Donna Turner Schulze
Tuesday 26th Nov 2013, 06:18PM
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Hi Donna:
Many thanks for your query to the Ireland Reaching Out message board. You are correct about the few amount of records for the time period that you are looking, however there are a couple of things that you can do.
You can go onto the Clare Library website at www.clarelibrary.ie/genealogy and trace the surnames Tracy as to the parishes that they may have come from. This may help you to narrow down where to look. In addition, there are other very useful resources on the site that have been donated such as transcription of passenger shiplists as well as newspaper obituaries in various papers around the world of Clare-born emigrants.
The very best of luck with your research. If you have any further questions, please get back to me. If you find that you can narrow it down to a few parishes, get back to me and I'll see what I can do.
All the best,
Jane.
Tulla Clare, IrelandXO Volunteer
Tuesday 26th Nov 2013, 07:24PM -
Dear Jane,
Here are the Parishes:
Miltown Malbay 1831 9 families
Scariff 1853 7 families
Bodyke 1832 5 families
OCallaghans Mills 1835 4 families
Ennis 1841 4 families
Cratloe 1802 3 families
Broadford 1845 3 families
Killaloe 1828 3 families
Sixmilebridge 1828 3 families
Quin-Clooney 1815 2 families
Mountshannon 1846 2 families
Corofin 1819 2 families
Tubber 1833 2 families
19th Century Master Index of Baptisms
The dates above in the brackets after the Parishes indicate the commencement date of their Registers.
The following Catholic parishes include the civil parishes where people with the surname Tracy resided based on the tithe applotment index: Kilkeedy, Dysert, and Ruan; Doora; Broadford; Cratloe; Kilnoe and Tomgraney; Scariff and Moynoe.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Where are you located? I felt like I came "home" when I visited Ireland last year. I love it so much.
All the best to you Jane.
Donna
Tuesday 26th Nov 2013, 08:42PM -
Dear Jane,
Here are the Parishes:
Miltown Malbay 1831 9 families
Scariff 1853 7 families
Bodyke 1832 5 families
OCallaghans Mills 1835 4 families
Ennis 1841 4 families
Cratloe 1802 3 families
Broadford 1845 3 families
Killaloe 1828 3 families
Sixmilebridge 1828 3 families
Quin-Clooney 1815 2 families
Mountshannon 1846 2 families
Corofin 1819 2 families
Tubber 1833 2 families
19th Century Master Index of Baptisms
The dates above in the brackets after the Parishes indicate the commencement date of their Registers.
The following Catholic parishes include the civil parishes where people with the surname Tracy resided based on the tithe applotment index: Kilkeedy, Dysert, and Ruan; Doora; Broadford; Cratloe; Kilnoe and Tomgraney; Scariff and Moynoe.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Where are you located? I felt like I came "home" when I visited Ireland last year. I love it so much.
All the best to you Jane.
Donna
Tuesday 26th Nov 2013, 08:42PM