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Looking for information on my GGGrandfather John James Casey born abt 1846 ?Milltown Malbay ? Kilmurry (Ibrickan). Parents listed on his death certificate as James Casey and Mary Elizabeth O'Dwyer. One known sister Mary Elizabeth (or Elizabeth Mary) born abt 1850 ?Milltown Malbay. Family were Roman Catholic.

They all emmigrated to South Australia in abt 1857. John James later moved to Wellington, New Zealand, married  Theresa Mary Pagon and died in 1900 aged 54 years. His sister Mary Elizabeth married John Casey in Kapunda, South Australia and died in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia in 1917. 

I have explored all known on-line resources in an attempt to find more information on my Casey ancestors in Ireland. Any information greatly appreciated.

 

amlyn63

Wednesday 9th Oct 2013, 10:19PM

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  • Hi.

    Thank you for your message. Have you tried the Clare County Library for additional information? They are an excellent resource for family history. http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm

    Some other sites which may be useful, if you haven't tried them already, are: (some sites are free, some paying)

    http://www.interment.net/ireland/clare.htm

    http://www.clareroots.org/

    http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/

    Irish Newspaper Archives: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/

    Also Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com

    Remember to post as much information as you can with regard to the people you are researching. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.

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    Monday 16th Dec 2013, 02:14PM

  • Hi Amlyn,

    There is one John Casey born in Miltown Malbay 5 August 1846 to John Casey and Mary Fitzgibbon. As the Casey name was found mostly in Quilty in the parish of Kilmurray Ibrikane i would imagine that this is a better bet. I will see what i can find for you in the next couple or weeks. There was a Casey Man from Miltown who emigrated to Aus and was responsible for the development of the first law books in Aus. I believe it is still called "Casey's law" to this day and still in use. Have you ever heard of this?

     

    Regards

     

    Brid Talty

    Wednesday 5th Feb 2014, 02:29AM

  • Thanks so much for looking into this for me. I'm not aware of the Casey law but I do know of a James Joseph Casey whoe emmigrated to Australia and became a judge in Victoria. I have a NZ newspaper article which states he was a cousin of my John James Casey but I can't find a link. Regards

    amlyn63

    Wednesday 5th Feb 2014, 06:47AM

  • Try a post on Clare librry website clare past forum. Lucille Ellis was related to Judge Casey, is an O'Dwyer researcher and may know of the connection

     

    I will bring your post here to her attention

    I would think the Casey law thing is a joke as its normally case law

    regards

     

    Margaret

    Mgallery

    Thursday 17th Jul 2014, 10:45AM

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