Hello All,
I believe that my ancestors were from near Bandon area. I can trace my 2nd great grandfather Jeremiah Leary (O'Leary) B. 1819 to 1821 to near here. I believe that Jeremiah was baptised at Desertserges from records that I found (around 1819). His parents were Daniel Leary and Catharine Mahony. I have found that they had a daughter named Mary B. 1815? that was born near Bandon. I recently found some DNA cousin matches that trace back to Mary. Mary married John Driscoll B.1805.
Jeremiah made his way to the US through Canada I believe and got married in Lowell, MA, in 1846 to Grace (Gresham) Jeffers (Jefferds?). I can trace many relatives to them. They came to Pittsburgh, PA, some time around 1855 to 1860. I am originally from Pittsburgh.
I am on Ancestry, 23andMe, MyHeritage, Family Tree DNA (both Y and autosomal), and GEDmatch. I would love to connect with you all and see what we can find!
Rich Sippos (should be O'Leary)
Rich S
Wednesday 10th Mar 2021, 10:25PMMessage Board Replies
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Rich:
The Desertserges RC parish baptismal records start in June 1817 https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0049 The free site www.irishgenealogy.ie has a record for an Ellen Leary baptized April 13 1818, Jer Leary baptized November 14 1819 and a Denis Leary baptized October 26 1824.
I did not locate a record for Mary but if she was born in 1815, records are not available for Desertserges. I also did not find the marriage record.
The 1829 Tithe listing for the parish shows four Daniel Leary records. One in Maulnarouga, another in Tullymurrihy, another in Garranes and a fourth in Kilmaloguewhich could be Kilbeloge in the current townland list. Not sure which Daniel is yours.
http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?…
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Thursday 11th Mar 2021, 12:40AM