CANNON/KNOCTOR

Thank you, Shane.  Yes, they were RC and I have looked at the site you mention, largely in the hope of finding Mary's baptism and the marriage of her parents.  Edmundstown is mentioned on one of the US records for the family.

I didn't see baptisms for any of the earlier children in the Rathfaranham records, although there are other Cannon families in the area at the time - are there references to Rathfarnham or Edmondstown as ther places of birth also ?

btw : I added the references for the birth of Denis above sicne I first posted....

Hi Shane

I have Rathfarnham for Dennis and Thomas and dates of birth 15 June 1864 and 31 August 1871 respectively.  Not sure about the others: on the 1881 census "Dublin" is given as the birthplace of them all. 

If the Rathfarnham records online are complete, I think they must have moved there in the 1860s but I've failed to find any of them on the site you mention or a subscription one I tried.

Thank you for your help.

Kim

the civil index references for the birth of Thomas for ref :

Name     Thomas Cannon
Birth Date     31 Aug 1871
Birthplace     Dublin, Ireland
Parents     John Cannon & Ellen Knockter
Reference ID     v 12-2 p 734

no sign that I could find of a baptism for Thomas in Rathfarnham or any of the city parishes. I wonder did the family move around - maybe due to John's work ?

I was still searching when you posted, think I was coming to much the same conclusion that they may have moved around... do you know John's occupation for when he was here in Ireland - e.g. from birth certs of Denis or Thomas ?

Rathfarnham parish RC baptism and marriage records go back to the 1770s, there are some often gaps and damaged pages etc but nothing major in the timeframe for these children. It would be strange for all the children to be missed this way. The IrishGenealogy site seems to have records right the back to the start. It might be worth checking the historic films in the NLI to double check, in case it might be possible to make out some detail missed during the transcriptions.

Your Cannon family seem to be RC so the best place to search online is the free IrishGenealogy website which has records for the Rathfarnham RC parish. Denis's baptism in 1864 gives mother's maiden name as Naughter or Naughtan, and a residence for the family as Edmundstown, more usually spelt Edmondstown these days, which is south of the town of Rathfarnham and not far from Marley park. Edmondstown is also the location of a golf course.

Given the date of birth for Denis there may be a also be a civil birth record, which would give a date of birth - just the year in mentioned o the baptism. A civil birth would also usually show father's occupation.

Edit : likely Index record for Denis's civil birth record Name : Denis Cannon Event Type : Birth Registration Year : 1864 Registration District : Dublin South Volume 7 / Page 815 (Dublin South is the right district for Rathfarnham, Edmondstown etc)

Good luck with your research Kim. If you learn anything new let us know. Hope the trip goes well - send us a mail when you get home, would love to know how it goes!

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support