John Shea (O'Shea) and Catherine Early, about 1800

Hi - Thank you for your message. I have passed this query to a volunteer who may be able to offer some advice or guidance concerning your research.

Kind regards,

Genealogy support

Dear Kathy, My guess is that you have already found that there are few by the name Early in Kerry records  http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?namefm=&namel=early&exact=&name2fm=&name2l=&location=&dd=&mm=&yy=&diocese=KERRY+(RC)&parish=&century=&decade=&sort=&pageSize=100&ddB=&mmB=&yyB=&ddM=&mmM=&yyM=&ddD=&mmD=&yyD=&locationB=&locationM=&locationD=&member0=&member1=&member2=&member3=&member4=&member5=&member6=&member7=&member8=&member9=&namef0=&namef1=&namef2=&namef3=&namef4=&namef5=&namef6=&namef7=&namef8=&namef9=&namel0=&namel1=&namel2=&namel3=&namel4=&namel5=&namel6=&namel7=&namel8=&namel9=&keyword=&submit=Search

Similarly for Griffith's Valuation (1850)

http://failteromhat.com/post1845.php

I have also found the name spelled Earley. As you know Shea and O'Shea are very common names.

Records for the time period of John and Catherine's births & marriage are sparse.

Have you a particular reason for posting to this parish Kathy? Is there a gravestone/obituary/memorial card/union or other membership which names a birthplace for either of them. Have they naturalisation records which name a parent or a place? have you found them in a Census sharing a house with another Irish family whose homeplace you can identify? 

Is Timothy's birth recorded in any of these records https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1929956 

Information about passenger lists of people who went to Canada is here http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-908.002-e.html

This website may also be useful

http://www.immigrantships.net/ 

Do let me know if you have any further information that might assist us in nailing down a smaller geographical area in Kerry.

Martine

Thank you for all the information.  I never thought of researching others that lived with them from the census.  The census and baptismal records show some of the same names, Sullivan, Reilly and O'Connell.  Recently I was told from a researcher here in the US, that the area that they lived in, boston,  was called Kerry's Corner, and that all that lived there were from Sneem, County Kerry.County Kerry has been confirmed from family members, Timothy's grandchildren, they have also stated that his(John Shea, Timothy's father) lands where taken away from him and he was sent to New Brunswick, and they forced him to remove the O from O'Shea, which was very common.    Would you happen to know of any parish I may try in Sneem?  

I did find John Shea's death record all that is listed in born in Ireland, mother's name Julia.

I found Timothy Birth Record in the Drouin Collection, along with his brother's and his father's second marriage record.  It seems that his mother Catherine, passed away between 1831 and 1837.  Researchers from New Brunswick said that during that time period a great sickness took a lot of lives, and that the great fire destroyed a lot of the records there.

Again, thank you so much for your help

God Bless

Kathleen

Hi Kathleen,

these are Shea Church records from Sneem

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?namefm=&namel=Shea&location=Sneem&dd=&mm=&yy=&submit=Search 

I have had no luck with John Shea with a mother Julia so far. But in the meantime do check out the above link and see if anything pops. John's mom could have been Mary Julia known as Julia. I'll need to think about this some more.

Martine

The Early family name

http://www.libraryireland.com/names/om/o-maolmhochoir.php

O Shea Clan

http://oshea.wordpress.com/

Thank you for the references above, but, the time period Im looking for there just doesn't seem to be any records (1810-1830),  

Anyway I think I am going to have to rely on the information I recieved from a genologist here in the states, "that anyone whom lived in the area cambridge called kerry's corner was from Sneem".  Thank you for your assistance, you have been very helpful in my search.  God Bless