I am looking for a connection to the following:
Parents:
Michael Hackett
Bridget Meagher/Maher (circa 1795-1876)
Home:
County: Kilkenney
Parish: Freshford (could be part of Tullaroan after 1843)
Townland: Brittis / Brittes / Brittass
Children
Judith (1814 - 1884) married John Delahunty in 1840
Richard (1816 - ????)
Margaret (1818 - ????) married Patrick McGee
Matthew (1820 - ????)
Mary (1824 - ????) married Michael Kelley
John (1826 – 1891) married Mary Walsh, Catherine Walsh, & Kate Culinane
Michael (1829 – 1925) married Catherine Langay
Patrick (1824 – 1924) married Dora Egan
The mother, Bridget, and some of the children (Margaret, Mary, John, Michael & Patrick) left Ireland in about 1846. The family settled in Michigan. The marriages of the children that accompanied Bridget to the US took place in Michigan. Most of the sons worked for the railroad (probably the Michigan Central Railroad) in various cities along the line that served the route from Detroit to Chicago.
Judith stayed in Ireland and married John Delahunty. John was a shoemaker (according to Judith’s 1884 death record) .
Their children were:
Paul 1840
Mary 1842
Bridget 1845
Michael 1847
Jane 1849
They were living in Clamanto, Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny during the early years of their marriage.
Judith and John Delahunty were living in Watergate, Kilkenny, District #1 at the time of her death in 1884.
I have never found a marriage record for Michael Hackett and Bridget Meagher/Maher.
I have no record of the father, Michael, or the other two sons, Richard and Matthew, living in the US.
I do not know if the Richard survived to adulthood.
I have found Matthew as a sponsor at the baptism of Judith’s child, Mary, in 1842.
I do not know if Michael, the father, died in Ireland or elsewhere.
I am seeking connection to the Hackett and Meagher/Maher families, if any remain, in Ireland or elsewhere.
Florence Clark
Houston, Texas
Wednesday 20th Feb 2013, 03:49PM
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Hi,
Thank you very much for your message and for sharing this information on the Ireland Reaching Out message board. No doubt, this will prove very useful to someone who is researching similar lines. I hope that they make a connection with you.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Monday 22nd Apr 2013, 12:51PM -
Hi Florence,
I am also related to your Hacketts from Brittas townland, Freshford parish, Co. Kilkenny. My Richard Hackett was living in Rathmacan in 1831, but I suspect was related to the Hacketts in Brittas. Richard married Catherine Butler about 1825; she was from Williamstown townland, just over the Munster river in Co. Tipperary. Their daughter Judy (or Joanna, later Julia) Hackett married Tom Pollard in Ballingarry in 1855, and joined a large group organised by Catherine's uncle to emigrate to South Australia. Descendants of this line now live in South Australia, Victoria, New South wales and in New Zealand.
The link is this: my Richard Hackett and his sister Judy Hackett appear as baptismal sponsors to Bridget Hackett baptised in Freshford in 1832, daughter of Richard Hackett of Brittas TL, Tubbrid Brittan civil parish and his wife Peggy Phelan. This particular Richard Hackett is (I believe) brother to your Michael Hackett, also of Brittas TL, and both are sons to (a third) Richard Hackett, of Brittas TL in 1794, who was married to Joanne Delaney. This third Richard Hackett is then uncle to my Richard Hackett.
If this is confusing, I have it all as a diagram, which I am attaching. As you will see, I have taken the liberty of adding the details of your posting to my family tree. I am also attaching relevant pages of the Pollard family tree. If you like I can also send/attach the information as a narrative, which fills in the details, such as why they emigrated.
Dave Crowley
Sunday 14th Jul 2013, 02:56AM