Delaney Family-Reverse genealogy Staten Island , Clonaslee Co Laois

Hi Martin

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out and apologies for the long delay in getting back to you.

If you go to rootsireland.ie (it is a subscription site, but you can now take out a 24 hour subscription). There is a Delany family listed there including a William baptised in 1860 and a James in 1853 to a father Michael and a mother Margaret Deegan. I believe this is your William as his sister Margaret's birth cert records the townland as Scarroon. Other siblings included: Michael, Anne and Thomas. Michael (Mick) and Margaret married on 10th Feb 1850.

There is also an entry here for a Michael on Griffith's Valuation

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNam…

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support 

Thanks Clare, I have all this information collected already and it is indeed my family, William's family is the last connection i am trying to find now from the states but its a brick wall each and every time i go to search, i live here in the homeplace of the delaneys in clonaslee and according to older family members we had contact with William Delaney up until the 1920s 30s but then the family just lost contact, is there if you know of other message board sites or family photo sites that i use use ,i have tried looking for facebook pages for this but cant seem to find any, Thanking you, Martin

Hopefully someone that side will be able to lend a hand when they read this!

Clare

Genealogy Support 

Hello Martin and Clare:  I am looking for Delaney's from Queens County.  My 2nd Great grandmother was Ann  (sometimes listed as Marie on her childrens baptismal records) from Queens County.  She was born in Ireland between 1835-1842 and immigrated to the US before 1856.  She married a man named William Maloy. I have two photos of her.  I've been trying to connect to these Delaney's without any success.  I know it's a long-shot, but I wonder if this is the same line.  William and Ann were living in Pennsylvania probably from the 1860's forward.  Do either of you have any information that would lead you to believe Ann could be part of this line?  There is also a "Phillip Delaney and Bridget" listed as sponsers on one of Ann's childrens baptismal reocords in 1864 Pennsylvania.

I will be traveling to Ireland next month, and it would really be exciting if I could visit Ann's birthplace.  Also, if either of you happen to know, I was wondering a few things about the baptismal records from PA. (1) Is is possible that someone would be named a sponsor/godparent in abstentia? (2) would an older sibiling (maybe 18) be named a godparent for a younger sibling? (3)  would a husband and wife be named godparents for the same child?  I wonder because all of the godparents are listed by first and last name, except for one record that lists the godparents as Phillip Delaney and Bridget -- so I wondered if they might be married.  Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.

Hello Martin and Clare:  I am looking for Delaney's from Queens County.  My 2nd Great grandmother was Ann  (sometimes listed as Marie on her childrens baptismal records) from Queens County.  She was born in Ireland between 1835-1842 and immigrated to the US before 1856.  She married a man named William Maloy. I have two photos of her.  I've been trying to connect to these Delaney's without any success.  I know it's a long-shot, but I wonder if this is the same line.  William and Ann were living in Pennsylvania probably from the 1860's forward.  Do either of you have any information that would lead you to believe Ann could be part of this line?  There is also a "Phillip Delaney and Bridget" listed as sponsers on one of Ann's childrens baptismal reocords in 1864 Pennsylvania.

I will be traveling to Ireland next month, and it would really be exciting if I could visit Ann's birthplace.  Also, if either of you happen to know, I was wondering a few things about the baptismal records from PA. (1) Is is possible that someone would be named a sponsor/godparent in abstentia? (2) would an older sibiling (maybe 18) be named a godparent for a younger sibling? (3)  would a husband and wife be named godparents for the same child?  I wonder because all of the godparents are listed by first and last name, except for one record that lists the godparents as Phillip Delaney and Bridget -- so I wondered if they might be married.  Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.

Hi

If you don't receive a reply from Martin you can give me a shout at cdoyle@irelandxo.com and if you are happy, I can passed along your email address to him.

In relation to godparents, I suppose anything is possible and I can see every reason why an older sibling might be added as a godparent - particularly where large families were concerned. I have also heard of adding godparents abstentia?

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support