Thomas Conner, born 1765

Hi Lee Anne,

Thank you for your message. I hope that someone is able to shed some light on your questions.

With regards to the surname Talor, it is difficult to know if this is just a misprint/misspelling. I did a search for Talor in the Tithe Applotment Books. These are land records recorded 1823-1838. There were some Talors recorded in them:

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=talor&firstname=&county=&parish=&townland=&search=Search

However, in the later land record Griffith?s Valuation (1848-64) there were no Talors, this is illustrated on the Irish Times website:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=

Yet, as you mention in your post the name resurfaces again in the census records..

Have you tried looking in church records to see if you can find any information about possible siblings? Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Kilrane/Tagoat parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Wexford&parish=Tagoat&churchid=601

Unfortunately, records only begin in 1853. However, in the19th century new Catholic parishes were created so starting dates can sometimes be misleading. Many parishes changed their geographical spread so you may find earlier records relating to your family in the records of adjoining parishes:

However, in the19th century new Catholic parishes were created so starting dates can sometimes be misleading. Many parishes changed their geographical spread so you may find earlier records relating to your family in the records of adjoining parishes http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/wexfordrc.htm

Other websites which you may find useful in your research are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/wexford/index.html

From Ireland: http://www.from-ireland.net/county-wexford-genealogy/

Wexford Library: http://www.wexford.ie/wex/Departments/Library/YourServices/LocalStudies/What/

All the best,

Genealogy Support

Thank you so much. I will consider the name Taylor as well when I'm searching. Thank you for the link to the Irish Times page for church records. That looks like the perfect place to start!

Lee Ann

Lee Ann,

Hi, I'm Susan Muzio Conner, ex-wife of Cliff Conner. I live in Ohio and am trying to write a continuation of the Conneration book Warren wrote 30 years ago.

I can't imagine living in Ireland! You are so lucky! You must have already gone to visit the old homestead, directions given in Warren's book. We desparately need someone to check out the names listed in the St. Ruan's Church Cemetery (unmarked and completely overgrown) book, Memorials of the Dead by Brian Cantwell, which is housed in the Univ of Dublin, James Joyce Library. In that publication the cemetery is listed as Kilrane Old. You could also visit the Parish Church to see if the Priest can assist your research.

Please keep in touch with me and I will share any additional information I uncover to help us find out more about Thomas and his family.

BTW--I have located Thomas' sons, Peter and Nicholas's whereabouts and can share that privately with you.

Please email me at "susan@delvalle.org" and I will respond immediately.

Have a wonderful day!

Susan Muzio Conner
Green, Ohio

Greetings Lee Ann and Susan,

My mother (Maxine Wills, maiden Maxine A. Conner/Martin) traces her ancestry to Thomas Conner from Kilrane.  As Susan mentioned, my mother also has the Conneration book by Warren Conner.  My mother's father was Claude Conner.  After her mother died, she was adopted by her grandfather Roy E. Martin, after she had lived with her uncle/aunt George and Edna Fair in Parker (Clarion County).

I have been trying to find the parent names of Thomas Conner to also further my own research.  As far I can tell the reason why Thomas may have come to America from Kilrane may have to been to get away from the Penal Laws in effect at the time around the time of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.  It was in 1802 that the town of Conneration (modern day area of Parker, Pennsylvania in Armstrong/Butler County) was founded.

Would love to trade information.  Just had my mom out to the Dublin Ohio Celtic Festival where we obtained some information on both Galway and Wexford Counties in Ireland with information on the 1659 census.

Sincerely,

Mike Wills

Just an update.  Thomas Conner is listed in the 1790 United States Federal Census for Huntington (page 9 of 12), Pennsylvania.  So that mean he emigrated to the United States before the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

Susan Muzio Conner, now living in Newnan, Georgia.  Please contact me at "susan@delvalle.org" to collaborate on the Thomas Conner family history.

Mike Wills:  I am just now reading your post from 2016......please contact me.  I am writing a "continuation" of the CONNERATION book that Warren Conner wrote and published in 1985.  I know who Thomas Conner's parents were as well as his siblings.

Hi

Have looked at Tagoat Parish records which was the parish of Tagoat/Kilrane/Ballygeary/(now Rosslare Hbr )& Rosslare Strand & found nothing going back that far or that spelling----------      but somewhere----maybe a headstone ???   I did find a William O'Connor Ballygeary      b. 1738 d.6-11-1826 & he  had 2 sons James O'Connor b.1781 Ballygeary d.16-2-1826  in Wexford   

    & Matthew O'Connor    b.1784 Ballygeary    d. 15-3-1819    

orchardpark12

Lee Ann,

I am also a desendent of Thomas Conner many times GreatGrandfather. I grew up 30 miles outside Pittsburgh in East Liverpool, OH. My great great Grandfather was John Daugherty McNaughton  and married Elizabeth Conner (later Kissinger). Their son was William D. McNaughten married to Mary Catherine Cyphert McNaughton Their daughter was Alice McNaughton and married Joseph Ignacious Maley. Their daughter was Gertrude Maley Ring (my grandmother), who married Edwin C. Ring. Their daughter is my mother Anna Mae Ring Covert who married Carl B. Covert. I also have blood lines in South Donegal.

Darin J. Covert

My Mother also has the Conneration book.

Thanks DC