Help finding where Annie Connelly came from please?

Hi there,

Thank you very much for your query. Have you checked the National Archives (UK) for additional information about Annie? You should speak to other family members, as they may have information or letters you are not aware of. This often happens in families - one member know a lot of family detail, while the rest of the family are unaware. Letters or other documents (certificates, memorial cards, etc.) might contain other clues. Even to know the province where her family came from would help narrow it down somewhat.

Kind Regards,

Sinead Cooney 

Hi Sinead.

Many thank you very much for responding. I am up against it with my research on Annie. I have Annies marriage and death certificate neither leave any clues. I even have birth baptism records for my dad and his sister, my dads baptism record says his god father was James O'Shea, but I haven't found anything on James either. 

Annie was only 59 when she died, my oldest living family members are 75 and 80, neither can recall anything about her. I have been to our local records office in search and didn't have any luck there either.

I still class my self as a novice with family history, you mentioned the National Archives, it would be great if you could advise me what records I should be looking into. From the little I know Annie must have been born around 1887.

Kind Regards Allen

Hi Allen

I have found in the website below an Ann Connelly whose father was Patrick Mother was Honora - the year is different though, so you could also google search Ireland census 1901 and also search that 

Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - CAUSEWAY Baptism of ANN CONNELLY of ARDOUGHTER on 23 April 1883

Name ANN CONNELLYDate of Birth 20 April 1883Address ARDOUGHTERFather PATRICK NRMother HONORA CONNELLY (MURPHY)Father Occupation NRSponsor 1       JOHN CONNELLYSponsor 2  MARGARET CONNELLYPriest REV T ENRIGHT  http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ 

I put Kerry in area search box

Good Luck

Maureen O'Connor NZ

Hi Maureen.

Thank you very much for responding.

I am not to sure about Patrick and Honora at the moment because of the age.

Checking out the link for church records,I came across a baptism in 1887 for Anne Connelly father Patrick.

It took place in Dublin RC St Andrew the Address given was 34 Gloucester St.

It'll give me a little something to work on.

Regards Allen. 

1901 Census age match for Annie Connelly

 Did Annie leave Gloucester Street South and come to Englend?   Patrtrick Connolly and Mary Kelly Married in 1875 in St Andrews RC Church Dublin Their address at the time of marrying was 24 Moss Street Patrick born 1853. Aged 48 on the 1901 Census.  Mary’s age not given? Patrick and Marry's children Edward baptised 1876 address 1 Gloucester Street John baptised 1878 address 32 Gloucester street Patrick baptised 1879 32 Gloucester Street Christopher baptised 1881 32 Moss Street Julia baptised 1886 address at the time 2 Creighton Anne Baptised 1887 address at the time 34 Gloucester Street Mathew Baptised 1889 address at the time 32 Gloucester Street On the 1901 census Anne's name is Annie Connelly To work back from 1913 is proving difficult Regards Allen 

Since my last visit to the forum I have received a little more information on my grandmother Annie Connelly

3 sisters, Mary, Alice and Kathleen Power moved to the South Gloucester Street area.

Mary Powers married Michael Connelly (Annies birth parents), and, Alice Powers married  Patrick Connelly.

It as now been confirmed her birth parents died early on and Patrick and Alice her aunt and uncle brought Annie and her sisters up from a very early age. It has been put forward that Annie left Ireland for England as a teenager.

Any additional information that would help me fill in the missing years and gain further information for me to obtain certificates would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance Allen