Looking for possible relatives

Finola:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

Can you provide your husband's grandfathers name and do you know his father's name?

Roger McDonnell

Hello his name was Mark Sharkey and his father's name was al so Mark ( some times called Marco) mother Bridget maiden name Grady

Finola:

Here is Mark's civil birth record in 1876 which you can find on the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur…

I searched on the subscription site Roots Ireland and it appears Mark had the following siblings: Julia 1870 Patrick 1872 Cormack 1873 Thomas 1877 I did not locate a marriage record for the parents.

The family lived in Lisnagree townland in Killosolan civil parish. Mark Sr. was deceased by the 1901 census  http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Caltra/Lisnagre…

Patrick and his wife Maria and young Mark were living with Bridget. Bridget died in 1905. Her son Cormack was the informant.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_retu…

In 1911 Patrick was living by himself. The census record indicates he had seven children.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Caltra/Lisnagre…

Roger

Thank you very much for this information. We know that grand father married in England in 1916 served in WW1 + died in 1935 from injuries sustained in a fire which aggrevated a head injury received whilst in the ? Irish rifles.

The 1901 census says that Mark was 22 but if he was born in 1876 he would have been 35? Does that often happen that ages are not quite correct?
Thanks

The 1901 census says that Mark was 22 but if he was born in 1876 he would have been 35? Does that often happen that ages are not quite correct?
Thanks

Finola:

If you were born in 1876, then you would have been 24 or 25 as of March 31, 1901 when the census was taken. Many times the ages were off 2-3 years or more on the censuses. 

Roger

hello

I have found out that Mark's (1876) fsather was called Marks Sharkey + he died in 1885  aged 41 I can't find his birth or marriage details though I have tried looking at the parish records which Ireland reaching out sent yesterday but they seem to be in Latin so is there a standard format these followed so could try to decipher to see if can find him in there? 

thank you

am finding this quite addictive

Finola:

I searched Roots Ireland again and did not locate a marriage record or a baptismal record for the Mark Sharkey born around 1844.

Roger

Thank you. So has the roots subscribe site gone through those baptismal + marriage records or is it worth me searching?

Finola:

Rootas went thru those records but you are free to search also.

Roger

Hi

I have Sharkeys on my family tree ,https://www.myheritage.com/site-228956841/gavin-family-tree . There is also another tree which I believe are your relatives in UK.     https://www.myheritage.com/site-551427241/sharkey

Gerry Gavin

Thank you Gerry

the Sharkey website on My Heritage  is ours

Hi Finola

Didnt make connection.The link with my website is Cormac Sharkey b 1810 Moylough .His Daughter Margaret was married to Patrick Heverin 1834. Their son John Heverin 1856 1951 was husband to my Grand Aunt Margaret Donlon b Shantallow 1876.

Regards

Gerry

Thank you Gerry. Out this evening but will have a good look at the weekend.
I don't seem to have much luck when using the civil records + unfortunately anyone who might have been able to help are all passed.
Kind regards F

Hi Gerry.

I hope you are well. Im Fergus. My mum is a Sharkey. I think the Cormac Sharkey b 1810 from Moylough is my g g g grandfather.

I can trace my g g grandmother, Julia, to Annaghmore east in moylough,Galway, from 1910 census records. I think she was born in 1846. I dont have a record of her husband but in 1910 she was a widow. But it seems to fit that the Cormack Sharkey you have identified in Moylough would be the right to have a son. Have you any more detail you can share with me re Cormac from 1810?

Regards

Hello Fergus My husband Mark is a descendant (grandson) from Mark Sharkey, born 1876 died 1935 in England as a result of injuries received in a house fire . He served in the Connaught Rangers. He is mentioned in the 1901 census as shepherds brorther Mark had 12 children all but 1 survived infancy. a son Mark was my husbands father. He died in Trafford in 2002.

I've struggled to find records so can't help really

Kind regards

Finola

Hi Finola. Thanks for your reply. I found who I was looking for and more. Gerry from the previuos posts have a lot of Sharkey family tree. It would appear that John Sharkey born in 1779 is our gggg grandfather.

He had a son Cormack. Cormack had a son Mark, who i think is your husbands gg granfather.

Great Info here.
https://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-228956841/gavin-family-tree…

Oh and by the way, the Sharkeys still live in Moylough, co galway, 240 years later.

Rergards.

Thank you Fearal WE keep saying we should go to see who we can find but the time never seems right!

Kind regards