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Mortimer Leahy's</B> occupation was recorded as "dealer" and his fathers name was recorded as <B>John Leahy</B> whose occupation was also a dealer. <B>Mary Lynch</B> was 20 years 0f age at the time 0f her marriage and her father was recorded as <B>Daniel Lynch</B> whose occupation was a </div> <div> Labourer. Both husband and wife were from <B>Caherconlish </B><I>(see </I>enclosed map). The witnesses to this marriage were <B>Michael Leahy and Mary Anne Bourke</B>. The following are the children 0f Mortimer Leahy and Mary Lynch. </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="5" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="639" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#111111" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BBBBBB" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="135"><div> <B><U>DATE </U></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="128"><div> <B><U>NAME</U></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="112"><div> <B><U>PARISH </U></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="220"><div> <B><U>SPONSORS </U></B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="135"><div> 22.04.1898 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="128"><div> <B>John</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Caherconlish </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Michael Leahy, Margaret Leahy</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="135"><div> 16.06.1899 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="128"><div> Michael </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Caherconlish </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> John Bourke, Mary Bourke </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="135"><div> *22.04.1901 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="128"><div> Mary** </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Caherconlish </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="220"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="220" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="135"><div> *20.12.1903 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="128"><div> Thomas </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Caherconlish </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="220"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="220" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="135"><div> <B>*14.10.1907 </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="128"><div> <B>MORTIMER</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Caherconlish </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="220"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="220" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="135"><div> *09.03.1909 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="128"><div> MARY </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Caherconlish </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="220"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="220" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="135"><div> *01.04.1912 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="128"><div> BRIDGET </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Caherconlish</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="220"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="220" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> *The first two children's details are taken from church baptismal records while the later children's records are taken from civil birth registers. Our cut off point for Caherconlish church records is December 1899. This is why I cannot provide <I>you </I>with details of Sponsors, </div> <bR> <div> <B>** </B>According to a civil death record, <B>Mary</B> died on the 15th of January: 1907. She died of "Acute Bronchitis 10 days" She was 6 years of age when she died. Her father <B>Mortimer Leahy</B> notified her death. </div> <bR> <div> On a number of the above children's records <B>Mortimer's </B>occupation was recorded as Feather Merchant. And as you will notice as we travel back to previous generations of Leahys, Feather Merchants seem to be a popular family occupation. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> I was also able to locate the family of <B>Mortimer Leahy in</B> the 1901 Census. Copies of it are enclosed. </div> <bR> <div> The details contained in <B>Mortimer Leahys </B>marriage record especially information pertaining to Mortimer's fathers name enabled me to continue my search for the previous generations of Leahys.  Mortimer's marriage record states that his father was <B>John Leahy</B>. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Details of John Leahy's family are as follows</U></B>:</div> <div> MARRIAGE </div> <div> <B>John Leahy and Mary Russell</B> were married in the Roman Catholic Church of Inch St. Lawrence in Caherconlish & Caherline on the l0th of August 1870. Due to the fact that this marriage took place after 1864, we c; search civil records, which as you will note contain a great deal of pertinent information, much more so than would appear on a church record. <B>John Leahy</B> was recorded as a Feather Merchant. He was from Cappamore and aged 19 at the time of his marriage. His father was recorded as Morty Leahy whose occupation was also a Feather Merchant. <B>Mary Russell</B> was 20 years of age at the time of her marriage. She originated from Caherconlish and she also was a Feather Merchant as was her father <B>Michael Russell</B>. The witnesses to this marriage were recorded as <B>John Finucane and Mary Bourke</B>. The couple then went on to have several children baptised in the Roman Catholic Parish of Caherconlish</div> <bR> <div> <B>All </B>dates are baptismal except those with an asterisk. These are civil dates of birth <I>due </I>to the illegibility of the baptismal dates on the original registers. </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="5" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="611" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#111111" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BBBBBB" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="144"><div> <B>DATE </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="123"><div> <B>NAME </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>SPONSORS</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="144"><div> 21.05.1871 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="123"><div> Mary </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> James Russell, Mary Bourke </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="144"><div> <B>*15.8.1874</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>MORTIMER </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>JOHN LANE, JOHANNA LANE </B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="144"><div> 15. O8. 1876 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="123"><div> Michael </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> Michael Forde, Ellen Scully </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="144"><div> 14.01.1880 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="123"><div> John </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> John Roche </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="144"><div> 17.09.1882 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="123"><div> Margaret </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> Denis Brazill, Mary Leahy </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="144"><div> *03.03.1885 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="123"><div> Patrick </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> John Russell, Margaret Brazill </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="144"><div> *17.05.1886 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="123"><div> James </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Peter Connors, Margaret Ryan </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> I also believe that I have located <B>John Leahy</B> and his family in the 1901 Census. However there are some inaccuracies, as you will notice. For instance <B>John Leahys </B><I><B>age</B></I><I> </I>is recorded as 38 and his son <B>Michael</B> is recorded as being 24. Obviously not possible. One can conclude that John was either unsure of his <I>age </I>(unlikely) or that it was simply recorded incorrectly (very possible). You will also notice that his wife is recorded as <B>Eliza Leahy</B> and not <B>Mary</B>. He very possibly married twice even though I was unable to locate a second marriage record. </div> <bR> <div> I cannot stand over this Census but it is too coincidental to be ignored, primarily due to the fact that his occupation is recorded as Feather dealer and I have also located the death record of a <B>Mary Leahy</B> of Caherconlish, who died on the 16th November 1888 at the age of 36, during child birth "haemorrhage from Uterus 8 hours". If this is <B>Mary</B> wife of <B>John Leahy</B>, it leaves the door open for <B>Elizabeth</B> being the second wife </div> <bR> <bR> <div> However we also have the option that <B>Mary</B> was simply baptised <B>Elizabeth Mary</B> and although she only appears as Mary on all other records, perhaps the official nature 0f the Census prompted her to state her full name. It is unfortunately something that we cannot prove. </div> <bR> <div> Once more the marriage record 0f <B>John Leahy and Mary Russell</B> provided me with valuable information that enabled me to continue tracing back into yet another generation 0f <B>Leahys</B>. According to John Leahy's marriage entry, he was from Cappamore and his father was <B>Morty Leahy</B>. Details 0f Morty Leahys marriage and children are as follows: </div> <bR> <div> MARRIAGE </div> <div> <B>Martin (pet name Morty) Leahy</B> and <B>Mary Finucane </B>were married in the Roman Catholic Parish 0f Cappamore, on the 7th 0f September 1844 where marriage records date from 1843 and baptismal records from 1842. The witnesses to this marriage were recorded as <B>Thomas Ryan</B> and <B>John Finucane</B>. </div> <div> The couple went on to have several children baptised in the Roman Catholic Parish 0f Cappamore </div> <div> <B>CHILDREN</B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="5" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="557" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#111111" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BBBBBB" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="105"><div> <B><U>DATE </U></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="104"><div> <B><U>NAME</U></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="312"><div> <B><U>SPONSORS</U></B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="105"><div> 16.11.1845</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="104"><div>  Patrick</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="312"><div> John Doyle, Mary Dwyer</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>*18.06.1848 </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="104"><div> <B>JOHN</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>JAMES MARNANE, ELIZABETH COFFEY</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> 29.12.1854 </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="104"><div> Mary </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Patrick Ryan, Elizabeth Finucane</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> On John's baptismal record the townland recorded is Turagh. (See enclosed map)</div> <div>  </div> <div> The above information is the result 0f a record search 0f all Limerick city and county parishes from the beginning 0f records up until the close 0f all available records. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=20 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="126dcde1ddualp.png"> <div> <A HREF="id170_m.htm" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Limerick Archive"><U><B>Back to Top</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="documents.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Source Documents"><U><B>Source Documents</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>