Morning, Just a quick introduction from me before I rush off to work. We now live in Tenerife, although from the UK originally. My wife's ancestors on her Dad's side were from Ireland, Chute (Cork) and Graham (Leitrim).
Looking for Collinses in my granddad's family tree line, from Lower Lissane and Tooreen in Caheragh parish.
John Humphrey Collins (1895 - 1988) married Mary Collins in 1923. His parents were Humphrey Michael Collins (1858-1910) and Margaret McCarthy (1860-1906). Humphrey Micky's parents were Michael Collins (1822-1901) aka Micky and Ellen Driscoll.
We are unsure of the origins of Micky, and I don't have much to go on besides a Caheragh RC parish baptism record of 8-Sep-1822, listing parents Humphrey Collins and Ellen Sweeney, with godparents Brian McSwan? and Margaret Ahern. The residence is listed as Blue Hill (Knockgorm). Margaret Ahern was likely married to another Collins in Knockgorm.
My current working hypothesis is that Micky's mother died and his father remarried to a Mary O'Brien. There were at least two patriarchal Humphrey Collinses in the east Caheragh and Drimoleague area in the early to mid 19th century but land records only show one as far as I can tell. Baptism records indicate otherwise. Micky materialized in Lower Lissane and by these records appears to be the son of Humphrey Collins and Johanna Barnane of Lower Lissane but there is no baptism record proving as such. To add to the confusion there is a non-paternity event in this line, which I suspect involves Micky or his father Humphrey.
Stephen Grenfell Dodgson
Morning, Just a quick introduction from me before I rush off to work. We now live in Tenerife, although from the UK originally. My wife's ancestors on her Dad's side were from Ireland, Chute (Cork) and Graham (Leitrim).
Feb 27, 2013
Susan J. Barretta
Looking for Collinses in my granddad's family tree line, from Lower Lissane and Tooreen in Caheragh parish.
John Humphrey Collins (1895 - 1988) married Mary Collins in 1923. His parents were Humphrey Michael Collins (1858-1910) and Margaret McCarthy (1860-1906). Humphrey Micky's parents were Michael Collins (1822-1901) aka Micky and Ellen Driscoll.
We are unsure of the origins of Micky, and I don't have much to go on besides a Caheragh RC parish baptism record of 8-Sep-1822, listing parents Humphrey Collins and Ellen Sweeney, with godparents Brian McSwan? and Margaret Ahern. The residence is listed as Blue Hill (Knockgorm). Margaret Ahern was likely married to another Collins in Knockgorm.
My current working hypothesis is that Micky's mother died and his father remarried to a Mary O'Brien. There were at least two patriarchal Humphrey Collinses in the east Caheragh and Drimoleague area in the early to mid 19th century but land records only show one as far as I can tell. Baptism records indicate otherwise. Micky materialized in Lower Lissane and by these records appears to be the son of Humphrey Collins and Johanna Barnane of Lower Lissane but there is no baptism record proving as such. To add to the confusion there is a non-paternity event in this line, which I suspect involves Micky or his father Humphrey.
Sep 10, 2013
Susan J. Barretta
The 2013 report for the Hourihan(e) Han(d)rahan Hor(ri)gan Horan DNA project has been posted.
Link to report.
Please see the home page and the Project Background page for detailed discussion on these surnames.
Nov 16, 2013