Searching for any record of Bouchiers or Bouchers

[olebouch]

I am searching for any record of a Bouchier or Boucher in the vicinity of Feakle. My ancestor, Michael, son of John, left in 1870, from a family of Blacksmiths. I have traveled to Feakle, in December, 2010, and found almost no record of their being there. Does anyone know anything about the Bouchier family or what happened to them?

[mcreed]

Have you searched the Clare library website using their search options at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/search.html?

Searching for 'Bouchier Boucher' results in a number of references: http://google.clarelibrary.ie/search?en ... 6&filter=0

The search results highlight a source with many references to both names - the Births/Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths records for Feakle (Lower) RC Parish Baptism Records, 1860-1881 at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... ptions.htm

Also, if you go to the library website Genealogy page and click on the 'Combined list of surnames...' link for the Tithes (1820s), Griffith's (1855) and 1901 Census you will see at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... mbined.htm that there are records for Bouchier in all three, and for Boucher in two.

[smcarberry]

Since I am interested in the Donnellan family of Ballycroum/Ballycrown, Feakle, I keep an eye out for Feakle folk. With all the databases now online, it was fairly short work to put together some data for your Boucher family, shown below in reverse chronological order, for the most part. I focused on just the Feakle ones and not the Mount Shannon/Scariff ones.

Sharon Carberry


1920 IN Marion Co. Indianapolis, 1144 Hoyt Ave (all in same household)
King, Mary 43 Ire widow, no occupation, img'd 1893
Boucher
Patrick 40 Ire img'd 1893, nat'd 1901 streetcar barns laborer
Harry 38 Ire img'd 1901, nat'd 1907 machinist, motor co.

17 May 1912 arrival NYC, the Mauretania
all lines below are crossed out [didn't go on this voyage]
King, Mary, [no age] going to husband Joseph King, Sidney OH; b. Feakle
Bouche [surname as written on the manifest]
George, [no age] going to sis, Sidney OH; b. Feakle
Mary
closest relative in Ireland: aunt Mrs. Collins, Caher, Feakle

4 Aug 1911 arrival NYC, the Lusitania
Boucher, Harry 36 b. Ire, blacksmith, last residing Cahir
going to 538 West Maryland St, Indianapolis IN

1911 census Feakle, Gortavrulla
Boucher George 52 farmer Roman Catholic
Boucher Mary 38 Wife, married 6 years, no children

1910 OH Shelby Co., Sidney
Boucher, Mary 32 Ire img'd 1893 single, proprietor, milliner store
boarding with
Doherty
Thomas 41 Ire img'd 1886 commercial traveler, wooden ware
Mary 34 OH pars: OH mar'd 13 yrs, no ch b.
next to
King
Catharine 57 OH parents: Ire widow [and 5 children]
Joseph 29 OH parents: OH single, proprietor, grocery store

From Tom McDowell's transcription of Feakle residents' arrivals NYC:
1903, the Oceanic
Voucher (Possibly Boucher)
Patrick age 30, single, of Feakle
going to sister Mary Voucher, Sidney, Ohio

Polk city directories for Indianapolis IN (on Archive.org)
1902: Boucher Patrick, lab, h 306 W Henry.
1904:
Boucher Michael, lab, b 3571 Mass av.
Boucher Nancy J (wid Wm), b 1403 mond.
Boucher Patrick,. motorman, b 306 W Henry
1909:
Boucher George, condr, h 1416 E Market.
Boucher Harry, blksmith, r 419 S West.
Boucher Leslie, mach, b 50 S Rural.
Boucher Patrick, motorman, b 841 English av.
1915:
Indianapolis city directory, publisher: Polk, on Archive.org
Boucher Charles R, welder, h e s Tibbs av, 2 n of 17th.
Boucher Clifton, lab, h w 8 Concord, 1 n of Speedway av.
Boucher George, condr, h 955 Eastern av.
Boucher George, condr, r 119 N West.
Boucher George, lab, b w s Concord, 1 w of Speedway av.
Boucher Goldie, stenog, b 1547 E Raymond.
Boucher Patrick J, mtrman, r 121 N West.
Boucher Russell, lab, b w s Concord, 1 n of Speedway av.

Annunciation of the BVM Church, 19 N. Alabama St., Brazil IN
"...Mass was celebrated in Clay County for the first time in 1860. Henry and Ann Boucher having emigrated from County Clare, Ireland in 1847, located in Lafayette, Indiana. They moved down the Wabash and Erie Canal in 1859 as far as Terre Haute then into Clay County. They purchased a tract of land four miles southwest of what is now Brazil. After building a home for his family he asked the officiating priest from St. Joseph’s Church in Terre Haute to offer Mass in his home. It was said that this tradition continued for the next 5 years..."
http://mysite.ncnetwork.net/resolhio/an ... h/id6.html

[olebouch]

More specifically I am looking for a John Bouchier of Feakle. He is the father of my great grandfather Michael Bouchier. Michael was born in 1853, and ended up in Joliet, IL running a blacksmith shop with his brother James. It was on their arrival in the States that their dropped the i, and went simply as Boucher. To my knowledge, John Bouchier and his wife, Mary Hoolihan never left Ireland. It is any evidence of them that I am looking for. The family came from Leaghort, I believe a parish just north of the town of Feakle. Since Michael was born in 1853, and was not the first born son, I am assuming that John was born in 1833 or earlier. The church records for Feakle begin in the 1860s. I found a record of Michael and his sister serving as godparents for Michael's brother Harry, but still no mention of a John Bouchier.