Re: Cornelius O’Mealey/Conchubhar O Maille
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:01 pm
Hi Sheila,
I had to look up "Momento Mori" and have never even considered this when visiting a cemetery! Good job on finding the 15th January birth record for Patrick McNamara. If you look at his WWI Registration, he is an "Alien Declarant" to become a naturalized U.S. Citizen. Patrick hadn't been in the country that long, but for many immigrants there was a big push during this period for them to declare as U.S. citizens and thus become eligible for the WWI draft.
The naturalization record is a very useful record since it will typically include an arrival date and arrival place. From this information it easy to find the passenger list. I had a look for the naturalization record for your Patrick McNamara and thought this fellow was a good match: born in 1880 in County Clare, arrived in NY on 18 May 1912, declared in Boston. From the arrival date, this Patrick McNamara was on the ship Celtic and his birth location was Trough, Clare. His contract in Ireland was brother John McNamara of Cloontra, Oatfield, Clare. His contact in America was his cousin John Kirby of 363 W 12th Street, NY (two pages):
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... 9TH-G9BV-5
I looked up Trough and it appeared to be only about 18 minutes by bicycle from Derrymore. But then it all went wrong since I could find this Patrick McNamara on the Irish census. He is a 21 year old servant in Trough in 1901 and a 31 year old farm servant in Meanagh (Cloontra) in 1911. I believe his brother John McNamara was living in Cloontra East with his mother Mary in both 1901 and 1911. So obviously this couldn't be the Patrick McNamara who married Delia Mealey as you already found him in the Irish census along with his parents. But could this be a first cousin given that Trough is so close to Derrymore? Even this idea was squashed when I replaced Derrymore on googlemaps with Derrymore East to learn that it is a greater distance from Trough.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... h/1082769/
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... gh/364707/
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... st/364679/
In 1901 Patrick McNamara was a servant in the Bentley household of Trough House. This family is mentioned in the below link. Although the tragic events took place 20 years earlier, Patrick would likely have been on pins and needles when any of the brothers of James Bentley came to visit:
http://www.ourlibrary.ca/phpbb2/viewtop ... tley#p1612
Okay, this is more than you want to know! But perhaps this information and the below WWI Registration of this Patrick McNamara will be of interest to other researchers. For WWI, his nearest relative in Ireland was recorded as "John Leinnane" who resided in a very difficult to read location in County Clare.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... 7-8BR5-T93
I had to look up "Momento Mori" and have never even considered this when visiting a cemetery! Good job on finding the 15th January birth record for Patrick McNamara. If you look at his WWI Registration, he is an "Alien Declarant" to become a naturalized U.S. Citizen. Patrick hadn't been in the country that long, but for many immigrants there was a big push during this period for them to declare as U.S. citizens and thus become eligible for the WWI draft.
The naturalization record is a very useful record since it will typically include an arrival date and arrival place. From this information it easy to find the passenger list. I had a look for the naturalization record for your Patrick McNamara and thought this fellow was a good match: born in 1880 in County Clare, arrived in NY on 18 May 1912, declared in Boston. From the arrival date, this Patrick McNamara was on the ship Celtic and his birth location was Trough, Clare. His contract in Ireland was brother John McNamara of Cloontra, Oatfield, Clare. His contact in America was his cousin John Kirby of 363 W 12th Street, NY (two pages):
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... 9TH-G9BV-5
I looked up Trough and it appeared to be only about 18 minutes by bicycle from Derrymore. But then it all went wrong since I could find this Patrick McNamara on the Irish census. He is a 21 year old servant in Trough in 1901 and a 31 year old farm servant in Meanagh (Cloontra) in 1911. I believe his brother John McNamara was living in Cloontra East with his mother Mary in both 1901 and 1911. So obviously this couldn't be the Patrick McNamara who married Delia Mealey as you already found him in the Irish census along with his parents. But could this be a first cousin given that Trough is so close to Derrymore? Even this idea was squashed when I replaced Derrymore on googlemaps with Derrymore East to learn that it is a greater distance from Trough.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... h/1082769/
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... gh/364707/
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... st/364679/
In 1901 Patrick McNamara was a servant in the Bentley household of Trough House. This family is mentioned in the below link. Although the tragic events took place 20 years earlier, Patrick would likely have been on pins and needles when any of the brothers of James Bentley came to visit:
http://www.ourlibrary.ca/phpbb2/viewtop ... tley#p1612
Okay, this is more than you want to know! But perhaps this information and the below WWI Registration of this Patrick McNamara will be of interest to other researchers. For WWI, his nearest relative in Ireland was recorded as "John Leinnane" who resided in a very difficult to read location in County Clare.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... 7-8BR5-T93