Cabey and Morony families: Can anyone help?
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:48 am
My great grandparents, John Cabey and Ellen Morony, married on 9 February, 1875, in the Chapel of Kilmaley, Registrar's District of Killaniv. They must have left for Australia not long after, as we have evidence of their loss of an infant son here in Melbourne late 1878.
Other information from their marriage certificate indicates their father's names as Tim Cabey and Francis Morony of Cragroe and Kilcloher respectively, both farmers. Tim and Catherine Cabey were witnesses; whether they were John's parents or siblings is unknown. Other family-sourced material estimates John's birth-date of around 1846 (he died in Melbourne in 1927) and Ellen's being about 1850 (she dying also in Melbourne in 1908).
Being new to researching family history in Ireland, I'd be grateful of any advice as to where I may be able to source further more detailed information regarding my forebears and their families.
I am mightily impressed by the wealth of information available on the Clare Library website and this forum. It is a credit to all who have contributed and that it's freely available, is wonderful.
I have found references to both Cabey and Morony in both Griffith's Valuation and the 1901 Census, but cannot ascertain as to whether I'm looking at close relatives or not.
Any guidance or recommendations would be gratefully appreciated.
Regards,
John Kirby.
Other information from their marriage certificate indicates their father's names as Tim Cabey and Francis Morony of Cragroe and Kilcloher respectively, both farmers. Tim and Catherine Cabey were witnesses; whether they were John's parents or siblings is unknown. Other family-sourced material estimates John's birth-date of around 1846 (he died in Melbourne in 1927) and Ellen's being about 1850 (she dying also in Melbourne in 1908).
Being new to researching family history in Ireland, I'd be grateful of any advice as to where I may be able to source further more detailed information regarding my forebears and their families.
I am mightily impressed by the wealth of information available on the Clare Library website and this forum. It is a credit to all who have contributed and that it's freely available, is wonderful.
I have found references to both Cabey and Morony in both Griffith's Valuation and the 1901 Census, but cannot ascertain as to whether I'm looking at close relatives or not.
Any guidance or recommendations would be gratefully appreciated.
Regards,
John Kirby.