http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... family.htm
and
http://duchasnasionna.eu/halloran/jaog01.htm
Two of Thady's sons, Edward O'Halloran (b.1776) and James O'Halloran (b.1769), are less well documented than most of their siblings. They seem to have stuck together.
Hogan (NMAJ, 1948, pp.106-7) wrote:
Hogan also wrote, in the Clare Champion of 22 June 1946 that Edward and James migrated to Dublin and thatEdward and James migrated to Dublin, where they were married --- the names of their wives are not recorded. It is known, however, that Edward had a family, and was in prosperous circumstances. James subsequently returned to Sixmilebridge, dying there, sometime after 1840, "at his house," which still stands in a grove between the village and the mills. There is a record of the death of a daughter of his, named Kate. She died in March, 1839, aged 20, and was buried in Tomfinlough. It is believed that James inherited the considerable property left by his [youngest] sister, [Lucy, 1785-1847] the Postmistress, in Six-Mile-Bridge.
Can anyone identify the members of Edward's family who emigrated to America?Edward had, however, a numerous family, some of whom emigrated to America, but nothing more is known of them, or of James, except that he died, some time after 1840, at his house near Sixmilebridge, to which he had returned. The house still stands, approached by a short avenue from the village square.
Can anyone pinpoint the location of James's house near Sixmilebridge?
The reference to the mills could be to the woollen mills north of the village (which probably didn't exist in 1840) or to the much older bleach mill or oil mills south of the village. James appears to have ceased to be an occupier before Griffith's Valuation.
Edward and James's older half-brother Matthew (1759-1797) was once "a merchant of respectability in Dublin".
Edward and James appear as merchants in Dublin soon after Matthew's death. Could they have inherited their half-brother's business, or been employed to run it on behalf of his widow and three infant children? (The infant children are not mentioned in the common-place book, but their existence is well-documented elsewhere.)
Edward and James appear in various Dublin directories in the early 19th century:
- Wilson's Dublin Directory - 1801 Merchants, Traders, &c. at
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/ ... r1801n.txt
lists
O'Halloran, James & Edward, Merchants, 22 up. Bridge Street
(Bridge Street is in St. Audoen's parish, just around the corner from Merchant's Quay, mentioned below; see map at
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,714782,734093,7,7 )
The building number changed before the next appearance that I have traced: - The Treble Almanac 1812, p.80, Merchants and Traders, at findmypast.ie, lists:
O'Halloran (James and Edward) Merchants, 21, up. Bridge-street.
The Ennis Chronicle of 7 March 1812 at
http://astheywere.blogspot.ie/2012/12/e ... mar-7.html
carried this advertisement:
This surely proves that the Dublin merchants were Matthew's half-brothers, as Matthew's death notice in the Ennis Chronicle of Monday 9 Jan 1797 (ffolliott extracts) read 'died yesterday morning Mathew O'Halloran of Clover Hill Esq.'TO BE SET
For a certain Term,
CLOVER-HILL,
Situated nearly between Ennis and Limerick,
And convenient to Bunratty Quay.
Address (post paid letter) to J. T. O'HALLORAN, No.21 Upper-Bridge-street, Dublin. - John Watson Stewart, The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almamack for the Year 1814, under Merchants and Traders on p.83, at findmypast.ie, lists:
O'Halloran (James and Edward) Merchants, 21, up. Bridge-street. - The Merchants and Traders listed on p.88 of The Treble Almanack: For the Year 1815: Forming the Most Complete Lists Published of the Present Civil, Military and Naval Establishments of Great Britain & Ireland at http://books.google.ie/books?id=BcY9AAAAcAAJ
include:
O'Halloran (James and Edward) Merchants, 21 up. Bridge-street. - The Merchants and Traders listed on p.88 of The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack ... for the Year of Our Lord 1815 at
http://books.google.ie/books?id=nWQRAAAAYAAJ
look identical to the previous directory under a different title. - According to ffolliott, the LEP of Thursday 2 Oct 1817 carried this advertisement:
James O'Halloran (late of the Firm of James & Edward O'Halloran), Woollen Warehouse ... he has just returned from England ... Merchant Quay, Dublin - The Treble Almanac, 1818, under Merchants and Traders on p.116, at findmypast.ie, confirms that they had gone their separate ways:
O'Halloran (Edw.) Wh. Woollen & Manchester-wareh, 21, Up. Bridge-s
O'Halloran (James) Wh. Woollen & Manchester wareh, 13, Merchant's-q - A transcription of an unidentified 1820 Dublin Directory at
http://www.from-ireland.net/genealogy-a ... -Directory
has:
O'Halloran Edw.; Wh. Woolen & Manchester warehh. 21 Up. Bridge Street
O'Halloran Jas.; Wh. Woolen & Manchester warehh. 13 Merchants Quay - The Treble Almanac, 1822, under Merchants and Traders on p.112, at findmypast.ie, lists:
O'Halloran (Edw.) Wh. Woollen & Manchester-wareh. 34, l. Bridge-st.
O'Halloran (Jas.) Wh. Woollen & Manchester-wareh. 13, Merchant's-q
According to ffolliott, Edward's marriage is reported in the LEP Wednesday 11 Jan 1815:
I have so far traced only five of their 'numerous family', the first two baptised in the parish where Edward's business was located:married on Sunday last, Edward O'Halloran Esq of Dublin to Miss [Bridget] Enraght [Enright, Henrigh, Endaght, etc.] dau of the late Simon Enraght Esq of Corofin co Clare
- EC Saturday 25 Jul 1818 (ffolliott extracts again):
Birth: in Dublin, the lady of Edward O'Halloran Esq of a son
The matching baptism is at
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 3030280430
Area - DUBLIN (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. AUDOEN
Baptism of EDWARD SIMEON O' HALLORAN of N/R on 14 July 1818
Name EDWARD SIMEON O' HALLORAN
Date of Birth N/R N/R N/R
Address N/R
Father EDWD O' HALLORAN
Mother BRIDGET
Further details in the record
Sponsor 1 DIMON HENRIGH
Sponsor 2 LUCIA HENRIGH
About the record
Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier
3 174 2533 DU-RC-BA-290188 - At http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... fe60280729
Area - DUBLIN (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. AUDOEN
Baptism of SIMON MICHAEL O' HALLORAN of N/R on 18 April 1820
Name SIMON MICHAEL O' HALLORAN
Date of Birth N/R N/R N/R
Address N/R
Father EDWARD O' HALLORAN
Mother BRIDGET
Further details in the record
Sponsor 1 MICHL O' LOUGHLIN
Sponsor 2 MARY ANNE SCOTT
About the record
Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier
3 202 2829 DU-RC-BA-290487 - They were still having children a decade later, in a different parish, across the river Liffey and a little downstream:
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 8660341545
Area - DUBLIN (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. MARY
Baptism of ANNA O' HALLORAN of N/R on N/R N/R 1830
Name ANNA O' HALLORAN
Date of Birth N/R N/R N/R
Address N/R
Father EDWD O' HALLORAN
Mother BRIDGE[?] ENRIGHT
Further details in the record
About the record
Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier
2 1 N/R DU-RC-BA-351303 - At http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 3ba0341993
Area - DUBLIN (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. MARY
Baptism of MARY O HALLORAN of N/R on N/R N/R 1832
Name MARY O HALLORAN
Date of Birth N/R N/R N/R
Address N/R
Father EDWARD O HALLORAN
Mother BRIDGET ENRIGHT
Further details in the record
About the record
Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier
2 42 N/R DU-RC-BA-351751 - At http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... e180342427
Area - DUBLIN (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. MARY
Baptism of SUSANNA MARIA O HALLORAN of N/R on N/R N/R 1834
Name SUSANNA MARIA O HALLORAN
Date of Birth N/R N/R N/R
Address N/R
Father EDWD O HALLORAN
Mother BRIDGET ENDAGHT
Further details in the record
About the record
Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier
2 97 N/R DU-RC-BA-352185
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... e040436861
I have so far traced three children of this couple, all chr. at St. Audoen's:
- Margaret on 14 Jun 1818; the register gives the mother's name as Margaret, without a maiden name, but one of the sponsors was a Margaret Talbott. See http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 6fc0280424
Area - DUBLIN (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. AUDOEN
Baptism of MARGARET O' HALLORAN of N/R on 14 June 1818
Name MARGARET O' HALLORAN
Date of Birth N/R N/R N/R
Address N/R
Father JAMES O' HALLORAN
Mother MARGARET
Further details in the record
Sponsor 1 HENRY O' HARA
Sponsor 2 MARGARET TALBOTT
About the record
Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier
3 173 2527 DU-RC-BA-290182 - James John (twin) on 8 Dec 1819; see
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... dd40280650
Area - DUBLIN (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. AUDOEN
Baptism of JAMES JOHN O' HALLORAN of N/R on 8 December 1819
Name JAMES JOHN O' HALLORAN
Date of Birth N/R N/R N/R
Address N/R
Father JAMES O' HALLORAN
Mother CATHERINE
Further details in the record
Sponsor 1 RICHARD SCALLON
Sponsor 2 MARGARET O' HALLORAN
About the record
Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier
3 196 2752 DU-RC-BA-290408 - Catherine Mary (twin) also on 8 Dec 1819; see
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 56e0280649
Area - DUBLIN (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. AUDOEN
Baptism of CATHERINE MARY O' HALLORAN of N/R on 8 December 1819
Name CATHERINE MARY O' HALLORAN
Date of Birth N/R N/R N/R
Address N/R
Father JAMES O' HALLORAN
Mother CATHERINE
Further details in the record
Sponsor 1 SAMUEL LAKE
Sponsor 2 MARY O' HARA
About the record
Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier
3 196 2753 DU-RC-BA-290407
The Catherine Mary baptised in 1819 must be the subject of this entry in the common-place book:1839, 13th March: Kate O'Halloran daughter of James O'Halloran Esq. of Six-Mile-Bridge died at her father's house at Six-Mile-Bridge, aged 20. She was buried on Monday 16th at Fenloe.
New Row is in St. Luke's parish, but in St. Audoen's ward; see map atAt Sixmilebridge, Edmond O'Halloran, Esq., late of New Row, Dublin.
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,714951,733382,7,7
My GGGgrandmother, née Margaret O'Halloran, married first Michael Kett, by whom she had five children baptised in Sixmilebridge between 1840 and 1847. She then married Daniel Carroll in Sixmilebridge, probably on 9 August 1856, but had no known children by him. Her age was given as 75 when she died on 22 Mar 1889. Could she be the Margaret baptised in Dublin in 1818 (which would make her only 70 when she died in 1889)?
There are arguments both for and against this:
- No birth or baptismal records have been found for Margaret's known brothers John (m. Shrove Tuesday, 16 Feb 1836; d.11 Aug 1884, aged 74 or 75) and Patrick (m. 11 Jan 1846, d. 31 Jan 1867, aged 45)
- Unless John was married at a ridiculously young age, he could at best be a half-brother of the Margaret baptised in Dublin, whose parents were not married until 1817
- Margaret (as Mrs Kett), John and Patrick are the only O'Hallorans in Sixmilebridge in Griffith's Valuation. Who else could have inherited James and Lucy O'Halloran's property there?
- I have a manuscript pedigree suggesting that Margaret was Lucy's sister. Their ages make this impossible. Could they have been niece and aunt?
- Margaret told a story, later written down by her granddaughter, of being told by Biddy Earlie 'that she had a sister on a visit in Limerick but she would never come home'; could this be Kate? (The rest of the details don't fit.)
- Margaret wrote on 1 Nov 1850: `My father was above twenty years in the Royal Navy - had a stipend --- I am now his representative' (Outrage Papers, National Archives). Could James have been in the Navy from his early teens and until showing up in trade with his brother for the first time around the age of 32?