I am making some quick notes here about Whitegate. It is the location where my great-grandfather, Patrick Hickey, was baptized. He is indicated as being from County Clare. I don't doubt that nor that he was baptized in Whitegate. This information is in his RC marriage record in Rye, New York at the Church of the Resurrection.
What I have found is that Whitegate, County Clare, and Whitegate, Galway get confused for each other. Whitegate, County Clare is located 2 miles east by northeast of Mountshannon and about 7 miles east by northeast of Scarriff. Whitegate, County Galway is located 1 mile from Killimor (bologue) and about 6 miles from Portumna. The Whitegate in County Galway is about 20 miles from the Clare border. Another thing to make note of here is that Whitegate, County Clare should be in the Clonrush civil parish.
Because I have found information that my Patrick Hickey was from County Clare, baptized in Whitegate but have found other references to Galway and Tipperary on his supposed WWI and WWII draft registration cards, I can only imagine that either he was not sure of what county he was from, and/or moved around and lived in several, or the transcribers thought that they knew it all and wrote it down their way. Patrick Hickey did have a thick Irish brogue so misinterpretation of what he said may have been likely.
At this point, as I find information that could help me in the future, I write it down.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Shaffrey's On Family Search
Recently, I hoped on http://www.familysearch.org/. I entered the last name of Shaffrey and came up with just over 7,000 "hits" in their search engine. The Family Search site includes various records for census, birth, marriage, death, probate, military, and immigration that span worldwide but mostly in the USA, parts of Europe and Australia.
To find this limited number of results for the last name of Shaffrey indicates to me just how uncommon this surname really is. When I narrowed my search to just birth, marriage, and death records, I ended up with just over 4100 "hits". I clicked on just Ireland births and baptisms 1620-1881 and found 733 results. With some luck, I was hoping that I was getting somewhere. I know that my Shaffrey search needs to start/continue from starting mid 1700s until maybe 1854. I've struggled with where to go with this search.
In the 1840s through 1855, I find virtually nothing online for Shaffrey's under births and baptisms for Ireland. Under marriages, I find a Catherine Shaffrey (b. 1841) marrying John Farrelly on 22 Jan 1865 in Navan, Meath, Ireland. Her father was William Shaffrey. Her mother is not listed. I also find a Ellen Shafray (b. 1845) marrying John Smith on 21 May 1864 in Navan, Meath, Ireland. Her father was Thomas Shafray.
Since I know that my Shaffrey's are from in and around Moynalty, I know that I will be keeping my search to mostly County Meath at this point. I did peek at the Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958 for the timeframe 1840-1855. I find a few Shaffrey's living in the Kells area of Meath. From 1800-1840, I only find a few people with the last name of Shaffrey in the Kells area under the Ireland Civil Registration. If I try to go back further, I don't feel as confident about the location of my Shaffrey's. Needless to say, I am feeling the "dead end" again on this front.
There is that LDS Film though which may be for my Maxwell's but may have more information on it for the Parish of Moynalty. I may need to fetch that to push further back in time.
To find this limited number of results for the last name of Shaffrey indicates to me just how uncommon this surname really is. When I narrowed my search to just birth, marriage, and death records, I ended up with just over 4100 "hits". I clicked on just Ireland births and baptisms 1620-1881 and found 733 results. With some luck, I was hoping that I was getting somewhere. I know that my Shaffrey search needs to start/continue from starting mid 1700s until maybe 1854. I've struggled with where to go with this search.
In the 1840s through 1855, I find virtually nothing online for Shaffrey's under births and baptisms for Ireland. Under marriages, I find a Catherine Shaffrey (b. 1841) marrying John Farrelly on 22 Jan 1865 in Navan, Meath, Ireland. Her father was William Shaffrey. Her mother is not listed. I also find a Ellen Shafray (b. 1845) marrying John Smith on 21 May 1864 in Navan, Meath, Ireland. Her father was Thomas Shafray.
Since I know that my Shaffrey's are from in and around Moynalty, I know that I will be keeping my search to mostly County Meath at this point. I did peek at the Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958 for the timeframe 1840-1855. I find a few Shaffrey's living in the Kells area of Meath. From 1800-1840, I only find a few people with the last name of Shaffrey in the Kells area under the Ireland Civil Registration. If I try to go back further, I don't feel as confident about the location of my Shaffrey's. Needless to say, I am feeling the "dead end" again on this front.
There is that LDS Film though which may be for my Maxwell's but may have more information on it for the Parish of Moynalty. I may need to fetch that to push further back in time.
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