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Casey Family tree

Casey Family tree

Posted: 25 May 2010 8:08PM GMT
Classification: Query
Greetings, my name is Amanda Reid, Casey is my maiden name. I am looking into the possibilty that a man named Thomas C Casey was perhaps my great-great-grandfather. So far I know he was born in 1805, and married Eliza (born 1816). Thomas & Eliza had several children, one named Edward Casey. Eliza's maiden name is perhaps Woodard. If anyone has any addition information, please contact me through this post. Thank you so very much!

Re: Casey Family tree

Posted: 3 Sep 2014 3:15AM GMT
Classification: Query
Not all of Ireland's parish records go back as far as 1805 but you can try a general search of Ireland through www.rootsireland.ie It does not have records for all of Ireland's Counties but most of them.

Thomas and Eliza would of married about 1836 and children follow usually every two years.
Their parents names would be represented in their choices for names: 1st. son the father of the father; 2nd. son the wife's father; 1st. girl after Eliza's mother and 2nd. after Thomas's mother.

There are many, many Casey's but you have a first name and an initial which might help.
Edward is the better choice if he was born in Ireland, Edward would have been fairly unusual in those times. The more out of the norm the name is the easier it will be to find a record.
The choice of Thomas would come after: John, James, Patrick, and possibily Matthew

Other early sources are:

Tithe Applotments 1823-1837 www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie
Griffith Valuation 1847-1864 www.askaboutireland.ie

These are now used as census substitutes. However, there are fragments of census 1821-1851 as well as the 1901/1911 cenus on www.census.nationalarchives.ie

Woodward is a reasonable rare name in Ireland in the Griffith Valuation there are only 16 in all of Ireland. Antrim, Cavan, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Leitrim, Londonderry, Meath, Tipperary N.,
Tyrone and Westmeath. I'm sure there are Casey's in all counties, as there are 3,229 of them.

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