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Selected Purcell Births, Co Tipperary 1822-1838

Selected Purcell Births, Co Tipperary 1822-1838

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:16PM GMT
Classification: Birth
Surnames: Purcell, McAvoy/McEvoy, Mathews
I am researching my McEvoy and Purcell lines. I am looking for more information about my GG-GM Mary Purcell, born abt 1883 in Ireland. She had a sister Honora, born abt 1826 in Ireland, married to Patrick Mathews, b 1827. Mary's children were Ellen b 1857, NY and John b. 1859, Somerset, NY. Honora's children were James Purcell Mathews b 1856, NY and Thomas b 1866, NY. They lived in the Somerset, Niagara Co area of NY. I know that my McEvoy line was from Tipperary (Bourney Parish) but do not know for sure that the Purcell's were from Tipperary. Unfortunately the parish marriage records for Mary Purcell and Martin McAvoy in Niagara Co did not include any information about Mary's parents. Neither did her death records.

I had an idea that if I searched the IFHF records for sisters Mary & Honora (searching for matching parent names) I might find something. While I did find two sisters born to Edmund Purcell and Catherine Shanahan, their birth dates were reversed (this Mary is 1827 and Honora is 1832).

So while these records did not help me, I wanted to share them with this group and any fellow Purcell researchers. I hope this is of help to someone.
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Re: Selected Purcell Births, Co Tipperary 1822-1838

Posted: 10 Jun 2015 1:48AM GMT
Classification: Query
I just realized I had a typo in my original post. Mary Purcell was born about 1833 and her sister Hanora was born about 1827. Based on the name of Mary's eldest daughter I think their mother's name may have been Ellen and based on second son of her sister, their father's name may have been Thomas (truly just a guess).

I would love to learn anything about the families of these two sisters who both married and raised their children in Niagara Co, NY.
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