I've been researching the family tree descended from one Lawrence Collins of Adrigole (b. 1783, d. 1867), and have been chasing Larry Collinses all over Ireland and even a few who emigrated to the US. In the process, I discovered a Lawrence Collins b. 1878 to a Jeremiah Collins and a Mary Donovan. So I decided to investigate.
I started in the church records, and from there turned up the following:
John,Burgatia,13-Nov-1859,Rosscarbery
Cornelius, ,8-May-1861,Rosscarbery
Patrick,Ross,4-Feb-1863,Rosscarbery
Michael,Barrack Lane,28-Sep-1864,Rosscarbery
Margt,Ross,9-May-1866,Rosscarbery
Jerry,Burgatia,10-May-1868,Rosscarbery
Jas,Burgatia,22-Apr-1870,Rosscarbery
Maurice,,9-Jun-1874,Cork South Parish
I quickly poked around in the online censuses, and in the BMD index at Family search, and found the following:
1901, in Ballynidon, Kinsale Rural DED
Jeremiah Collins, age 68, HoH
Mary Collins, 62, wife
Patrick, brother, 66
Denis, son, 34
Julia, daughter, 30
Jeremiah, son, 26
Lizzie, daughter, 21
Mary Mehigan, granddaughter, 8
In 1911 Jeremiah HoH was deceased and the family was headed by son Denis.
Patrick in Rosscarbery (from the baptismals, above) *may* have ended up in house 28, Burgatia, Rosscarbery DED.
Name Michael Collins
Gender Male
Birth Date 27 Sep 1864
Birthplace 0082,ROSS CARBERY,CORK,IRELAND
Father's Name Jeremiah Collins
Mother's Name Mary Donovan
So far I have found three references on volume 20 for Clonakilty. This looks like it might be on volume 15.
Name Margaret Collins
Gender Female
Birth Date 08 May 1866
Birthplace 0079,ROSS CARBERY,CORK,IRELAND
Father's Name Jeremiah Collins
Mother's Name Mary Donovan
I found one reference on volume 10 for Clonakilty.
Name Jeremiah Collins
Gender Male
Birth Date 09 May 1868
Birthplace Cork, Ireland
Father's Name Jeremiah Collins
Mother's Name Mary Donovan
Reference Number v 10 p 113
That one is pretty straightforward.
Name: James
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Place: 118, ROSSCARBERY, CORK, IRE
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1870
Birthplace: Rosscarbery, Cork, Ire
Father's Name: Jeremiah Collins
Mother's Name: Mary Donovan
Very obscure reference number, and multiple entries in the BMD index in the CLONAKILTY district.
Name Ellen Collins
Gender Female
Birth Date 25 May 1871
Birthplace Cork, Ireland
Father's Name Jeremiah Collins
Mother's Name Mary Donovan
Reference Number v 10 p 487
Straightforward, hopefully. She was registered in the KINSALE district.
Name Mary Collins
Gender Female
Birth Date 03 Jun 1872
Birthplace , , IRELAND
Father's Name Jeremiah Collins
Mother's Name Mary Donovan
She was registered in the CORK district. Not sure if volume 10-1 or 10-2, but on page 208.
Maurice Collins - CORK
Gender Male
Birth Date 06 Jun 1874
Birthplace Cork, Cork, Ireland
Father's Name Jeremiah Collins
Mother's Name Mary Donovan
Reference Number v 10-1 p 208
Straightforward, hopefully. He was registered in the CORK district.
Honora Collins
Gender Female
Birth Date 11 Jun 1875
Birthplace Cork, Ireland
Father's Name Jeremiah Collins
Mother's Name Mary Donovan
Reference Number v 10-2 p 478
Straightforward, hopefully. She was registered in the KINSALE district.
Laurence Collins
Gender Male
Birth Date 06 Jan 1878
Birthplace Cork, Ireland
Father's Name Jeremiah Collins
Mother's Name Mary Donovan Collins
Reference Number v 5 p 415
Straightforward. He was registered in the KINSALE district, and (sadly) died later that year.
From all of this very hasty preliminary research, I believe that there were at least three different families in County Cork with parents of Jeremiah Collins and Mary Donovan in the research period from the 1850's and beyond. Family #1 appeared to be based in the Rosscarbery area. Their events would have been registered in Clonakilty. Family #2 was in the Cork area. Their events were registered in Cork. Family #3, the one where 1878 Lawrence was from, would have registered their events in Kinsale.
All too often, I've seen family trees out on the Internet that might have thrown all three groups of children into the same family. Without checking up on each of these references, I would end up attaching people to the family tree who weren't my people! As it stands, I have no idea if the Kinsale family is related. That's for further research in the years ahead.
My mother was from Skibbereen. This is leftover research from investigating my mother's ancestral origins.
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A very good example to demonstrate the point!
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