Catherine
Gibney 1818 - 1873
Catherine
Gibney, my third great grandmother, has been the only Gibney in my records. She
lived her life in Ireland; the later part in County Cavan. I have researched
her children and other descendants for a long time but have not been able to
take a step backwards.
My
third cousin, Patricia Brady, may have made a new discovery, the parents of
Catherine Gibney. She looked at the 1821 Irish Census for Killykeen, County
Cavan. We know our family was in that small townland. John & Elen Gibney
had a two year old daughter, Catherine. Because it is such a small townland the
likelihood is very high that this is our family.
It
is wonderful to have a genealogy loving Irish cousin who loves to spend hours
searching researching!
Lucky you, Colleen! You know the originals are free on the National Archives site (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/)? Their parents/siblings are probably living beside them!! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dara! I will check that out!
DeleteThis is awesome, another step backwards!
ReplyDeleteCharlie, yes, it is very exciting!
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