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Matthew McKennedy

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Abby

Abby Report 29 Aug 2012 12:05

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Area - CORK & ROSS (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - CLONAKILTY

Baptism of MAT MCKENEDY of N/R on 3 July 1814

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Name MAT MCKENEDY
Date of Birth 1 July 1814
Address N/R
Father CON MCKENEDY
Mother CAT HAISE
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Sponsor 1 JOHN HUNGERFORD
Sponsor 2 CAT WALSH
Recorded Parochial Area CLONAKILTY
About the record
Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier Image Filename
N/R N/R N/R CR-RC-BA-21578 cork & ross.clonakilty.p4772.00041

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Catherine

Catherine Report 29 Aug 2012 09:01

There is also someone who has a death certificate for a Cornelius McKennedy who died of Measles:-
4th Feb 1841 at 5 Jones Court aged 10mths
Father: Cornelius McKennedy
Registered by: Mother Mary McKennedy present at time of death

This would be the death that goes with the above:-

London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 about Cornelius McKennedy
Name: Cornelius McKennedy
Record Type: Burial
Estimated Death Date: 1841
Burial Date: 7 Feb 1841
Age: 10 M
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Parish or Poor Law Union: Saint Giles In The Fields
Borough: Camden
Register Type: Bishop's Transcript

His birth certificate should give his mother's maiden name:-

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Cornelius McKennedy
Name: Cornelius McKennedy
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1840
Registration district: St Giles
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1
Page: 67

allotment

allotment Report 29 Aug 2012 08:50

Name: Mary Ann Denning
Age: Full Age
Birth Year: abt 1842
Spouse Name: Mathew Mackendey
Spouse Age: Full Age
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 6 Aug 1842
Parish: Holborn St Sepulchre
Borough: City of London
Father Name: George Denning
Spouse Father: Cornelius Mackendey
Register Type: Parish Register

Matthew signs as Macanedy??? He was a carpet weaver of 7 Fleet Lane.

Catherine

Catherine Report 29 Aug 2012 08:45

If the above is correct, then this may be relevant (perhaps a sibling?):-

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Ellen McKennedy
Name: Ellen McKennedy
Spouse Age: Minor
Spouse Name: Charles Mccarthy
Spouse Age: Full Age
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 24 Jul 1853
Parish: Whitechapel St Mary
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Father Name: Cornelius McKennedy
Occupation: Labourer
Spouse Father Name: John McCarthy
Register Type: Parish Register

Gee

Gee Report 29 Aug 2012 07:13

A tree at Ancestry has these details and a marriage certificate but I dont know if its your man?

Do you know anything else about him?


Matthew Mckennedy
How Family Tree
Birth: Abt 1817 - Sligo, Ireland
Marriage: August 6, 1843 (6 Aug 1843) - London, Middlesex (London)
Parents: Cornelius McKENNEDY
Spouse: Mary Ann Denning


1851 Census



Name: Mathew McKennedy
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary A McKennedy
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Sligo, Ireland

Civil parish: Clerkenwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Registration district: Clerkenwell
Sub-registration district: St James Clerkenwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 189
Piece: 1516
Folio: 505
Page Number: 41
Household Members: Name Age
Mathew McKennedy 34
Mary A McKennedy 28 <<b Cork
Ann McKennedy 2
John McKennedy 3 Mo
Hetton Hayes 15


Helen

Helen Report 29 Aug 2012 05:43

Hi, can anyone help with info on Matthew McKennedy - born 1817 in Sligo Ireland and his wife Mary A ? born in Cork Ireland in 1823? Many thanks Helen