Hstory of the Blackwells and Merners pre the 1873 Marraige of Micheal Blackwell born 1852 and Ellen Merner born 1850 in limerick Ellen is on both the 1901 and 1911 Limerick Censuses where did Micheal and the son Patrick go before 1901 as they just vanish Patrick did not go to America as there where two Patricks born in Limerick about the same time.Patrick Roche my gt/grandfather was born about 1827 if his age at death of 68 is correct in 1896 he married Mary Obrien born 1840 where? was it in Cork or Limerick Mary is alive in march of 1901 I belive my grandfather Patrick Roche and his sibblings where born in cork? there history pre 1870 would help a great deal.Stephen
stephen roche
Saturday 13th Sep 2014, 04:03AMMessage Board Replies
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Dear Stephen
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out and apologies for the delay in getting back to you.
I am a bit confused, can you confirm the following is correct:
Michael Blackwell b. 1852 and Ellen Merner born 1850 married i 1873. They had a son Patrick.How does Patrick Roche fit into this?
Rootsireland has both the church and civil marriage record of the couple, who married as you say in 1873. The civil marriage record should record their fathers' names at least and will take you back a further generation as well as the townland and parish. Using this, you can search for Michael and Ellen's baptism details. The fact that the name is not very common will be helpful to you. As this is a subscription site, I am limited in what I can see.
Children born to the couple are listed as:
Catherine, 1874
James, 1877
Pat, 1879
Catherine, 1880Let me know what you think.
Best wishes
Clare
Genealogy SupportClare Doyle
Tuesday 23rd Sep 2014, 10:03AM