Researching Michael Powers - b. July, 1847 in Dungarvan?

Mikefly,

I found 43 Michael Powers born between 1825 and 1845 with a father named Patrick and 10 between 1845 and 1855 with a father named Patrick, including 4 born in 1847. You will need a little more information from the emigration or from the US side to identify the correct one.

Can you look up his US death certificate? They often are very useful.

I haven't time now but I will look up your Mary Flynn as soon as I can.

Geraldine

Hi Geraldine,

Thanks for the prompt reply. Unfortunately, I haven't yet found a death record for Michael but I will continue looking. I'm especially keen in finding out more about his parents, but this may be too much of a shot in the dark without some evidence from Michael's death certificate. Otherwise, I was hoping to potentially identify siblings of Michael. This is one of my next pursuits. It further complicates matters that Powers and Power seem to be used interchangably. I am somewhat confident that Michael's father was a Power, not Powers. 

I know a fair amount about Mary, especially in the U.S. I would love to try and find additional details about her parents, especially in Ireland. Thomas immigrated to the U.S. but Bridget did not. I have not been able to find a trace of Bridget after the apparent birth of Mary's brother James, in 1847. Thomas's last name is also spelled Flinn in most documents I have found. He appears to have re-married sometime before 1850 when he had a 2nd son, Thomas, apparently born in New York state. Thomas's second wife's name was Mary. There is some evidence that her surname was Murphy. 

If you have general advice about search strategies, let me know. I can also post records of what I believe to be baptismal certificates for Mary Power and her brother James, as well as likely records for parents Thomas and Bridget. Let me know what records might help you in addition to that posted below for Michael's likely baptism.

Best Regards,

Mike Flynn

Does this help at all Mike?  They are the only two married in Illinois by those names.  I searched w/o strict name variations, and many people came up but these are t he only two married in Illinois. 

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/278G-JS3

I have an Alice Powers in my family and my Walsh side goes  back to Waterford.  I'll just assume you're family then!  ha!

Molly Walsh Woll

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hi Mike,

This is a very confusing situation. I think your best bet is the family search.org reference from Molly above. I did find a good possibility of parents for Mary Flynn, but I am questioning the birth of Michael in 1847. Are you certain of this?

I am going to post the result of various searches I did. You can take a look at them and see which if any are useful.

I suggest joining 'Find my past' and 'Roots Ireland' as well. They both charge.

Good luck searching

Geraldine

Thanks, Molly. I previously found some conflicts about the possibility of Dennis Power and Johanna. As I dug through some details about their details, there were some that just didn't match up. Given Michael's birthday month and year from one of the U.S. censuses, in addition to an Illinois state census, I think the more likely parents are Patrick Power and Margaret Mahoney. Nonetheless, I will capture the details to which you pointed me. I will continue my search for siblings and see if they also point to Patrick and Margaret. If you have other thoughts, let me know.

Thank you as well, Mary. I have some of the same records, which were a real find for me. I will peruse the others you sent and see where they might help fill in some gaps. 

This really feels like sleuthing at times.

Thanks again, to you both.