Family and Forebears

I took a risk on this marriage record from England.  I'm so glad I listened to my gut because I'm sure now that it is the marriage entry for my 3x great-grandparents, James Byron and Margaret Mahon.  James and Maggie were born in Ireland and moved to England where their son called Matthew was born in 1862.  Because I knew their eldest son was born in England I cross-referenced the English marriage index and found a James Byron that possibly married a Margaret Mahon. I was hoping it was the record I wanted to see. I'm so glad I took a chance on it. Now I have a marriage date and place, I have confirmation James father was also Matthew, I have occupations to

I'm back at the Irish research and I'm looking for more information on the Reardon / Riordan / O'Riordan family from Macroom, Co. Cork in Ireland.

My 4th Great Grandparents were John Reardon and Mary Shea.  They were married on March 3, 1835, in Macroom, Co.Cork, Ireland.  Witnesses to their marriage were Denis Denahy and John Downy (spelling may be off on these).  Together they had 6 children that I have found.

Daniel Reardon - b. May 21, 1836, in Clondrohid, Co. Cork, Ireland
Denis Reardon - b. April 1838 in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland
Margaret Reardon - b. April 25, 1840, in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland
Mary Reardon - b. March 29, 1842, in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland
Catherine Reardon - b. December 8, 1843, in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland
John Reardon - b. October 17, 1849, in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland

Denis Reardon, their son, is my 3rd Great Grandfather. His residence at the time of Baptism is

Original Post 3/24/2015 (Lisa's Family Pages)

I spent a lot of time over the past two weeks exploring the Irish Family History Foundation website.  They now offer a subscription option which makes it more affordable.  I was able to manipulate the searches without worrying about wasting credits.  I took advantage of a monthly subscription and found a lot of matches.  I found my husband's ancestors that were born in Ireland but later went to Scotland.

A few that were exciting to find were the Cronan's.  When I looked on the site a year or two ago I couldn't narrow down my matches without wasting credits.  The name Mary Ann Cronan was more common than I expected for that time period.  On Mary Ann's death record in Scotland, I found her parent's names.  When I searched the Irish Family History Foundation website this time around I was able to find Mary Ann's baptismal record.  This gave me a place in Ireland.  I was able to search the

Original Post 4/22/2014 (Lisa's Family Pages)

I was able to go back one more generation on the Davidson/ Liscombe family tree.  Specifically the Liscombe side.   Not only did I find the names of my 5th Great Grandparents, but I also found the place they were from in Ireland.  This is often hard to find.

William Taylor was born in County Sligo, Ireland around 1788.  He married Susanna Conboy in Ireland.  In 1837 they travelled to Canada with two of their children, one of whom is our direct ancestor Margaret Taylor.  Their third child, John Taylor, was born on the Atlantic Ocean during their voyage to North America.

William and Susanna (aka Susan) settled in Brock, Ontario where they had more children and farmed their land.

Susanna Conboy Taylor died in 1860 around the age of 58.  It is noted in the 1861 Canadian Census that she died of Breast Cancer.  William Taylor died a Gentleman in 1881 at the age of 95 years and 10 months young.  It is noted on his death record that he was the oldest man in the Township of Brock, Ontario.