http://templeorumparish.com/owningchurch.html
The parish chapel was at Templeorum as early as 1600. During the Cromwell occupation, or in 1715 or 1745, mass was held in secret locations, often out of doors.
Due to the anti-Catholic Penal Laws, Catholic property ownership was a problem, so church building was difficult. Between 1790 and 1830, priests were building new chapels for Catholic worship and encouraging weekly attendance at Mass. Weekly attendance was difficult for the poor who usually walked to get to chapel.
In the mid 1700's Father Thomas Lalor served the church in Templeorum and also offered Mass at Piltown and Owning, in rented spaces, riding horseback between these locations. His first curate was father John Gogarty who began in 1783.
1798 saw a vicious civil war in neighboring Wexford County.
In Owning a rented barn at Ballinacronny was used for Mass until the chapel at Piltown was built in 1798, and the Owning chapel about the same time. The Owning chapel was built near a medieval church. This served the people of the Bessborough Estate. The early chapel was a simple thatched building and the poor people stood or knelt on mats.
In 1850 a lease from the Earl of Bessborough was obtained to build the new chapel at Owning. "Comfortable farmers" those with 20 acres or more, would have paid most of the costs. The chapel shows in a map of Owning village dated 1812 and was probably completed by 1800. Pews did not come until 1900. Those that were too infirm to kneel or stand did not attend.
Owning chapel was completed in 1798. It had both pew seating in the nave and galleries overhead for the choir and organ. Parish families would have paid for family pews to be made.
http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=images&county=KK®no=12403905
(see pictures on drive)
Baptisms- name, father, mother, date
there are several graces here- Ellen b 7-10-1804 dtr of Thos and Mary GRace and John b 19 NOv 1804 son of Thomas and Marg Grace
Saturday, August 8, 2020
Owning and Templeorum Parish- churches attended by the Durney's and Walshes
Church of the Assumption, Piltown 1905 photo with gate from 1860
Monday, August 3, 2020
Introduction to Garryduff, Kilkenny in 1850
Garryduff 1850
1- Description of Garryduff
2- families of Garryduff
3- Sundays-Templeorum Parish and religion
4- Market Days and Fair Days-Piltown
5- Famine, the earl and lady of Bessborough and Emigration
The tiny townland of Garryduff sat at the foot of a gently rising mountain. One of the Walsh Hills, it lay to the west of the townland, so the lush green fields of Garryduff caught the morning sun from the east and enjoyed its warmth all through the day until evening fell. Then, when the residents had finished their days work, they could sit for a few cherished moments to watch the sun set slowly behind the hillside, creating a rosy spectacle of color that only God could provide. The air swiftly turned cooler as darkness fell, and soon candles lit up the windows of the 16 cottages which lined the narrow road. Smoke rose from the chimneys as the women prepared the evening meal.
The cottages were similar; small and simple. They were made of fieldstone or white washed concrete, some with thatched roofs, others with shingles, some with only a few windows, others with more which allowed more light inside. One or two chimneys provided a fire for cooking and warmth for the cold evenings. Wood was scarce so peat was generally used for fuel. Always left burning or piled with warm smoldering ashes, the peat in the hearth produced an earthy, almost mystical scent that forever made the locals think of home. Pots hung over the open hearth, and a welcoming tea kettle could be easily warmed to singing nearly any hour of the day. A simple wooden table and a few chairs sat near a treasured hutch where the family’s dishes, cups, and saucers were proudly displayed. This room entertained family and friends alike; a separate room housed the beds, and those who were very fortunate might even have a third or forth room or loft for the children’s beds. The floors were usually beaten earth, swept clean by the proud housewife. On the walls were hung a few pictures, and symbols of the religion which guided their lives.
They were more than neighbors, these villagers who lived in the cottages and toiled in the fields. They formed a close kinship group and nearly everyone was related in one way or another across the generations. A strong circle of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and numerous cousins allowed the children of Garryduff to grow up in a secure extended family. Neighbors with the same family names lived in the same cottages from one generation to the next; none were strangers here. The Durney’s, Cuddihy’s, Malone’s, Kenneally’s, Nowlans, Bolger’s and Ryan’s had inhabited this hamlet for as long as anyone could remember. They experienced all of the typical friendships and rivalries that exist in all small places.
Many of the children had similar names. The Irish tradition was to name the first son after his paternal grandfather, and the second after his maternal grandfather. Girls names, too, sometimes followed this tradition, the eldest being named for their maternal grandmother, the next the paternal grandmother. So cousins names clearly displayed their shared heritage; Daniel Durney, Patrick Durney and John Durney all had eldest sons named Thomas, who had likely been the paternal grandfather of the boys. Other common names were John, James, Michael and Daniel. With girls, Mary, Margaret and Bridget were common. Most families were large; new babies were welcomed every two years or so, and the young mothers who had finished nursing infants were soon pregnant again. Not all of the babies survived; childhood health was precarious. Doctors were few and medicine was mostly home remedies and common sense.
Behind the cottages each family had outbuildings on the farm. One to store the peat, another for their farm animals, and perhaps another for fowl. Most families had at least one milk cow, to provide milk and butter to the family. Pigs were raised as well, mostly to be brought to Piltown on market day as a cash crop. A few lucky families had a donkey to pull the plow or a cart. Horses, too, were forbidden to Catholic families. The fields were plowed by hand plow or by donkey plow, and although wheat and oats were sometimes grown, the main crop was potatoes. The “lumpers” were served with lots of milk and butter, and this formed the main diet of many families.
The townland of Garryduff consisted of 520 acres of farmland. The fields were divided by carefully tended hedgerows. Each farmer tended a plot of land; usually 20-30 Irish acres (30-50 acres.) Some farmers leased a larger plot of land together and subdivided plots to farm; such was the case with the Durney’s, Bolgers, Whelan’s and Nowlan’s who together leased 166 Irish acres in 1850. Some subleased land to other farmers or small holders known as cottiers. Others, including the widowed, elderly and impoverished, leased only a house and small garden. But none of them owned the cottages they lived in or the land that they farmed. As Catholics, they were forbidden to own land of their own. In Garryduff, all of the land belonged to the Earl of Bessborough. Twice a year the tenant farmers paid him rents based on the value of the property they lived on.
It had not always been so. From the ancient days of Strongbow’s English invasion, this land had belonged to the Walsh “Lords of the Mountain.” Married into the Butler and Fitzgerald clan, the Owning Walshes held great power and wealth. But with the coming of Cromwell, the Catholic Walshes forfeited the surrounding townlands; Garryduff, Mullinbegg, Templeorum, Oldcourt, Corbally...these and more were granted to Cromwell’s captain Sir John Ponsonby, the ancestor of the Earl of Bessborough, who now held all the former Walsh lands. The bones of the Walsh lords now lay ensconced in the ruins of the church at Owning, mere memories of days gone by, when the Irish ruled themselves.
Sundays
Although mysterious Druidic stone monuments still dotted the countryside, from the time of St. Patrick this area had been fiercely Catholic. During medieval times, great abbeys had ruled throughout Ireland, and in Owning, there were rocky ruins of a medieval church. But with the coming of Cromwell, the faithful had been routed, the priests persecuted, and secret Masses were quietly held, often out of doors. But the English plan to force the faithful to convert to Protestantism by taking away all rights and privileges did not succeed in Ireland. The people of Garryduff may have had little, but they had a great and steadfast faith.
So on Sundays, the families of Garryduff could be seen walking a mile or two down the road to the chapel at Owning. In the 1700’s the chapel had been a simple whitewashed building with a thatched roof, where the faithful knelt on the woven hay mats on an earthen floor. But by 1800 the Church of the Assumption, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was built just across from the stone ruins of the medieval church. The people from Garryduff and the surrounding townlands contributed whatever they could; pennies from the poor cottiers and laborers or more substantial contributions from more prosperous farmers. Many volunteered their labor to help with the construction of the new chapel. In the beginning parishioners stood and knelt to worship, but in time there were a few benches for seating. Some prosperous families donated money for a family pew where they would sit each Sunday. Gradually improvements were made on the interior; soon the new chapel had stone floors and white washed walls, with galleries on either side of the altar and a choir at the back. It was an edifice in which the parishioners could take pride. Here marriages took place, children were baptized, and the dead were mourned and buried in the adjoining cemetery. The circle of life revolved around the rites of the Church. The parish priests who shepherded this flock were hard working and highly respected.
Piltown, the Earl of Bessborough, and the Famine
The mountain dominated their landscape, rising above the townland and fields. A narrow, rocky path led from behind the fields and circled around gently until it reached the very top of the hill, and from this great vantage point, those who had ventured the climb could look down on the houses and farms where they spent their days, and turn to see farmlands and villages for miles around, some places where they had been before and others they had heard of. From here they could dream of worlds far beyond the bit of Ireland that they could see, across the vast ocean, where precious letters came from faraway friends and relatives telling of a different life, where hope was abundant, and where families were flourishing on farms they now owned for themselves.
Just visible four miles directly south lay the village of Piltown, built by the Earl of Bessborough. The village was a market and post town which sat between Carrick on Suir and Waterford City. In 1831 it had about 102 houses. Anthony's hotel was a rest stop for horses delivering mail along the way. It was the largest of the estate villages owned by the Earl of Bessborough and he meant for it to be a model estate village. Besides the hotel, the village had a court house, post office, and market building, two national schools (one for boys and one for girls) a guard barracks, a dispensary, and a forge. The Earl even set up an accommodation for destitute widows here. On the quay, over 100 vessels delivered goods each year and Piltown traded with both Waterford and Carrick on suir in the 1830's to 1850's. By 1841 Piltown village had grown to 700 people.
The Earl lived in a splendid estate just outside of the tidy little town. His great mansion, also called Bessborough, was built in 1747 and was surrounded by a fine park of hundreds of acres. His total estate covered over 27,000 acres of farmland. The Earl had lodges built for the workmen of the estate...carpenters, stonemasons, and gamekeepers. His wife was a good lady, caring of the villagers, and during the famine a soup kitchen was opened in Piltown. The Earl further supported families in need by providing work constructing stone walls around the huge estate. Unlike less scrupulous landlords of the time, the Earl was known to write off rents during the famine, and generally did not evict tenants. Mass starvation did not affect the area as much as other places in Kilkenny, although fevers took their toll. There was a poor house at Carrick on Suir, however, which was soon crowded with unfortunates from this part of Kilkenny.
Sources:
The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory by William Carrigan Vol. 4
1905, Seals, Bryers and Walker (ebook; Google Books)
http://www.templeorumparish.com/site.html
Friday, July 31, 2020
Bridget Durney Powers
From the family history notebook:
It was believed that the Durney family came from Garryduff, near Piltown, Kilkenny.
Bridget Durney married Michael Power, son of James L. Power and Mary Gaul. Came to Jersey County about 1850 and lived on the "Snell Property" 5 miles east of Jerseyville. Children John, James ("Shug",) Mary Ann, and William.
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There was a Bridget Durney baptized on April 7, 1822, in Garryduff, Templeorum Catholic Parish. Her parents were Daniel Durney and Anna Walsh.
Obituary: Jersey Republican 2 Feb 1905-
"Mrs. Bridget Powers, 84 years old, died at home of her son, James Powers, in English Township. Funeral St. Francis Church. Rev. Lee. Leaves two sons, James and John. (This would put Bridget's birth about 1821-1822.)
Bridget Durney married Michael Power on June 8, 1858, in Jersey County.
1860 census: Michael Powers, age 30 (born 1830) laborer with 2000 in real estate and 300 in personal property, born Ireland. Bridget, age 30, born Ireland. (putting her birth as 1830) son John 1 month. James Powers age 62, born Ireland. John Powers 33, Bridget Powers 19, all born Ireland, and James Durney 25, a farmer with 550 real estate value, also born Ireland.
So, according to this, Bridget's brother James Durney, age 25, born about 1835, was living with the Powers family in 1860.
1870 census: Michael Powers age 40 (born 1830), farmer with 8300 real estate value, 850 personal property, Bridget age 40 (born 1830) children all born Illinois- John 10, James 8, Mary 6, William 3, James Powers 76 (cannot read or write) Mary Ann died in 1874 at age 10.
April 7, 1880- Michael Powers wrote his will, leaving his real estate to Bridget Durney Powers, requesting that she continue farming and providing for his children, and dividing the farm between Bridget and his sons when they reached age 21.
May 20, 1880- Michael died and was buried at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. His headstone states that he was was 53 years old (born 1827) and was born in Glenmore Parish, Kilkenny, (townland hard to read- Ki??ollin?- Glenmore Catholic Parish is in Kilcolumb civil parish.
1880 census- Bridget Durney Powers was 54 (born 1826) living with her children John 20, James 18, and William 14. Her father in law James Power was 91, and her brother-in-law John Power 57 was living with them as well as her niece, Mary Durney, age 23, (born 1857) listed as born in Ireland.
Another mystery...
Which of Bridget Durney Power's siblings was Mary Durney's parent? This Mary is surely the one who married John Power. The 1900 census shows her born in 1862 in Ireland and immigrating in 1880. Since she was living with Bridget in 1880, did she come without her parents?
There was a Mary Durney baptized on February 17, 1857 in Garryduff in Templeorum Parish. Her parents were Thomas Durney and Mary Morahan. Margaret Durney was one of her baptismal sponsors.
(There is also a Mary Durney baptized in Dec 1859 in Garryduff, parents Daniel Durney and Anastatia Connolly.)
September 11, 1882- James L. Power died and was buried at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. His tombstone reads " James Power, native Kilkenny, Ireland, born July 25, 1790, died Sept 11, 1882, age 92 years. James' wife, Mary Gaul, does not show on any records in Jersey County; she must have died before the 1860 census.
February 4, 1888- Son William Power died at age 21, buried St. Francis.
Son John Power married Mary Durney (born February 1862 Ireland) Mary would die in 1913, but John did not die until 1951. Daughters Mary Ann Power died in 1986 and Bridget "Birdie" Power died in 1986. All are buried at St Francis.
In 1900 and 1910 they were living in East St. Louis.
According to her obituary, Bridget Durney Power was living with her son, James Power, in Jersey County, at the time of her death in 1905. She was listed as 67 years old, born in 1833, the mother of 5 children, only 2 living. The census shows that she immigrated in 1855. Also living in the household is John Powers, age 87, the brother of her husband Michael Powers. James Power and his wife Amelia have 7 children.
They are living next to Lawrence Powers, age 80 and his wife Rebecca (Quinn) age 70.
It was believed that the Durney family came from Garryduff, near Piltown, Kilkenny.
Bridget Durney married Michael Power, son of James L. Power and Mary Gaul. Came to Jersey County about 1850 and lived on the "Snell Property" 5 miles east of Jerseyville. Children John, James ("Shug",) Mary Ann, and William.
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There was a Bridget Durney baptized on April 7, 1822, in Garryduff, Templeorum Catholic Parish. Her parents were Daniel Durney and Anna Walsh.
Obituary: Jersey Republican 2 Feb 1905-
"Mrs. Bridget Powers, 84 years old, died at home of her son, James Powers, in English Township. Funeral St. Francis Church. Rev. Lee. Leaves two sons, James and John. (This would put Bridget's birth about 1821-1822.)
Bridget Durney married Michael Power on June 8, 1858, in Jersey County.
1860 census: Michael Powers, age 30 (born 1830) laborer with 2000 in real estate and 300 in personal property, born Ireland. Bridget, age 30, born Ireland. (putting her birth as 1830) son John 1 month. James Powers age 62, born Ireland. John Powers 33, Bridget Powers 19, all born Ireland, and James Durney 25, a farmer with 550 real estate value, also born Ireland.
So, according to this, Bridget's brother James Durney, age 25, born about 1835, was living with the Powers family in 1860.
1870 census: Michael Powers age 40 (born 1830), farmer with 8300 real estate value, 850 personal property, Bridget age 40 (born 1830) children all born Illinois- John 10, James 8, Mary 6, William 3, James Powers 76 (cannot read or write) Mary Ann died in 1874 at age 10.
April 7, 1880- Michael Powers wrote his will, leaving his real estate to Bridget Durney Powers, requesting that she continue farming and providing for his children, and dividing the farm between Bridget and his sons when they reached age 21.
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| Tomb of Bridget Durney Powers and Michael Powers at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Jerseyville |
May 20, 1880- Michael died and was buried at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. His headstone states that he was was 53 years old (born 1827) and was born in Glenmore Parish, Kilkenny, (townland hard to read- Ki??ollin?- Glenmore Catholic Parish is in Kilcolumb civil parish.
1880 census- Bridget Durney Powers was 54 (born 1826) living with her children John 20, James 18, and William 14. Her father in law James Power was 91, and her brother-in-law John Power 57 was living with them as well as her niece, Mary Durney, age 23, (born 1857) listed as born in Ireland.
Another mystery...
Which of Bridget Durney Power's siblings was Mary Durney's parent? This Mary is surely the one who married John Power. The 1900 census shows her born in 1862 in Ireland and immigrating in 1880. Since she was living with Bridget in 1880, did she come without her parents?
There was a Mary Durney baptized on February 17, 1857 in Garryduff in Templeorum Parish. Her parents were Thomas Durney and Mary Morahan. Margaret Durney was one of her baptismal sponsors.
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September 11, 1882- James L. Power died and was buried at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. His tombstone reads " James Power, native Kilkenny, Ireland, born July 25, 1790, died Sept 11, 1882, age 92 years. James' wife, Mary Gaul, does not show on any records in Jersey County; she must have died before the 1860 census.
February 4, 1888- Son William Power died at age 21, buried St. Francis.
Son John Power married Mary Durney (born February 1862 Ireland) Mary would die in 1913, but John did not die until 1951. Daughters Mary Ann Power died in 1986 and Bridget "Birdie" Power died in 1986. All are buried at St Francis.
In 1900 and 1910 they were living in East St. Louis.
According to her obituary, Bridget Durney Power was living with her son, James Power, in Jersey County, at the time of her death in 1905. She was listed as 67 years old, born in 1833, the mother of 5 children, only 2 living. The census shows that she immigrated in 1855. Also living in the household is John Powers, age 87, the brother of her husband Michael Powers. James Power and his wife Amelia have 7 children.
They are living next to Lawrence Powers, age 80 and his wife Rebecca (Quinn) age 70.
Family Overview- Daniel Durney and Anastatia Walsh
Parents:
Daniel Durney abt 1800- aft 1855 and Anna (Anastatia) Walsh abt 1800-aft 1840
- Mullinbeg, Tinakilly, Garryduff, Owning and Templeorum Parish
married after march 1817
Children:
1-Thomas Durney baptized 10 march 1817 Mullinbeg (marked illegitimate- so the marriage occurred after this)
2-Bridget Durney baptized 7 April 1822 Garryduff, Owning and Templeorum
married Michael Power (son of James L. Power and Mary Gaul) 8 June 1858 Jerseyville died 2 Feb 1905 at home of son, James Powers, buried St Francis
(children John (d 1951) James (d 1907), Mary Ann (d 1874), Wm (d 1888)
3-Mary Durney baptized 31 March 1823 Garryduff, married Francis (Frank) Allen (brother of Hugh) 25 Feb 1868 Jerseyville, remarried after death of Frank to John Fahey on 16 Aug 1876, died 5 May 1913 -
Mary Durney's will proves many of her relatives:Hugh Allen signed on probate;
nephews and nieces listed as John Powers (surviving child of Bridget Durney and Michael Power) Laurence Powers, Frank Powers, ? Powers, Priscilla, Anthony, Josephine, cora powers (grandnephews and nieces)
John Durney (son of James and Magt Quinn Durney-married Nellie Flynn- dtr of Catherine Quinn, granddaughter of John Quinn and Mary Fitzgerald) Wm Durney, Richard Durney, ? and Michael Durney, (Nephews and nieces, addresses unknown, Bird Powers, Mary Powers grandnieces, address unknown,
Thomas Durney, John Durney, James Durney, Mary A. Herget, Anna ? and Bridy Fitzgerald nephews and nieces (children of Michael Durney) address unknown,
Richard Allen, Margaret Allen, Rose Allen, Thomas Allen and Hugh Allen, nephews and nieces.( Children of Margaret Durney) Her will left her property to her nephew Hugh Allen of English township and made her the executor of his estate.
1910 census says immigrated 1857 (only child Maggie died 1889)
4-Margaret Durney born 1 Jan 1840 ?? Piltown, Templeorum, died 11 Nov 1884 (age 44) Jerseyville (buried St. Francis- name and date on headstone) married Hugh Allen 27 April 1864 Jerseyville (children
5-Michael Durney bap 18 June 1826 (Tinnakilly, Templeorum Parish_
married Johanna Walsh (known as aunt Hannah by my aunt Helen)
children Mary (m. Harry L. Herget) John, Bridget, Thomas, James Francis, Anna (m Schlagel)
6-James Durney b 1829 married Margaret Quinn (dtr of John Quinn and Mary Fitzgerald) 5 sept 1861 Jerseyville died 1890- child John Durney married cousin Nellie Flynn ( granddaughter of John Quinn and Mary Fitzgerald) possible child Mary Durney b 1864 but died by 1870
Close friends of parents
John Cuddihy and Mary Kennelly (sp for Thomas- Mullinbeg 1817)
Dan Durney and Judith Cuddihy (sp for Bridget- Garryduff 1822)
John Daniel and Mary Durney (sp for Mary-Garryduff 1823)
John Walsh and Margaret Walsh (sp for Michael-Tinnakilly 1826)
Relatives who stayed in Ireland
Daniel Durney and Anna Walsh, son Thomas? There is a Thomas Durney who lived in St. Louis and was buried at St. Francis Jerseyville, but birth date is different
Griffiths relatives and neighbors in Mullenbeg/Garryduff/Tinakilly/
Garryduff Townland is ED Templeorum, Civil Parish Owning, Poor Law Union Carrick-on-Suir
Mullenbeg is ED Templeorum, Civil Parish Fiddown
Tithe Applotment- 1823-37- Garryduff (Owning Civil Parish)- Earl of Bessborough
John and Wm Cuddihy, Pat Durney, Thos and Pat Kennealy, James and John Ryan, Philip and Nic Nowlan, Pat and John Malone, Pat and John Durney, Daniel Durney and Jn Bulger, Denis and Pat Whealan, John Maher
John Walsh of Mullenbeg (a laborer) was one of the White Boys in the rebellions in 1774
Tithe Applotment Mullenbeg 1828- Thomas Walsh 28 acres (also James kennelly, jeffrey and patrick shea, thomas riely, edmund white
Tithe Applotment Tinnakilly (Fiddown civil parish- Martin Walsh
Griffiths (1850-51)
Garryduff-
Patrick Kineally, Thomas Kinealy, Richard Cuddihy, Magt Cuddihy, Patk Durney jr, Thomas Durney and John Durney with others- 166 Daniel Durney (house and garden) Patk Durney Sr 15
Mullenbeg- no Durneys, but Walshes (Anna's family) John Walsh 14 acres, Lawrence Walsh and Patrick Walsh each had a house and garden from the Earl of Bessborough
Tinnakilly- no Durneys
Census 1901
Tinnakilly (adjacent to Piltown)1901- Edmond Walsh 68, widower, John, Patrick, Mary
Mullenbeg 1901- Richard Walsh 50, Mary 53, Pat, John, Maggie
Garryduff 1901-
Cuddihy John 65, Margaret 60, Richard, Andrew, Bridget, Mary
Keneally Thomas 38, Ellen 29, Kineally Thomas 40, Kate 26, Ellen 80
Durney James 32 (born abt 1869), Anastatia 28 (wife), Norah 83 (niece)
Durney Daniel 70 (widower (born abt 1831), John 38, James 30 (sons)
Walsh Anastatia 72, James Walsh 30 son
Garryduff 1911- heads of family/households
John Durney 50, brother James Durney 41 (house #6)
John Nolan, Richard Nolan, Catherine Nolan
Ellen Malone, Bridget Malone
James Bulger, Richard Bulgar
Edmond Walsh, James Walsh
Thomas Kenneally, Thomas Kenneally
James Ryan, John Ryan
John Cuddihy
to do:
Owning and Templeorum parish-
Garryduff belongs to the Owning Church
Mullenbeg and Tinnakilly belong to the Templeorum Church
marriage of Daniel Durney and Anastasia Walsh - after 10 March 1817
marriage of john durney and mary peters bef 1817
baptism of James Durney 1829
baptism of margaret durney- 1840 is likely incorrect
Places to go near Garryduff:
Owning Church of the Assumption
templeorumparish.com
Town of Garryduff and Mullinbeg
Owning church yard
Owning churchyard 2
Church of the Assumption at Owning built about 1810
Anthony's Inn Piltown
Kidalton College (was Bessborough) and the Iverk Show(first Thursday in September) started in 1826 - next show 22 Aug 2020
Daniel Durney abt 1800- aft 1855 and Anna (Anastatia) Walsh abt 1800-aft 1840
- Mullinbeg, Tinakilly, Garryduff, Owning and Templeorum Parish
married after march 1817
Children:
1-Thomas Durney baptized 10 march 1817 Mullinbeg (marked illegitimate- so the marriage occurred after this)
2-Bridget Durney baptized 7 April 1822 Garryduff, Owning and Templeorum
married Michael Power (son of James L. Power and Mary Gaul) 8 June 1858 Jerseyville died 2 Feb 1905 at home of son, James Powers, buried St Francis
(children John (d 1951) James (d 1907), Mary Ann (d 1874), Wm (d 1888)
3-Mary Durney baptized 31 March 1823 Garryduff, married Francis (Frank) Allen (brother of Hugh) 25 Feb 1868 Jerseyville, remarried after death of Frank to John Fahey on 16 Aug 1876, died 5 May 1913 -
Mary Durney's will proves many of her relatives:Hugh Allen signed on probate;
nephews and nieces listed as John Powers (surviving child of Bridget Durney and Michael Power) Laurence Powers, Frank Powers, ? Powers, Priscilla, Anthony, Josephine, cora powers (grandnephews and nieces)
John Durney (son of James and Magt Quinn Durney-married Nellie Flynn- dtr of Catherine Quinn, granddaughter of John Quinn and Mary Fitzgerald) Wm Durney, Richard Durney, ? and Michael Durney, (Nephews and nieces, addresses unknown, Bird Powers, Mary Powers grandnieces, address unknown,
Thomas Durney, John Durney, James Durney, Mary A. Herget, Anna ? and Bridy Fitzgerald nephews and nieces (children of Michael Durney) address unknown,
Richard Allen, Margaret Allen, Rose Allen, Thomas Allen and Hugh Allen, nephews and nieces.( Children of Margaret Durney) Her will left her property to her nephew Hugh Allen of English township and made her the executor of his estate.
1910 census says immigrated 1857 (only child Maggie died 1889)
4-Margaret Durney born 1 Jan 1840 ?? Piltown, Templeorum, died 11 Nov 1884 (age 44) Jerseyville (buried St. Francis- name and date on headstone) married Hugh Allen 27 April 1864 Jerseyville (children
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| Margaret Durney and Hugh Allen's wedding picture |
5-Michael Durney bap 18 June 1826 (Tinnakilly, Templeorum Parish_
married Johanna Walsh (known as aunt Hannah by my aunt Helen)
children Mary (m. Harry L. Herget) John, Bridget, Thomas, James Francis, Anna (m Schlagel)
6-James Durney b 1829 married Margaret Quinn (dtr of John Quinn and Mary Fitzgerald) 5 sept 1861 Jerseyville died 1890- child John Durney married cousin Nellie Flynn ( granddaughter of John Quinn and Mary Fitzgerald) possible child Mary Durney b 1864 but died by 1870
Close friends of parents
John Cuddihy and Mary Kennelly (sp for Thomas- Mullinbeg 1817)
Dan Durney and Judith Cuddihy (sp for Bridget- Garryduff 1822)
John Daniel and Mary Durney (sp for Mary-Garryduff 1823)
John Walsh and Margaret Walsh (sp for Michael-Tinnakilly 1826)
Relatives who stayed in Ireland
Daniel Durney and Anna Walsh, son Thomas? There is a Thomas Durney who lived in St. Louis and was buried at St. Francis Jerseyville, but birth date is different
Griffiths relatives and neighbors in Mullenbeg/Garryduff/Tinakilly/
Garryduff Townland is ED Templeorum, Civil Parish Owning, Poor Law Union Carrick-on-Suir
Mullenbeg is ED Templeorum, Civil Parish Fiddown
Tithe Applotment- 1823-37- Garryduff (Owning Civil Parish)- Earl of Bessborough
John and Wm Cuddihy, Pat Durney, Thos and Pat Kennealy, James and John Ryan, Philip and Nic Nowlan, Pat and John Malone, Pat and John Durney, Daniel Durney and Jn Bulger, Denis and Pat Whealan, John Maher
John Walsh of Mullenbeg (a laborer) was one of the White Boys in the rebellions in 1774
Tithe Applotment Mullenbeg 1828- Thomas Walsh 28 acres (also James kennelly, jeffrey and patrick shea, thomas riely, edmund white
Tithe Applotment Tinnakilly (Fiddown civil parish- Martin Walsh
Griffiths (1850-51)
Garryduff-
Patrick Kineally, Thomas Kinealy, Richard Cuddihy, Magt Cuddihy, Patk Durney jr, Thomas Durney and John Durney with others- 166 Daniel Durney (house and garden) Patk Durney Sr 15
Mullenbeg- no Durneys, but Walshes (Anna's family) John Walsh 14 acres, Lawrence Walsh and Patrick Walsh each had a house and garden from the Earl of Bessborough
Tinnakilly- no Durneys
Census 1901
Tinnakilly (adjacent to Piltown)1901- Edmond Walsh 68, widower, John, Patrick, Mary
Mullenbeg 1901- Richard Walsh 50, Mary 53, Pat, John, Maggie
Garryduff 1901-
Cuddihy John 65, Margaret 60, Richard, Andrew, Bridget, Mary
Keneally Thomas 38, Ellen 29, Kineally Thomas 40, Kate 26, Ellen 80
Durney James 32 (born abt 1869), Anastatia 28 (wife), Norah 83 (niece)
Durney Daniel 70 (widower (born abt 1831), John 38, James 30 (sons)
Walsh Anastatia 72, James Walsh 30 son
Garryduff 1911- heads of family/households
John Durney 50, brother James Durney 41 (house #6)
John Nolan, Richard Nolan, Catherine Nolan
Ellen Malone, Bridget Malone
James Bulger, Richard Bulgar
Edmond Walsh, James Walsh
Thomas Kenneally, Thomas Kenneally
James Ryan, John Ryan
John Cuddihy
to do:
Owning and Templeorum parish-
Garryduff belongs to the Owning Church
Mullenbeg and Tinnakilly belong to the Templeorum Church
marriage of Daniel Durney and Anastasia Walsh - after 10 March 1817
marriage of john durney and mary peters bef 1817
baptism of James Durney 1829
baptism of margaret durney- 1840 is likely incorrect
Places to go near Garryduff:
Owning Church of the Assumption
templeorumparish.com
Rev. John Condon C.C. (1971)
Address: Templeorum, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny
Phone: 051-643124
mass Sunday 10 am
Owning church yard
Owning churchyard 2
Church of the Assumption at Owning built about 1810
Anthony's Inn Piltown
Kidalton College (was Bessborough) and the Iverk Show(first Thursday in September) started in 1826 - next show 22 Aug 2020
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Google Earth Illustrations for Introduction to Garryduff, Kilkenny
Family timeline for James Durney 1829-1890 and Margaret Quinn
Family timeline for James Durney in Garryduff, Kilkenny, son of Daniel Durney and Anna Walsh, 1829-1890 and Margaret Quinn 1836-1894
1829- birth of James Durney in Kilkenny, Ireland
? birth of Margaret Quinn in Mullinavat, Kilkenny, Ireland, daughter of John Quinn (1789 Rathnasmolagh, Mullinavat Kilkenny-1874 Jersey County Ill.) and Mary Fitzgerald (1791-1864)
1860 census- June- Jerseyville, Ill., James Durney, age 25, living with Michael Powers and Bridget (Durney) Powers (his sister) both in house #255- James on next page of census (p.39)
1861- September 5- marriage of James Durney and Margaret Quinn in Jerseyville
Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940
1863- birth of son John Durney
1864- birth of daughter Mary Durney
1865- July 3- Illinois state census- James Durney 25 and Margaret (Quinn) Durney 30 living next to Richard Fitzgerald 81 and Margaret 70, Children of James and Margaret Durney are John age 2 and Mary 1.
1870 census, Montgomery Co, Ill, Twp 12 range 4, p 5, White Oak
James Durney 40, farm laborer, personal estate value $100 and Margaret 43, (cannot read or write) son John 7
source Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 12 Range 4, Montgomery, Illinois; Roll: M593_262; Page: 281A; Family History Library Film: 545761
1890- October- death of James Durney, age 60. Gravestone is for both James Durney and Margaret Quinn Durnety and Rebecca Quinn and her husband Martin Casey. Rebecca died during childbirth in
1891 and was the daughter of Richard Quinn (Margaret's brother)
DURNEY. Died 10-1890. James Durney, 60, born in parish of Tim Floran, (note: should be Templeorum) County of Kilkenny, Ireland in 1830, came to America and located in the state of Connecticut, in 1854. In 1857, he came to Jersey County. Pall bearers: James Fitzgerald, Matthew Grace, Robert Wall, Wm. Murphy, James Welch, Patrick Reardon, Dennis Phalen and John Bray.
1898- November 20- death of Margaret Quinn Durney
DURNEY. Died 20-11-1898. Mrs James Durney, 62, died at the home of her Brother, Richard Quinn, November 20. Funeral from St. Francis church with Rev. Dean Harty.
1898 November 23- Probate for Margaret Durney- source: Ancestry.com. Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999 Probate Records, Vol B-D, 1877-1906 p.683 (also signed with her brother, Richard Quinn)
1900 January 16- death of John Durney
Family Timeline for Michael Durney 1826-1893 and Hannah Walsh 1826-1918
1826 June 10- baptism of Michael Durney, Owning and Templeorum Parish (parents Daniel Durney and Anna Walsh, sponsors John Walsh and Margaret Walsh) home Tinnekilly Kilkenny (source: National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 05020 / 01
Unknown- baptism of Joanna Walsh/Welsh abt 1826-1838 Ireland
Abt 1855- emigration of Michael Durney
1857 March 19- marriage of Michael Durney and Hannah Welch in Jerseyville (Source: Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940)
1858 July 21- birth of dtr Mary Durney (source: Catholic Diocese of Springfield; Springfield, IL; Illinois, Church Records, 1853-1975. st francis p 170
1858 August 8- baptism of Mary Anna Durney
1860 census Jerseyville- Michael Durney, 29, farmer, personal property 300, Hannah 23, Mary A. Durney 2
Year: 1860; Census Place: Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: M653_188; Page: 251; Image: 251; Family History Library Film: 803188
1861 Sept 10- birth of son John Thomas Durney (find baptism)
1862 Aug 11- birth of dtr Margaret Durney
Aug 17- baptism of dtr Margaret Durney at St Francis, sponsors Richard Quin and Bridget Durney
Catholic Diocese of Springfield; Springfield, IL; Illinois, Church Records, 1853-1975
st francis p 184
1865 birth of dtr Anna Durney (cannot find baptism)
1866 March 4- birth of dtr Bridget Durney
April 1- baptism of Bridget Durney at St. Francis sponsors Hugh Allen and Margaret O’Rourke
Source: st francis p 213
1869 June/July birth of son Thomas J Durney (find baptismal record)
1870 census- July- township 8 range 7- Michael Durney 39, farmer, land 3200, personal property 295, cannot read or write, Hannah 33, cannot read or write, Mary A. 11, attending school, John 8, attending school, Margaret 7, Anna 5, Bridget 4, Thomas 10 months (Source:Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 8 Range 10, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: M593_233; Page: 658B; Family History Library Film: 545732
1874 (2?) June 1 birth of James Francis Durney
1880 census- June- Fidelity Township- Michael Durney 48, farmer, Hannah 399, John 19, Margaret 17, Annie 15, Bridget 14, Thomas 11, James 8
1887- Oct 6- marriage of Margaret Durney to Louis Schlagel at St. Francis
1891 Jan 28- marriage of Mary Durney to Harry Herget in Almeda, Calif.
1892 May 18- marriage of John T. Durney, age 26, to Mary Cuddehee in Jersey Co.
1893 March 14 death of Michael Durney, age 67
March 14 burial of Michael Durney, died at home, buried St. Francis Cemetery
1893- 14 March- DURNEY. Died 1893. Michael Durney, 67, born in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1826, came to America 1850. He moved to Jersey County in 1856 and married Hannah Walsh in 1857.
(Thomas Durney age 75 died April 22 in St. Louis, buried St. Francis
1896- death of Margaret Durney Schlagel (age 33-4) buried St Francis (find church burial record) leaving 3 daughters, Mary Ann, Margaret and Augusta
1897 marriage of Anna Durney to Louis Schlagel
1900- Hannah Durney 60, widow, 8 children, 6 living, dtr Bridget 34, single, son Thomas J 28, single, farm laborer, grand daughter Ann E. Herget, 7 born Dec 1892 in California
1900 census St. Louis ward 17- Louis Schlagel 36, Annie (Durney) 33, Mary Ann 12, Margaret L. 10, Nellie 7 all at school and sister in law Mary Durney Herget 40, a nurse
(Where is Harry Herget- dies 1936? In 1900 inmate for feeble minded in sonoma Calif- same Harry L Herget? Parents from Germany..)
1905 Oct 30 death of Louis John Schlagel, St. Louis, buried st. Francis Jerseyville
1908- marriage of Bridget Durney to John E. Fitzgerald (per 1910 census)
(find marriage cert)
1910 census St. Louis ward 18- Hannah Durney age 72, Mary (Durney) Herget 52 widow with 1 child, working as a nurse in a hospital, Anna Herget 17, renting house # 2249
1910 census East St. Louis ward 5- John T. Durney, renting home, wife Mary (Cudihee) dtr Mary 15, Hatty 12, Nora 11 all born Ill
1910 census Jersey County, Mississippi District 0053
John E. Fitzgerald 40, farmer wife Bridget 44, Oscar Calhoun 14, chore boy
1910 Nov 28- final settlement of legal agreement between Bridget Durney Fitzgerald and Hannah Durney (originally dated Feb 3, 1908,) paying Hannah $1200 and giving her a note and mortgage on Bridgette’s residence in the city of Jerseyville for the sum of $1100 and five percent interest, making $2300 in full and resigning all rights, title, or interest from the estate of her mother Hannah Durney at the time of her death, meaning to convey and assign all the interest she may have to her six brothers and sisters at the time of her mother’s death. Signed Bridget Fitzgerald, Hannah Durney, and John Shepherd, attorney.
1918 Aug 27 death of Hannah Walsh Durney, age 81, Saint Louis, of cerebral hemorrhage buried St. Francis Jerseyville.
DURNEY. Died 1918. Mrs Hanah Durney, 80, widow of Michael Durney, one of the early pioneers of Jersey County, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Herget in St. Louis. She had been ill only a short time and had been planning to come to Jerseyville to make her home with her daughter Mrs. John E. Fitzgerald at the farm the Fitzgeralds had recently purchased near McClusky. Funeral was from St. Francis but arrangements were not to be completed until her son James Durney, of San Francisco, was reached. She leaves 5 children, Mrs. Mary Herget, Mrs. Anne Schlagel of St. Louis, John T. Durney of East St. Louis, James Durney of San Francisco and Mrs. John Fitzgerald of Jerseyville. She had lived in Jersey County nearly all her life, coming here when a child.
Family Timeline for Mary Durney 1823-1913 and Francis Allen 1829-1872
Family Timeline for Mary Durney 1823-1913 and
1-Francis Allen 1829-1872
2- John Fahey
1823 March 31- baptism of Mary Durney in Garryduff, Templeorum parish, County Kilkenny
sponsors: John Daniel and Mary Durney
1829 February 3- baptism of Francis Allen in Dangan, Summerhill parish, County Meath
Sponsors: Peter Allen and Mary McCann
1857- arrival of Mary Durney in U.S. per 1910 census
1859- Jan 24- Francis marries Rachel Reece
(Source: Greene County court records-Ancestry.com. Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900
1861- Bridget "Adelia" Ellen Allen born in Greene County, Illinois
1863- July 1 civil war draft for Francis (Franklin) Allen age 30
1864 March 19, April 6- Richard Allen born and baptized at St. Francis, sponsors Johanna McStay and Mary Burns
1864- (March/April)- death of Rachel Reese, buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Jerseyville
1866- April 9-Francis (Franklin)Allen marriage to Margaret Black/Blake, who dies in 1867
Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-194
1867 - February 20- death of Margaret Blake Allen, wife of Franklin Allen, buried St. Francis
1868- February 25- Marriage of Francis Allen and Mary Durney
1870- Feb 27- Birth/Baptism of Margaret "Maggie" Allen- source p 240 Springfield Ill Sacramental Records
1870 Census- Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 8 Range 11, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: M593_233; Page: 706A; Image: 356755; Family History Library Film: 545732
property value $7000 personal property $2200- Franklin 40, Mary 30, Adelia 9, Margaret 8/12
1872- 13 Nov/14 Nov- death and burial of Frank Allen, aged 42, buried St. Francis
1872- November 25- Probate/Will of Franklin Allen- source Probate records p. 7- Vol B-D 1877-1906 Probate Records; Author: Illinois. County Court (Jersey County); Probate Place: Jersey, Illinois
Mary Allen, with Michael Powers and Hugh Allen as security- estate value about $1700, to Mary Allen, widow, and Adele and Margaret Allen his children (below plus 2 pages in records)
1876- Aug 16- marriage of Mary Durney Allen to John Fahey
Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940
1879- Bridget "Adelia" Ellen Allen, age 18, married to John Aylward, age 23, son of Thomas Aylward and Mary Walsh at St. Francis
1889- September 21, death of Margaret "Maggie" Allen, of typhoid fever, age 19, in St. Louis (source-Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910)
1889 September 21- Maggie Allen buried at St. Francis Cemetery
1889- Mary Durney Allen Fahey living at 1422 Poplar St. in St. Louis (source: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995)
1910 census- Mary Durney Allen Fahey, age 84, widowed, living in own home in Jerseyville, on the north side of East Pearl Street (Source: Year: 1910; Census Place: Jerseyville Ward 2, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: T624_295; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0051; FHL microfilm: 1374308)
1912 will of Mary Durney Allen Fahey leaving her goods to nephew Hugh Allen
1912 June 20 Probate of Will (Source:Probate Records; Author: Illinois. County Court (Jersey County); Probate Place: Jersey, Illinois) Probate Records, Vol D-G, 1901-1922 p. 474
Note: step daughter Adele allen Aylward is not included in Mary Durney Allen Fahey's will!
1-Francis Allen 1829-1872
2- John Fahey
1823 March 31- baptism of Mary Durney in Garryduff, Templeorum parish, County Kilkenny
sponsors: John Daniel and Mary Durney
1829 February 3- baptism of Francis Allen in Dangan, Summerhill parish, County Meath
Sponsors: Peter Allen and Mary McCann
1857- arrival of Mary Durney in U.S. per 1910 census
1859- Jan 24- Francis marries Rachel Reece
(Source: Greene County court records-Ancestry.com. Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900
1861- Bridget "Adelia" Ellen Allen born in Greene County, Illinois
1863- July 1 civil war draft for Francis (Franklin) Allen age 30
1864 March 19, April 6- Richard Allen born and baptized at St. Francis, sponsors Johanna McStay and Mary Burns
1864- (March/April)- death of Rachel Reese, buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Jerseyville
1866- April 9-Francis (Franklin)Allen marriage to Margaret Black/Blake, who dies in 1867
Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-194
1867 - February 20- death of Margaret Blake Allen, wife of Franklin Allen, buried St. Francis
1868- February 25- Marriage of Francis Allen and Mary Durney
1870- Feb 27- Birth/Baptism of Margaret "Maggie" Allen- source p 240 Springfield Ill Sacramental Records
1870 Census- Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 8 Range 11, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: M593_233; Page: 706A; Image: 356755; Family History Library Film: 545732
property value $7000 personal property $2200- Franklin 40, Mary 30, Adelia 9, Margaret 8/12
1872- 13 Nov/14 Nov- death and burial of Frank Allen, aged 42, buried St. Francis
1872- November 25- Probate/Will of Franklin Allen- source Probate records p. 7- Vol B-D 1877-1906 Probate Records; Author: Illinois. County Court (Jersey County); Probate Place: Jersey, Illinois
Mary Allen, with Michael Powers and Hugh Allen as security- estate value about $1700, to Mary Allen, widow, and Adele and Margaret Allen his children (below plus 2 pages in records)
1876- Aug 16- marriage of Mary Durney Allen to John Fahey
Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940
1879- Bridget "Adelia" Ellen Allen, age 18, married to John Aylward, age 23, son of Thomas Aylward and Mary Walsh at St. Francis
1889- September 21, death of Margaret "Maggie" Allen, of typhoid fever, age 19, in St. Louis (source-Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910)
1889 September 21- Maggie Allen buried at St. Francis Cemetery
1889- Mary Durney Allen Fahey living at 1422 Poplar St. in St. Louis (source: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995)
1910 census- Mary Durney Allen Fahey, age 84, widowed, living in own home in Jerseyville, on the north side of East Pearl Street (Source: Year: 1910; Census Place: Jerseyville Ward 2, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: T624_295; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0051; FHL microfilm: 1374308)
1912 will of Mary Durney Allen Fahey leaving her goods to nephew Hugh Allen
1912 June 20 Probate of Will (Source:Probate Records; Author: Illinois. County Court (Jersey County); Probate Place: Jersey, Illinois) Probate Records, Vol D-G, 1901-1922 p. 474
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