Conway, John 1a 2a 3a

Birth Name Conway, John
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth estimated before 1800 Assuming he was over 20 when his son Thomas was born
Death

Families

Family of Conway, John
Children
  1. Conway, Tom
  2. Conway, Michael
  3. Conway, John
  4. Conway, Patrick

Narrative

The information I received via Mary Looby had John Conway married to Margaret Hall, with the following children in addition to Thomas and Patrick:

Baptisms -
John - 21/9/1830 in St. John's, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Ellen - 4/6/1833 in St. John's, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Anne - 6/4/1839 in St. John's, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Robert - 12/11/1843 in St. John's, Co. Limerick, Ireland

There is also a record of Patrick Conway in the same family being baptised on 22 Jun 1836.

St. John's parish is in Limerick city. The above can be verified as baptisms of children of John Conway and Margaret Hall from the parish records online (there are also a few baptisms of children of John Conway and Margaret Hall from 1823 onwards in the neighbouring parish of St. Mary, though Thomas is not apparent).

Mary Looby's information also has it that came from Pallas Grean, which is about 20 kilometers from St. John's parish. Normally baptisms are performed in the parish in which the family lives, so the information about the baptisms may be incorrect.

It is possible that Thomas Conway (with or without the rest of the family) moved to Pallas Grean when he was a teenager, or later or that the family lived in Pallas Grean but for some reason had their children baptised in the city.

Alternatively it could be that someone found that the baptism records in St. John's parish matched some of the information on the family and incorrectly concluded that those records refer to people in this family tree.

Without knowing why those baptisms are thought to apply to our family it is difficult to know if the information is correct or not. Until I find out that those records should apply, I shall err on the side of caution leave out the children for which there is no other evidence of a connection to the family. By the same token I will also exclude Margaret Hall.

Narrative

Michael Conway of Fanningstown is the informant on the death record of John Conway of Fanningstown in 1880 aged 96.
Michael Conway replaced John Conway as the occuppier of lots 12 and 16 in Fanningstown after John's death.
Neither record states the nature of their relationship but it seems likely that they were father and son given

1) John and Michael's ages
2) The above records
3) The fact that Michael's father's name is believed to be John (because there is evidence that Michael's son John is cousin to Thomas Conway's son John and Patrick Conway's son John; Thomas and Patrick's father was John).

Pedigree

    1. Conway, John
        1. Conway, Tom
        2. Conway, John
        3. Conway, Patrick
        4. Conway, Michael

Source References

  1. Ancestry Information Operations Unlimited Company: Ancestry - Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898
      • Date: 1867-02-14
      • Page: Pat Conway & Ellen Hayes 1867 - FHL Film Number: 101506, Reference ID: P824 #25
      • Web Page:

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      • Source text:

        Name: Pat Conway
        Gender: Male
        Marital Status: Single
        Age: 30
        Birth Date: 1837
        Father: John Conway

        Name: Ellen Hayes
        Gender: Female
        Marital Status: Single
        Age: 24
        Birth Date: 1843
        Father: Hugh Hayes

        Marriage Date: 14 Feb 1867
        Marriage Place: Grean, Tipperary, Limerick, Ireland
        FHL Film Number: 101506
        Reference ID: P824 #25

  2. Valuation Office: Cancelled Land Books
      • Date: between 1876 and 1882
      • Page: Limerick, Fedamore, Vol 15, Book 5, Page 49
      • Transcript:

        Barony of Small Co.
        Parish of Fedamore
        Union of Croom
        Electoral Division of Fedamore
        Page 49

        NAMES
        - Townlands and Occupiers Fanningstown, John Conway
        - Immediate Lessors Lord Lisonfield
        Description of Tenement Ho off. + land

        Reference to Map 12
        Area: A: 10 R: 3 P: 30
        Rateable Annual Valuation
        - Land: £ 7 5 s 0 d
        - Buildings: £ s d

        Reference to Map 16
        Area: A: 66 R: 0 P: 0
        Rateable Annual Valuation
        - Land: £ 40 15 s 0 d
        - Buildings: £ 2 5 s 0 d

        - Total: £ 56 5 s 0 d
        Observations 81

        Changes:
        1881: Occupier changed "John Conway" -> "Michl Conway"

  3. Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Civil Death Records, Ireland
      • Date: 1880-02-28
      • Page: John Conway d1880 - Group Registration ID: 6174378, SR District/Reg Area: Croom
      • Web Page:

        https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-perform-search.jsp?na...

      • Transcript:

        18 79 Deaths registered in the District of Croom in the county of Limerick

        No.: 98
        Date and place of death: 18 80 Fourteenth February Fanningstown
        Name and Surname: John Conway
        Sex: Male
        Condition: Widower
        Age last birthday: 96 years
        Profession or occupation: Farmer
        Certfified Cause of Death and Duration of Illness: Debility 2 months no medical attendant
        Signature, Qualififcation, and Residence of Informant: Michael Conway present at death Fanningstown
        When Registered: Twenty eight February 18 80