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From: "a.colthirst" <>
Subject: Re: [LIMERICK] Tennison Grove papers
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 13:44:13 -0400


Thanks for the extracts from Tenison Grove's 1766
Religious Census. Here are the 'snippets' I mentioned
on Switzer.
" February, 1818. Statement of evidence of Stephen Childerhouse, Kilbeg, who
swore ..." ... that on the night of Friday, February 6th, 1818 he was having
supper with his family. Between 7-8pm a stranger
called to the house and enquired for Mrs. Fitzgerald
as he had a message for her. When Mrs. Fitzgerald
was called the stranger asked the distance to Ballingarry. He stated he had
come from Limerick.
He declined the offer of refreshments and when he was about to leave a party
of twelve men rushed into the house armed with pitch forks and wattles and
attacked George Switzer and Darby Jordan who were seated at the table. He
gave a graphic account of his own beating and how he eventually escaped into
another room and his in a cupboard. He heard the assailants drag George
Switzer out into the yard. They returned looking for him but the maid swore
he had escaped in the confusion. They stole a pistol
belonging to George Switzer and then left. They heard George Switzer
groaning in the yard. He was brought into the house bleeding profusely. He
died at 5.00pm
on the 7th. February, 1818 {SOC ref. 1963/9 Nat. Arch.}"

"Sept. 20, 1829 John Switzer was married to Mary Hodgins" (sic) at
Ballingarry, C of I."

" Record of Grand Jury, 1845. John Switzer, and that he on 20th. Sept., 10th
late King (William iv, 1829 did marry one Mary Hodgens (sic) and he had for
his wife, and that whilst he was so married, he on 12th. Nov.
8th. Queen (Vict. 1845) at Ballycahane, Co. Limerick feloniously and
unlawfully did marry one Honora McMahon, and to her was married. The said
Mary, his former wife, being alive against the peace, etc. No details of
trial."
Someone on the might have an interest in these
items.

Regards
Arly.

-----Original Message-----
From: Barb Milburn <>
To: <>
Date: Friday, July 07, 2000 10:26 AM
Subject: [LIMERICK] Tennison Grove papers


>Hi list
>I have just put a lot of Tennison Grove records on the IRL-PALATINE
>mailing list in the last week, if anyone is interested.....
>This is from several of them...........
>
>Also of interest are the Groves Manuscripts which contain a great deal
>of
>valuable material for genealogists. Tenison Groves, a Belfast
>genealogist
>and record searcher for more than 40 years, compiled a collection of
>many
>thousands of transcripts, abstracts, notes, etc., which he made from
>records
>in the Public Record Office in Dublin before its partial destruction in
>1922. That part of the collection which related to Northern Ireland was
>purchased by PRONI in 1939. The items, numbering over 9,000 includes
>seventeenth century muster rolls, militia lists and family pedigrees and
>is
>an invaluable source for genealogists. The genealogical material in the
>Groves Collection has been arranged roughly by surname starting with the
>same letter. The arrangement under each letter is not strictly
>alphabetical
>and material on one name can appear in several volumes.
>
>They include:
>
>Palatine Families in Ireland, the 13th day of July, 1715 (in 2 emails)
>
>A List of the Palatine Families in Ireland at a Muster taken for six
>months ending the 29th of September, 1720. (3 emails)
>
>Religious Census of 1766-Limerick Diocese Bundle 78, Parliamentary
>Returns re. Religion in Records Office, Dublin (3 emails)
>
>Freeholders living at Courtmatrass, County Limerick 1755-1759
>Freeholders-Ballyrigin, Ballyorgan, Kilfinane, Glanasheen 1761-1790
>Freeholders--Ballyngarane 1747-1790
>Freeholders-Killiheen, Pallice, Ballycahane 1753-1790
>
>They are available through the archives at rootsweb.com
>http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl
>
>Barb Milburn
>Peterborough ON Canada
>
>
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>McCarthy Home Page with many Limerick Records:
http://wexlababe.home.att.net/
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