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From: Maryann Arnold <>
Subject: Re: [Irl-Offaly] Cleary/Pardon
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:37:44 -0500
References: <20040218050414.28655.qmail@web13810.mail.yahoo.com>


Hi Diane,

The following may be a brother, son, or other relative to
your Thomas Cleary. It is taken from "Land Owners in
Ireland in 1876" book listing anyone owning 1 acre or more
of land by county. In King's County (Offaly) is the
following:

Cleary, Joseph, (home address) Shranure, Cloneygowan,
Portarlington, owned 69 acres, valued at 36 pounds 10
shillings.

Cleary, Michael, Ballindaraa, Parsonstown, owned 8 acres,
valued at 7 pounds, 10 shillings.

It's not much, but it may give you a starting point. Good
luck in your search.

Maryann

DIANE PERKINS wrote:
>
> I am researching the names Thomas Cleary and a Mary
> Pardon. My ggf was originally thought to have been
> born in the diocese of Cashel/Emly and I did a paid
> search there that was not that expensive. However
> since that time I have gotten a copy of his death
> certificate. The infor. on it was given by his widow
> of almost fifty years. The death cerf. states that he
> was Thomas Cleary and that he was from "Parsonstown,
> Ireland" born (ca.Nov 1850) and that his father was
> Thomas Cleary and his mother Mary Pardon. I did find
> a Mary Pardon as a baptismal sponsor in the Killaloe
> diocese and if I remember correctly that was in the
> years of 1840-1847. But only those yrs were ever
> filmed for that diocese by the FHC. My ggf's birth yr
> from other records could be ca. 1844-1852. It is also
> possible that the Thomas Cleary I am looking for may
> have had a first wife Mary Duly and that Mary Pardon
> was a second wife to him.
>
> I have heard many horror stories about the prices that
> the Offaly Heritage Unit charges if they are true I
> cannot afford them. Can anyone inform me? Can any one
> offer any other way to check the R.C. Church records
> for the Parsonstown area for the years 1844-1852?
> This is a massive block wall that I can't even seem to
> chip away at.
> Thank you in advance
> Diane Perkins
>
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