Yesterday I completed my review of the Graiguenamanagh parish records (film #0926114) at the Family History Center in Bloomington, MN. My focus was on the surnames Kent and Aide (Eaide/Ade/Aid/Ead) and I found neither Kent nor Aide in any of the marriage records from 1818 to 1838, which was pretty disappointing. However, I did come across a few Walls and quite a few Codys, all of which I will post at the end of this entry. Maybe someone else will find them useful… You might think that if the Aide family were from Graiguenamanagh, there would be at least be a few relatives still hanging around. So I guess the search continues…
Baptismal records for the church parish of Graiguenamanagh through the LDS begin at 1867, well after the years I’d actually like to look at. I thought I might find something in the marriage records, but I found absolutely nothing. The National Library of Ireland has baptismal records for Graiguenamanagh, but these records begin at 1838, so now I wonder where I might be able to search for records or if there are even records available to search for. Did Graiguenamanagh not begin a baptismal register until 1838? Were the records destroyed? Were the baptismal records kept at another parish? Graiguenamanagh was with the Roman Catholic diocese of Kildare and Leighlin – I guess my next step will be to contact them and see if they can give me a little history of the church parish of Graiguenamanagh and see if there is another church parish associated with Graiguenamanagh. With any luck, they will have baptismal records that pre-date those of the National Library of Ireland.
A few notes regarding the Graiguenamanagh parish records:
- The film number is 0926114. If any of the following names ring a bell in your family history, I would strongly urge you to check the film yourself and not use this blog entry as a source.
- According to the LDS film notes, “Baptisms, 1866-1868, marriages, 1908-1931 (gives some baptismal dates), baptisms, 1869-1881, marriages, 1818-1880.” As far as baptismal records, I am only transcribing Cody and Wall baptisms from 1869-1876; Cody and Wall marriage records from 1819-Feb 1824. For both baptisms and marriages, some of the information was extremely faded or illegible, so it is likely I missed a few entries or made mistakes in the transcription. In transcriptions that were hard to read, I’ve placed “??.” With regards to the marriage records, the years 1822 to 1823 were almost impossible for me to make out, so I did not even bother trying.
- Abtract includes the surnames Wall and Cody, only. The abstracts of the baptismal records will read: baptism date, the individual baptized, father, mother and where they were from. Marriage abstracts will read: marriage date, spouse to bride, witnesses, and where they were from.
Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin – Parish of Graiguenamanagh: Cody and Wall – baptisms 1869-1876
- ?? Jan 1869, Michael Cody, Father: Edmund, Mother: Annie Egan, Glenmore
- ?? Jan 1869, Catherine Cody, Father: Michael, Mother: Bridget Burchaell?, Ullard
- ?? Aug 1869, John Cody, Father: John, Mother: Anastatia Price, ?Stackley ?
- ?? Aug 1869, Michael Wall, Father: Edward, Mother: Anne Murphy, Graig
- 15 Jun 1870, John Cody, Father: John, Mother: Mary Ryan, Graig
- 25 Sep 1870, Margaret Cody, Father: Michael, Mother: Bridget Burchaell, Ullard
- 11 Nov 1870, Thomas Cody, Father: James, Mother: Mary Whalen, ?KnoickGoaly??
- 15 Oct 1871, Bridget Cody, Father: Michael, Mother: Bridget Burchell, Ullard
- 28 Sep 1871, Thomas Cody, Father: Patrick, Mother: Anastatia Price, Stockly
- 13 Sep 1872, James Cody, Father: Michael, Mother: Bridget Burchell, Ullard
- 03 Nov 1872, ?? Wall, Father: Edward, Mother: Anne Murphy, Graig
- 26 Nov 1872, Mary Cody, Father: James, Mother: Mary Whalen, ???
- 29 Dec 1873, Patrick Cody, Father: Patrick, Mother: Anastatia Price, Stockley
- 25 Apr 1874, Bridget Cody, Father: Michael, Mother: ??? Burchell, Ullard
- 08 Oct 1874, WM? Cody, Father: James, Mother: Mary Whalen, ?Killkoolly?
- 20 Aug 1876, Mary Bridget Wall, Father: Edward, Mother: Anne Baker?, Heph St?
- 06 Nov 1876, Mary Coady, Father: James, Mother: Margaret Whelan, Graig?
Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin – Parish of Graiguenamanagh: Cody and Wall – marriages 1819-1824
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23 Jan 1919: John Redmond to Catherine Wall; wit: James Connors & Judith Blanchfield; Old Grange
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22 Feb 1821: Michael Cody to Mary Cain; wit: Andrew Henefy? & Elenor Cody; Sallybog
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?? Mar 1821: Thomas Henefey? to Mary Cody; wit: William Cain & Elenore Cody; Sallybog
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24 Oct 1824: Thomas Cody to Elenor Walsh; wit: Michael Nolan & ?Meredeth? Walsh; Graig?
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14 Jan 1824: Patrick Cody to Eleanor Niel; wit: James Murphy? & Mary Murphy; Ullard
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20 Feb 1824: Thos Ford to Eleanor Cody; wit: none mentioned; Graig
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24 Feb 1824: Thomas Cody to Catherine Wallace; wit: none mentioned; Coolather?
It does seem odd to me that I found no one with the surname Kent in the Graig RC registers. I know that as late as 1850, according to Griffith’s Valuation there are Kents living in the Civil Parish of Graig. Why would they not show up in the parish registers?? So far I have found Aide’s in the RC parishes of Thomastown, Slieverue and Glenmore, before and after the time Edward is said to have been born in Graig, but absolutely no one with the surname within the parish of Graig. I think my next step will be to check the Thomastown registers, which is just east of Graig…