Sharkey family from Roscommon

[P . Kapoor]

HI, does anyone have any information on my ancestors , my great grandfather Peter Sharkey who was married to Catherine Sharkey nee Grady was a farmer , who lived in Tobracken in the county of roscommon , i believe it used to be in Mayo they had seven children, Honoria,Peter Bernard,Thomas, Winifred, Bartley and Bridgette, I dont have any information on the Grady part of the family , or prior to abouit 1880, so if anyone out there could help me i would be really pleased
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Jagdish kapoor@ A.O.L.COMM

[Dick Towey]

: Hi: I don't have any direct knowledge about the Sharkeys, but I have some familiarity with sources of information for the area around Ballaghaderreen, which includes the townland of Tobracken. Why don't you go to your nearby LDS Family History Center (check the phone book) and arrange to borrow the microfilm of baptisms and marriages for St. Nathy's Cathedral. It is no. 1279232, and it contains marriages from 1830 and baptisms from 1851. Unfortunately townlands were not identified until the 1890s for marriages and the 1860s for baptisms, but with luck you might be able to identify one or two additional generations in your family. You might also look at the CD-ROM which contains the index of landholders in the Griffith Valuation Survey of the 1850s. You can also read up on the history of the area in a book by Maire McDonnell-Garvey entitled "Mid-Connacht - the Ancient Territory of Sliabh Lugha", Drumlin Publications, 1995. Larger libraries probably have a copy, but it may very well be out of print now. There are no Sharkeys on the list of tenants in Toobracken for the estate of Arthur G. Costello in 1885 in an appendix there, so St. Nathy's is your best bet. Good Luck. <br>

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TOWEYLR@PROAXIS.COM

[P kapoor]

HI THERE Dick,<br> Thank you for the information you posted i will be trying some of the resourses you mentioned, Regarding the Sharkeys from Roscommon. Strangely enough i also have toweys in the family but not on the Sharkey side , my grandmothers maiden name was Bushel before it became Sharkey and her sister was married to a Towey i dont know if you have any connections with the Bushells let me know , and thanks again for the information<p><br>
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[Jackie Blanchard]

Actually, I have a good bit of Sharkey information--I suspect already that your Peter Sharkey is part of my ancestor's clan, just based on the names you gave. If you run a search on the archived bulletin board messages, you will see some of my information. Also, feel free to contact me directly. I will try and follow up with more information. At the moment, I'm pressed for time. Jackie<p> HI, does anyone have any information on my ancestors , my great grandfather Peter Sharkey who was married to Catherine Sharkey nee Grady was a farmer , who lived in Tobracken in the county of roscommon , i believe it used to be in Mayo they had seven children, Honoria,Peter Bernard,Thomas, Winifred, Bartley and Bridgette, I dont have any information on the Grady part of the family , or prior to abouit 1880, so if anyone out there could help me i would be really pleased <p><p>
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jacqueline.blanchard@gte.net