Family of Mary Ann Cawley, born Belmullet Co. Mayo

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Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 8 Send Message	Andrea	Report	12 Dec 2009 10:25
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 8 Send Message	Cawley sometimess spelled Cauley. Mary Ann was my husband's grandmother, I have found that she was born early 1888 baptised 23/2/1888 birth registered in May as 2/3/1888 - from 1911 census parents could not read or write which perhaps explains the difference in dates. She left Ireland at about age 18 to escape a proposed marriage to an older man - she ended up n Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Father Patrick Cawley mother Mary Walsh, from their marriage in 1881 his father was Anthony Cawley and her's Michael Walsh. Patrick gives his address as Tallagh, which I know is very near Belmullet, Mary as Inniskea - one of the now uninhabited islands off the west coast of Ireland. I have not been able to find records any further back than this or anything for the Walshes. helpful info? Mary Ann's sponsors at baptism Martin Murphy & Kate Cawley witnesses at marriage on 17/8/1881 of Pat & Mary were Anthony Cawley and Kate Gaughan ? Kate and Anthony Cawley would be Pat's siblings? 1901 census Pat, Mary, Michael (15) Patrick (14) Mary Ann (12) Kate (10) I have also discovered there were 2 other children who died in childhood. Any help or ideas on how to find more information would be greatly appreciated. I can't find any matches on Genes.