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Thomas Shea
b: 177?? - bef 1879 - unconfirmed
Thomas Shea is potentially Calum's and Jamie's
four times great grandfather.
Calum's and Jamie's confirmed three times great grandmother
is Alice Shea, who married Daniel Shea
in Templeorum Roman Catholic Church, County Kilkenny, in 1844.
When Alice died in 1882, her age was noted to be 66,
placing her birth in about 1816. The records for Templeorum go back to 1809, but the only Alice Shea listed was one born in
1826, to Thomas Shea and Norry Walsh,
of Ardclone, Templeorum (civil parish of Whitechurch, Co. Kilkenny).
If this is the correct Alice then she married at the age of 16 to Daniel
who would have been 15 years older than her, not uncommon. However, very little else has so far been determined about her
parents, save that they had at least two additional children.
Further work, and potentially DNA evidence, may help to firm up the case for
these being the correct parents.
Children of unconfirmed Thomas SHEA and Honora WALSH:
Alice Shea
b: abt 27/6/1826
Calum's and Jamie's three times great grandmother - see
below.
Richard Shea - unconfirmed
relative
b: abt 13/12/1827
Richard was baptised on 13 DEC 1827 at Templeorum, his parents noted as Thomas
Shea and Norry Walsh. The sponsors were John Brown and Catherine Delahunty.
Ellen Shea - unconfirmed
relative
b: abt 4/3/1838
Ellen was baptised on 4 MAR 1838 at Templeorum, her parents noted
as Thomas Shea and Honor Walsh. The sponsors were Thomas Delahunty and Margaret Carroll.
 Alice Shea
1816 or 1826 - 24/3/1882
Alice was Calum's and Jamie's three times
great grandmother.
Alice married Daniel
Shea on 12 FEB 1844 through the Roman Catholic
parish of Templeorum. The witnesses were Edmund Deady
and Ellen Shea.
Alice had at
least 9 children with Daniel at Baungariff townland, parish of Whitechurch (RC parish of Templeorum) in Co. Kilkenny,
between 1845 and 1863.
Daniel eventually died on 23 DEC 1880 at Bawngariff (Baungariff), aged 77. His widow Alice died on 24 MAR 1882 at Bawngariff, parish of Owning. She was noted as aged
66, and as the wife of Daniel Shea, farmer (she is not noted as his widow, but
as his wife). The cause of death was old age and debility, and the informant was her daughter Mary
Shea. (Source: IrishGenealogy.ie, 1882 D, Group Reg ID 6817852 SRD Carrick-on-Suir).
Alice's death record suggests she was 66, placing her birth in about 1816. Although
the parish records for Owning and Templeorum date back to 1809, only one baptism is found for an Alice Shea, on 27 JUL 1826,
to a Thomas Shea and Norry Walsh, at Ardclone townland near Piltown. Further work needs to be carried out to confirm is these
were indeed Alice's parents.
Children of Alice SHEA and Daniel SHEA:
Michael Shea
b: abt 20/1/1845
Margaret Shea
b: abt 16/6/1848
Michael Shea
b: abt 12/2/1850
Patrick Shea
b: abt 17/4/1852
Martin Shea
b: abt 20/10/1853 d:
Catherine Shea
b: abt 14/6/1857
Laurence Shea
b: abt 8/7/1858
Anne Shea
b: abt 5/5/1860
Mary Shea
b: 2/1/1863 d: 2/1/1913
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