Peter Kearney (1821 - 1899)

Born Dec 1821 in Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Toole) Kearney — married 17 Jan 1879 in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Died 1 Nov 1899 at age 77 in Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Peter Kearney was born in Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland in 1821. His Roman Catholic baptism appears on 1st January 1822, in Kingstown parish, County Dublin. Catholic baptisms in Ireland were rarely more than two or three days after birth, giving a likely birth date of December 1821. He was the fourth of seven children born to Peter Kearney and Elizabeth (Murphy) Kearney of Shankill.

The 1850 US Census places him, age 28, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts with his brother Nicholas Kearney. He most likely traveled to the United States with his brother sometime between 1846 and 1849, but while Nicholas settled in Massachusetts, Peter was back in Ireland in time to witness at the marriage of his sister Mary Anne Kearney in January 1854. Returning Irish emigrants were rare in the 1850s, but not unknown.

No date of death appears for his mother Elizabeth (Murphy) Kearney. She probably passed away before the introduction of civil death registrations in 1864. His father Peter Kearney passed away a widower, age 82, in Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland in 1870, when Peter was age 48.

Peter Kearney was age 57 when he married Jane Toole in St.Peter's, Little Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland in January 1879. She was age 55.

He passed away age 77 in Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland in 1899. His effects passed to his nephew Peter Byrne after his death. His wife Jane (Toole) Kearney passed away 8 years later age 84 in 1908. He had no known children. He has no known living descendants.

See Timeline for sources.

Timeline

County Dublin, Ireland

. . Dec 1821: Birth of Peter Kearney in Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland ^[1]
01 Jan 1822: Baptism of Peter Kearney in County Dublin, Ireland ^[2]
25 Jan 1824: (2) Baptism of sister Mary Anne Kearney in County Dublin, Ireland ^[3]
05 Dec 1828: (6) Baptism of brother Christopher Kearney in County Dublin, Ireland ^[4]
07 Mar 1830: (8) Baptism of brother Edward Kearney in County Dublin, Ireland ^[5]
09 Jun 1845: (23) Marriage of brother Nicholas Kearney and Sarah Hilliard in St Andrews, Dublin, Ireland ^[6]
14 Jun 1847: (25) Marriage of sister Bridget Kearney and Matthew Byrne in Little Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland ^[7]

Massachusetts, United States

01 Jun 1850: (28) US Census in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States ^[8]

County Dublin, Ireland

09 Jan 1854: (32) Witness to marriage of sister Mary Anne Kearney and Patrick McAneny in County Dublin, Ireland ^[9]
01 Nov 1854: (32) Witness to baptism of nephew Patrick McAneny in County Dublin, Ireland ^[10]
19 Jan 1870: (48) Death of father Peter Kearney age 82 in Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland ^[11]
15 Aug 1870: (48) Death of brother Edward Kearney age 40 in Greensville, Virginia, USA ^[12]
17 Jan 1879: (57) Marriage of Peter Kearney and Jane Toole age 55 in Little Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland ^{[13] [14]}
17 Feb 1885: (63) Death of brother Christopher Kearney age 56 in Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland ^[15]
12 Dec 1897: (75) Death of brother Nicholas Kearney age 79 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA ^[16]
01 Nov 1899: (77) Death of Peter Kearney in Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland ^[17]
20 Nov 1899: Probate of Peter Kearney of Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland ^[18]

Bibliography

Peter Kearney is mentioned in Recollections of Shankill, during the "reign" of the exterminator, Sir Charles Domville, as related by Mr. Joseph Mills, (published by St.Patrick's Branch of the Gaelic League, Shankill, 1906).

P.10 "...The next place is Peter Kearney's who holds the landds from which Sir Charles cleared Molly Toole, Larry Byrne and John Byrne. Peter Kearney was alive till a few years ago. His nephew Peter Byrne, now occupies his place."

^[19]

Peter Kearney is mentioned in Sir Charles Domville and his Shankill estate, County Dublin, 1857-1871, Rob Goodbody (Maynooth Studies in Local History: Number 50, 2003).

P.15 "...At the same time, within Shankill townland, Peter Kearney, who held 14 acres with a house, and a separate plot of four acres, amalgamated these with adjoining small plots. During this rearrangement, Mary Toole lost her house and garden and Laurence Byrne and Peter Byrne lost their houses and land."

P.53 "...Others who moved to Tillystown were William Geelin, Edward Thomas, John Tierney and Peter Kearney, all from the Quarry Road area..."

^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Estimated from baptism only - no documentary verification
2. ↑ Baptism: "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", database, National Library of Ireland (http://registers.nli.ie/), Kingstown; County of Dublin; Archdiocese of Dublin. Baptisms, 01 Jan. 1820 to 26 Feb. 1834, Microfilm 09071/02, Page 23
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   1 Jany 1822, Peter of Peter & Eliz Carney, sp Pat Gorman & Bridget Carney, Shankill (accessed 19 February 2024)
3. ↑ Baptism of sister Mary Anne Kearney: "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", database, National Library of Ireland (http://registers.nli.ie/), Kingstown; County of Dublin; Archdiocese of Dublin. Baptisms, 01 Jan. 1820 to 26 Feb. 1834, Microfilm 09071/02, Page 30
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   25 January 1824, Mary Ann of Peter & Eliza Karney, sp David Condron & Mary Carney, Shankill (accessed 19 February 2024)
4. ↑ Baptism of brother Christopher Kearney: "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", database, National Library of Ireland (http://registers.nli.ie/), Kingstown; County of Dublin; Archdiocese of Dublin. Baptisms, 01 Jan. 1820 to 26 Feb. 1834, Microfilm 09071/02, Page 54
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   5 December 1828, Christopher of Peter & Eliza Carney, sp Charles McManus & Margret McNeany, Shankill (accessed 19 February 2024)
5. ↑ Baptism of brother Edward Kearney: "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", database, National Library of Ireland (http://registers.nli.ie/), Kingstown; County of Dublin; Archdiocese of Dublin. Baptisms, 01 Jan. 1820 to 26 Feb. 1834, Microfilm 09071/02, Page 62
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   7 March 1830, Edw of Peter & Eliza Carney, sp Edwd Murphy & Cath Carney, Shankill (accessed 19 February 2024)
6. ↑ Marriage of brother Nicholas Kearney: "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", database, National Library of Ireland (http://registers.nli.ie/), St. Andrew's, Dublin city; County of Dublin; Archdiocese of Dublin. Marriages, 04 Aug. 1838 to 16 Feb. 1858, Microfilm 09499/01, Page 34
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   9 June 1845, Nicholas Kearney & Sarah Hillard, ww Charles McManus & Amelia Johnson (accessed 19 February 2024)
7. ↑ Marriage of sister Bridget Kearney: "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", database, National Library of Ireland (http://registers.nli.ie/), Kingstown; County of Dublin; Archdiocese of Dublin. Marriages, 07 Apr. 1834 to 30 Apr. 1855, Microfilm 09073/03, Page 30
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   14 June 1847, Mathw Byrne to Bridget Kearney, Peter Byrne & Winifred Hickey, Shankill (accessed 19 February 2024)
8. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
   citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   FamilySearch Record: MD9Y-5CL (accessed 7 January 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6SM9-X12 Image number 00210
   Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, Peter Carney, 28, M, laborer, place of birth Ireland (accessed 19 February 2024)
9. ↑ Marriage of sister Mary Anne Kearney: "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", database, National Library of Ireland (http://registers.nli.ie/), Kingstown; County of Dublin; Archdiocese of Dublin. Marriages, 07 Apr. 1834 to 30 Apr. 1855, Microfilm 09073/03, Page 41
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   9 January 1854, Patt McNeany to Mary Anne Kearney, Peter Kearney & Eliza Kiernan, Shankill (accessed 19 February 2024)
10. ↑ Baptism of nephew Patrick McAneny: "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", database, National Library of Ireland (http://registers.nli.ie/), Kingstown; County of Dublin; Archdiocese of Dublin. Baptisms, 01 Mar. 1834 to 30 Apr. 1855, Microfilm 09071/03, Page 185
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    Baptism of Patt of Patt & Mary McNeany, Peter Kearney & Jane McNeany, Shankill, 1 November 1854, accessed 1 January 2023.
11. ↑ Death of father Peter Kearney: "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958"
    citing Rathdown, 1870, vol. 2, p. 827, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,585.
    FamilySearch Record: FRRG-6M8 (accessed 2 January 2023)
    1870, January nineteenth, Shankill, Peter Kearney, male, widower, yrs 86 (given), farmer, general decay, Eliza Kearney, present at death, Shankill (accessed 19 February 2024)
12. ↑ Death of brother Edward Kearney: "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
    citing Record number: 15;
    FamilySearch Record: 6ZTL-HXB3 (accessed 1 January 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3QHN-G3YR-SHB2 Image number 00132
    Hicksford Township, County of Greensville, 1870, Edward Kearney, Aug 15, consumption, 30 (given), Ireland, stone mason, consort Julia Kearney, information James R Cato, neighbor (accessed 19 February 2024)
13. ↑ Marriage: "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", database, National Library of Ireland (http://registers.nli.ie/), Little Bray; County of Wicklow; Archdiocese of Dublin. Marriages, 10 Feb. 1866 to 13 Feb. 1901, Microfilm 09372/01, Page 24
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    Kearney Petrus, Shankill, Petri & Elizabetha Murphy, Shankill; Toole Joanna, Shankill, Jacobi & Maria Lacey, Bray; 1879, 17th Januari, Georgius Vignan, Esther Kearns (accessed 19 February 2024)
14. ↑ Marriage: "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958"
    citing Rathdown, Jan - Mar 1879, vol. 2, p. 871, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,253.
    FamilySearch Record: FYQL-FY9 (accessed 1 January 2023)
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    1879, January 17th, Peter Kearney, full, batchelor, farmer, Shankill, father Peter Kearney (deceased), farmer; Jane Toole, full, spinster, Shankill, father James Toole (deceased), farmer; married in the Roman Catholic chapel of Little Bray, in the presence of Geo Vignan, Esther Kearney (accessed 19 February 2024)
15. ↑ Death of brother Christopher Kearney: "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958"
    citing Rathdown, Apr - Jun 1885, vol. 2, p. 788, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,593.
    FamilySearch Record: FTW9-8JZ (accessed 1 January 2023)
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    1885, Seventeenth February, Shankill, Christopher Kearney, M, bachelor, 56 years, Farmer, cause not known, Jane Kearney, sister-in-law, present at death, Shankill (accessed 19 February 2024)
16. ↑ Death of brother Nicholas Kearney: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920"
    citing FHL microfilm: 961522; Record number: 9;
    FamilySearch Record: NWWY-4SV (accessed 31 December 2022)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DCT4-QL Image number 44
    City of Northampton, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, Dec 12th, Nicholas Kearney, M, W, 80 (given), paralysis, burial Northampton, farmer, birth Ireland (accessed 19 February 2024)
17. ↑ Death: "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958"
    citing Rathdown, Oct - Dec 1899, vol. 2, p. 749, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,600.
    FamilySearch Record: FTD6-8M7 (accessed 1 January 2023)
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    1899, First November, Shankill, Co Dublin, Peter Kearney, M, married, 77 years, farmer, senile decay, cardiac failure, Peter Byrne nephew, present at death, Shankill (accessed 19 February 2024)
18. ↑ Probate: "Web: Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920"
    Original data: Calendar of Wills and Administrations 1858-1920. The National Archives of Ireland. http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/search/cwa/home.jsp: 13 January 2016
    Ancestry Record 70826 #391058 (accessed 17 February 2024)
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    20 November Probate of the Will of Peter Kearney late of Shankill County Dublin Farmer who died 1 November 1899 granted at Dublin to Peter Byrne of Shankhill Farmer Effects £69 (accessed 19 February 2024)
19. ↑ Recollections of Shankill:
    citing Mr. Joseph Mills, Recollections of Shankill, during the "reign" of the exterminator, Sir Charles Domville, (St.Patrick's Branch of the Gaelic League, Shankill, 1906) p.10
    Recollections of Shankill
    PDF File
    (accessed 19 February 2024)
20. ↑ Sir Charles Domville and his Shankill estate:
    citing Rob Goodbody, Sir Charles Domville and his Shankill estate, County Dublin, 1857-1871, (Maynooth Studies in Local History: Number 50, 2003) p.15, 53
    Sir Charles Domville and his Shankill estate
    (accessed 19 February 2024)