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3(ii). Thomas Shirley of
Knockabranna, co Carlow born say 1785 at Old Leighlin, Co.
Carlow. Thomas was identified as deceased in his father's 1836
will.
married Catherine _______ sometime just prior to 1805;
Identified as the widow of Thomas Shirley in 1836 will of her
father-in-law, John Shirley of Knockabranna co Carlow. She was
mentioned in the 1836 will of her father-in-law
1836 LW&T of John Shirley....I further will that my
wife Deborah Shirley and my son Abraham Shirley pay conjointly
the annual of four pounds to Catherine Shirley widow of my son
Thomas Shirley, and that same sum of four pounds be paid to same
Catherine Shirley during the eixstance of the present lease,
Children:
4(i). Margaret Shirley baptised 15 December 1805 at
Knocknabranna, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow daughter of Thomas and
Catherine Shirley. She married Samuel Kendrick , 1844, b. pre
1828.
16 February 1805 Church of Ireland - Old Leighlin Parish:
Marriage by license Francis Edwards of Kilelmond and Elizabeth
Shirley of the parish of Old Leighlin
1844 Marriage - Shirley, Margaret and Samuel Kendrick Index
of Marriage License Bonds- Diocese of Ossery, Ferns and Leighlin
4(ii). Thomas Shirley buried on 12 Dec 1806, Old Leighlin
Ch Co. Carlow, Ireland. Died Young
1806 Dec 12 Church of Ireland - Old Leighlin Parish: Burial
of Thomas Shirley, age 2 at Old Leighlin Parish
4(iv). Jane Shirley baptised 15 March 1807 at Knocknabranna,
Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow, daughter of Thomas and Catherine Shirley.
She married John Leech in 1828
1807 March 15 Church of Ireland - Old Leighlin Parish:
Baptism of Jane Shirley daughter of Thomas Shirley and wife Catherine
of Old Leighlin
1828 Marriage - Shirley, Jane and John Leech Index of Marriage
License Bonds- Diocese of Ossery, Ferns and Leighlin
4(v). Abraham Shirley of Knockabranna, farmer born
say 1808 at Knocknabranna, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow.
married Elizabeth Bolton about 1836, She was b. pre
1820, Clogrennan, Carlow, Co. Carlow.
1836 Marriage - Shirley, Abraham and Elizabeth Bolton Index
of Marriage License Bonds- Diocese of Ossery, Ferns and Leighlin
Children:
5(i). Caleb Shirley of Capponellan co Queens born about
1838, Knocknabranna, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow (death cert). Caleb
buried 10 Feb 1927, Caponella, Durrow, Co. Liex, Ireland.
10 February 1927 Registration District of Durrow, Queens
- Death of Caleb Shirley of Capponellan, widower, age 89, farmer;
Informant: John Shirley son, present at death of Capponellan
married Jane Rigley on 7 March 1872 at St Paul, Dublin,
daughter of Francis Rigley of Leighlin Bridge, Carlow
Mar 7, 1872 Caleb Shirley married Jane Rigley at St. Paul,
Dublin City. Son of Abraham Shirley, farmer of Knockabranna,
Leighlin Bridge, Carlow County. Daughter of Francis Rigley, farmer
of Leighlin Bridge, Carlow County. St. Paul, Dublin
Children:
6(i). John Shirley He was the informant for the 1927
death certificate of his father Caleb Shirley
5(ii). Thomas Shirley of Knockabranna born say 1844,
Knockabranna, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow, age 50 in 1901 census,
enumerated at Knocknabrana Townlands Co Carlow; Religion: Ch
of Ireland, Occupation: farmer; He died 6 Mar 1928, Knockabranna,
Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow. buried 9 March 1928, Old Leighlin Parish,
Co. Carlow, Ireland.
1928 March 6 Registration District of Leighlinbridge -
Death of Thomas Shirley of Knockabranna, age 84, widower, farmer;
Informant: Thomas Shirley son of deceased of Knockabranna
married Kate Griffith on 24 Aug 1894 at Mothel Ch.
Coolcullen, Co. Kilkenny. age 36 in 1901 census household, born
Kilkenny
Children:
6(i). Elizabeth F Shirley born about 1896 at Co Carlow,
age 4 in parent's 1901 census household
6(ii). Abraham Shirley born about 1897 at Co Carlow,
age 3 in parent's 1901 census household
6(iii). Thomas J. Shirley born about 1901 at Co Carlow,
age 0 in parent's 1901 census household. He was the informant
on his father's 1928 death certificate
6(iv). Deborah Shirley born about 1902. She married
Lar Pierc, post 1918.
5(iii). John Shirley born say 1848 at Knocknabranna,
Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow. He died 16 May 1914, Knocknabranna,
Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow; buried: 19 May 1914, Old Leighlin Ch
Co. Carlow, Ireland. unmarried
5(v). Mary Anne Shirley born say 1851, Knocknabranna,
Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow. She married Thomas Rigley on 25 Jun
1868, in Old Leighlin Ch Co. Carlow, Ireland.
25 Jun 1868 Thomas Rigley, s/o Frances Rigley of Ridge
to Mary Anne Shirley of Knockabranna d/o Abraham Shirley; wit:
John F. Smyth witness for husband and Frances E. Connor witness
for wife Old Leighlin Parish
5(iv). Elizabeth Shirley born say 1856 at Knocknabranna,
Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow. She married Richard Graham on 9 Dec
1874, in Old Leighlin Ch Co. Carlow, Ireland. occupation Farmer.
9 Dec 1874 Richard Graham s/o Thomas Graham of Crutin Clough
to Elizabeth Shirley of Knockabranna d/o Abraham Shirley; wit:
John Bolton witness for husband and Anne Whittaker witness for
wife Old Leighlin Parish
4(vi). Eleanor Shirley baptised 29 April 1810 at Knockabranna
Old Leighlin Co Carlow, daughter of Thomas and Catherine Shirley;
Likely died young
1810 Apr 29 Church of Ireland - Old Leighlin Parish: Baptism
of Eleanor Shirley daughter of Thomas and Catherine Shirley of
Knockabranner
4(vii). John Shirley of Lanark Co Ontario Canada
baptised 23 June 1811 at Knocknabranna, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow,
son of Thomas and Catherine Shirley. He seems to have moved his
family to Drummond Township, Lanark Co Ontario Canada by 1861
census. He was age 60 in the 1871 census for Drummond Twp, Lanark
Co Ontario Canada. He died prior to the 1881 Canada census when
his wife was identified as a widow. Shirleys
of Drummond Twp, Lanark Ontario Canada
1811 Jun 23 Church of Ireland - Old Leighlin Parish: Baptism
of John Shirley son of Thomas and Catherine Shirley of Old Leighlin
married Maria Ward on 28 January 1847 at Mothel Parish,
Church of Ireland, Co. Kilkenny; She was widowed living in Drummond,
Lanark Co Ontario Canada in 1881 census, a Methodist. She was
born about 1817, daughter of Luke Ward and died on 16 November
1910 at Beckwith, Lanark Ontario Canada, age 93, widow. (Richard
Shirley, informant on death certificate)
Jan 28, 1847 John Shirley married Maria Ward Son of Thomas
Shirley, farmer of Knockabanna, Carlow Co. Daughter of Luke Ward,
farmer of Coolcullen, Parish of Mothell.
Church of Ireland/England Family
children:
5(i) Catherine Shirley born about 1851 in Ireland;
Living with widowed mother in 1901, single. Died as a spinster
at Beckwith Township, Lanark Ontario Canada on 6 May 1911 (parents
named in death certificate, Richard Shirley of Bellcott, informant)
5(ii). Thomas Shirley born about 1853 in Ireland, age
18 in parent's 1871 census household in Canada
5(ii). Richard Shirley of Franktown Ontario born
about 1855 in Ontario Canada, age 16 in parent's 1871 census
household in Canada; age 25 in 1881 census; Living with widowed
mother in 1901, single. His parents are named in his 1907 marriage
record. He died in 1940, buried at Franktown Public Cemetery,
Lanark Co Ontario Note: he is buried in
the same cemetery as his father's aunt Anne Shirley Willoughby
who married at Old Leighlin Co Carlow in 1803
married Elizabeth J Brown on 25 December 1907 at Drummond,
Lanark Ontario Canada. Daughter of John Brown and Elizabeth Small
1907 December 25 Drummond Twp, Lanark Ontario - Marriage
between Richard Shirley age 46 son of John Shirley and Maria
Ward and Elizabeth J Brown age 20 daughter of John Brown and
Elizabeth Small
Children:
6(i). Ann Jane Shirley born 2 December 1908 at Beckwith,
Lanark Ontario to Richard Shirley and Elizabeth Jane Brown
6(ii). Catherine Elizabeth Shirley born 2 May 1911
at Beckwith Lanark Ontario to Richard Shirley and Elizabeth Jane
Brown
6(iii). Richard James Deckland Shirley born about 1920;
He died 3 July 1937, age 17 at Beckwith Ontario, son of Richard
Shirley and Elizabeth Brown
5(iii). John Shirley born about 1857 in Ontario Canada,
age 14 in parent's 1871 census household in Drummond Twp, Lanark
Ontario
5(iv). Ann Jane Shirley born about 1862/3 in Canada,
age 9 in parent's 1871 census household in Drummond Lanark Ontario
Canada; age 19 in 1881 census. She died 21 November 1891 at Drummond
Lanark Ontario, age 28, Methodist, spinster. (death certificate,
Richard Shirley of Franktown was informant)
5(v). William J. Shirley born 16 August 1867 at Drummond
Lanark Ontario Canada (death cert); age 9 in parent's 1871 census
household in Drummond Twp, Lanark Co Ontario Canada, age 19 in
1881 census; Living with widowed mother in 1901, single; He died
4 November 1925 at Beckwith Hospital, Lanark Ontario, age 58,
single. (Death certificate names his father John and brother
Richard who was the informant living at Franktown)
4(viii). Eleanor Shirley baptised 6 December 1812 at
Knocknabranna, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow, daughter of Thomas and
Catherine Shirley
1812 Dec 6 Church of Ireland - Old Leighlin Parish: Baptism
of Eleanor Shirley daughter of Thomas and Catherine Shirley of
Knockabranner
4(ix). Anne Shirley born say 1823 at Knocknabranna,
Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow. She married William Kendrick on 25
Jan 1849, in Old Leighlin Ch Co. Carlow, Ireland.
25 Jan 1849 William Kindrick of Poulpasty, farmer, to Anne
Shirley of Knockabranna, d/o Thomas Shirley; wit: John Shirley
witness for husband and John Whittaker witness for wife Old Leighlin
Parish
4(x). Mary Shirley born say 1826 at Knocknabranna,
Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow. She married Richard Daly on 18 Dec
1845, in Old Leighlin, Carlow
18 Decc 1845 Richard Daly of The Ridge, farmer, of Old
Leighlin s/o Lamwer Daly to Mary Shirley of Knockabranna d/o
Thomas Shirley; wit: John Shirley witness for husband and Frank
Rishey witness for wife Old Leighlin Parish
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