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Sinead

Sinead Report 21 Aug 2008 10:48

I'm trying to find information in relation to my great grandmother, Elizabeth Moore, she was born as I was told in Athboy, Co. Meath c1860 but on her marriage certificate, in 1886 it stated her father's residence as Abbeyleix, Co. Laois. Elizabeth was a Protestant, I also unsure of her exact date of birth.

I know that she had a sister called Mary, a National School Teacher who moved to Killenaule, Co. Tipperary and married a Mr Smith.

Elizabeth could have had more siblings but I don't know.

After converting to Catholicism, she married my great grandfather Edmund Hall [b1859-1927 a farmer from Co. Tipperary] in 1886, in Lismore, Co. Waterford. They lived in Killenaule, Co. Tipperary were they had 11 children.

Edmund (Ned) c1887-1960
Robert [Bobby] 1888-1964
John [Jack] 1890-1970
James [Jim] 1891-1960
Patrick [Paddy] 1893-1960
George 1894-1895
Mary 1896-1896
Michael 1897-1975 - my grandfather
Margaret [Maggie] 1899-1980
Thomas 1900-1974
George 1909-1975

All I know about Elizabeth as that she was a shirtmaker and in 1901 became a certified midwife and that her father was Robert Moore, a shop keeper who lived in Abbeyleix, Co. Laois. She died in 1953 at the grand old age of 93. I would be grateful for any information on Elizabeth in regards to her family on her mother or father's side. It has been passed down through the generations that Elizabeth has always stated that she was related to Thomas Moore the famous poet.
Many thanks
Sinead