Greetings

I figure it's time I gather together the info people have been sending me lately about my family in Ireland. To begin, Dave Foley has found census reports from 1901 and 1911 for the Carr family in Kilgarven. They include info about the household and the neighborhood. Dave writes:

If you study the additional census pages describing land and buildings you begin to get a feeling for how our ancestors lived in rural Ireland in the very early part of the 20th century. Eight people living in a 3 room farmhouse had to be pretty cramped.

In 1901 greatgrandfather James had already passed away and his widow greatgrandmother Ellen was living with sons Thomas and James and grandson Daniel. It's not apparent whose son Daniel was.  (Update: Daniel was the son of Thomas and James' older brother Michael, seen in 1911 Census living with his parents.)

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By 1911 Ellen had apparently passed away. James and Daniel were no longer living there. Grandfather Thomas had married grandmother Mary Walsh and they were raising five children. Elizabeth and Mona had not yet arrived.

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My father Patrick is listed as being age five, but actually he would have just turned three the month before. Which just shows that the information in these records can be inaccurate. (Update: Since writing this, dad's U.S. naturalization documents have been uncovered which show that this Census was indeed correct. Dad was two years older than we thought he was.) Click the household and documents links in the right sidebar to view them. Thanks, Dave, for digging up these records.

Mary Walsh Carr (Click to enlarge)