Hello
friends,
Well,
here we are in the midst of Autumn and there
are still a couple more weeks left to view the
foliage in New England. All of the country
fairs
have come
and gone, and those who participated in the showing
of produce, canning, and baking can hang up their
blue ribbons and best of show awards. My sister,
Andi, and I have several ribbons for pickling
and baking, which we submitted to country fairs
at
local old home day celebrations. My favorite
one was for
a white chocolate and raspberry wedding cake.
It was not an Irish cake but it was heavenly.
Speaking
of raspberries, I have added an Irish
Raspberry Vanilla Cake which I found
on the internet. I have also added a recipe for
Raisin-Apple
Scones which was sent
to me by Margaret
Johnson from her newest
cookbook ‘Tea & Crumpets’.
This recipe came from Claridge’s Hotel
in London, while others in Margaret’s
book come from other famous tearooms, hotel
dining rooms,
French patisseries
and confectioners.
I
received a submission from a man named Colin
from Indianapolis, Indiana. He was asking if
I knew the
town where Ruth’s Castle is located. He said
that it is a tumbled down ruin known as Ruth’s
Castle near the town where his ancestors
came from. I searched but could find no information
about it
at all. If anyone out there knows the location,
I would love for you to please send it to
me, so I
can forward it on to him.
What’s going on with the continued genealogy
search? On Terry’s search for Reynolds ancestors,
we don’t have anything definite yet, but there
are a couple of possibilities. We found a Hugh Reynolds
and his wife, Mary Costello Reynolds, that could
possibly be great grandfather Bernard’s parents.
They are the right age, from the right area, and
they had a son Bernard, but we don’t have enough
information to confirm it. Also, we found a military
record for a Bernard Reynolds, age 19, from Co. Leitrim,
who enlisted in The Royal Irish Constabulary in 1860.
The age is a few years off from what we know to be
his birth date and there were other Bernard Reynolds’ living
in Co. Leitrim in the same period; however, we still
don’t have enough information for
confirmation.
On
my Casey genealogy, again, we have no
proof, but a couple of possibilities.
Great-great grandfather, Michael Casey, husband
to
Mary Ann, and father
of
Anna, doesn’t appear to have ever lived in
the USA. I can find no record of him anywhere. I
suppose that he might have passed away at a young
age or he and Mary Ann could have split up, she moving
to Vermont with the children, and he staying in Canada.
I found a death record of Michael Casey, single,
right age group, born in Ireland in 1827, who died
in Ontario in 1904. Could it be him? Then there’s
Michael Casey, Mary Ann’s son, who disappeared
after the 1870 Census. I found a Michael Casey, in
the right age group, born in Canada, resided in Vermont,
who enlisted in the Clinton County New York Regiment
of the U.S. Army. Two months later, he deserted,
and probably fled to Canada. My sister, Andi, told
me that my father mentioned something about a horse
thief in the family long ago, so maybe that was him.
Haha. Again, not enough information. I am hoping
to find out where in Ireland my Casey’s
originated, so I will keep trying.
Another
exciting piece of the Casey puzzle was found
a couple of weeks ago. Ancestry.com
sends
hints and links to other people looking
for the same family. I found a link
from a young
woman
from Arizona
who had attached my Michael Casey and
Mary Ann Denning to her family tree.
I emailed
her and
told her a
little bit about my relationship to
the two of them, and asked if she was a member
of
the same
family.
She wrote back right away and said
that
she was. After corresponding a couple
of times,
we figured
out that we are second cousins, twice
removed. My great grandmother, Anna
Casey Willett,
had three
children, Clara, Charles and Jeremiah.
My family descends from Jeremiah Willett,
and
her family
descends from Clara Willett Killary.
Clara and Henry Killary
had a son, Francis, who had a son,
Richard, who had a son, Patrick, who had a daughter,
Lisa.
Lisa is
our distant cousin, which I thought
was
awesome. Small world!
The
time for our trip to Ireland is getting closer;
only two and one-half
months
left. We are really
getting excited about it and can’t wait. I
will make a couple of recipes for Thanksgiving and
for Christmas to add to the November and December
newsletters. Then, I will take January off and resume
in February. Thank you so much for your continued
interest and support for LittleShamrocks.com.
See
you soon ...
Sláinte,
Tyna
