The census states Laurence and Mary have been married 34 years. I have their marriage record from Killasser Parish, County Mayo with the date of March 1, 1877 which agrees with the information provided. In addition, it states Mary had six children with five currently living. Their daughter Catherine died young. Although I don't have a death record for Catherine, all the rest of the children lived beyond 1911, so it must be Catherine who is deceased in 1911.
Laurence could not write and did not sign the census, but his son John was the witness to his "mark." My belief is that it is John McIntyre's signature at the bottom of the census.
On associated 1911 Census sheets -- Form B. 1 - House and Building Return and Form B. 2 - Return of Out-Offices and Farm-Steadings -- it notes the McIntyres had three out-buildings including a stable, a cow house and a piggery. The house itself had either a wood or thatched roof, was composed of only two rooms and had two windows in the front of the home. Certainly a modest home in which to raise six children.
Daughter, Bridget, married P. Billy Haran and lived on the farm raising five daughters: Mary (Crane), Annie (Brennan), Tessie (Cafferty), Bridget (Heffernan) and Josephine (O'Malley/Pointing). Their daughter, Tessie, married Dominic Cafferty and they then lived on the farm. Dominic died in the early 1980s. They had no children. In the 1990s, Tessie sold the farm to a neighbor and moved to live with her niece, daughter of Bridget (Heffernan), in Cheekpoint, County Waterford. I am told she eventually went to England, probably to be near her sisters, where she died in 2004.
So, after more than 150 years, no longer were there any descendants of Michael McIntyre (c1830-a1854) living on the farm.
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