Patrick McIntyre Inquiry, 1863

Lawrence McIntyre's father was Michael McIntyre.  It is believed one of Michael's nephew or cousin was Patrick McIntyre, the occupier of the property next to Michael's as listed in the Griffith's Valuation c 1858.

Patrick and his family arrived in New York City on April 18, 1863.  The following "Information Wanted" ad appeared in the New York newspaper the Irish-American on November 21, 1863.

"Of Mary McIntyre, a native of the Parish of Kilmactige, County Sligo, who married Hugh McGlauhin, of County Meath, Ireland. Also of her sister Bridget, who married Samuel Smith, an American by birth.  When last hear from, they resided in the State of New York.  Any information of them will be thankfully received by their brother, Patrick McIntyre, who lately arrived, by writing to him in care of Patrick Foy, 81 Baxter Street, New York."

Questions:

• Could Mary McIntyre McGlauhin and Bridget McIntyre Smith be sisters or cousins of Michael too?
• Who is Patrick Foy?
• Who is Hugh McGlauhin?
• Who is Samuel Smith?
• Who else lived at 81 Baxter Street, NY
• Did Patrick ever locate Bridget and Mary?

Source: DeGrazia, Laura Murphy, compiler.  Irish Relative and Friends: From "Information Wanted" Ads in the Irish-American, 1850-1871. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing Co., 2001.  Page 186.

McEntire occupiers in Lislea c1858 & 1863

Richard Griffith undertook the Primary Valuation of Ireland in the mid-1800s.  This valuation, which is commonly referred to as Griffith's Valuation, is a unified, country-wide valuation of land and property taken as a result of the Tenement Valuation Act of 1846.  For each county, a "snapshot" was published at a specific point in time between 1848 and 1864, with the date for each county dependent upon the year in which that county was surveyed. (1)

The County Sligo survey was completed on July 7, 1858. (2)  The following is a reproduction of the page which shows the Townland of Lislea, Barony of Leyny, Civil Parish of Kilmacteige, Poor Law Union (Registrar's District (RD)) of Tobercurry, Electoral Division (ED) of Aclare.  Note the occupiers of parcels 7 & 8 are Michael and Patrick McEntire, respectively.

Griffith's Valuation, 1858 -- Click on image to enlarge

Once a tenement's valuation was set, provision was made for an annual revision of the assessment according to Section XXX of the 1846 Act. To carry out the annual revision of a tenement: "... that within Ten Days after the First day of February in each Year after any such Valuation shall be completed and in operation every Collector of Poor Rates within each Poor Law Union ... shall make out and lay before the Board of Guardians ... a list of all the Tenements or Hereditaments* situate within every Townland in the said Union which shall require Revision... ." (3)

The tax collector was expected to include on the list the change of an occupier's name, for example, because of death, migration, emigration, or a change of rate-payer, for example, from father to son or widow to son.  The lessor from whom a holding was rented required a name change when the holding was sold or leased to a new landlord.  When part of a farm was consolidated with another farm, the collector was expected to inform the Board of Guardians; similarly, when a farm was divided, he recorded a need for change on the list. (4)

Below, the Valuation Revision List (5) for Lislea for the years 1859-1863 shows the name Michael McEntire (father of Lawrence McIntyre) with reference #7 and Patrick McEntire with reference #8.  These Revision Lists were later called Cancellation Books, as they were "cancelled" once the next valuation book was started.

The references 7 & 8 as listed in the Valuation Revision list are the same two pieces of property listed in the above original 1858 printed Griffith's Valuation.

Note on the following Valuation Revision sheet Patrick McEntire's entry has a red line through it.  At the end of the line it reads "Fee down, 63."  The 63 refers to 1863 the year the line was drawn through the entry, i.e., Patrick was no longer the occupier.  "Fee down" appears to mean the parcel of land in question does not have an individual who is entitled to inherit the lease. The leases at this time were often written to include "three lives" and were therefore good until the youngest of the three named men gave up the lease and/or died.  

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The fact that Patrick's name is struck on this Valuation Sheet, further supports additional information we have that Patrick and his family emigrated from Ireland to the US in 1863.

The immediate lessor at this time was William Ormsby Gore. In the next Revision list it shows that Arthur O'Hara, Michael O'Hara, Denis O'Hara and John Farrell were the occupiers of parcel #8 and were leasing from William Orsmby Gore.  Note that these four individuals are also noted in parcels 5 & 6 in the above Valuation Revision List as well as Griffith's Valuation of 1858.

The question that remains, were Michael McEntire and Patrick McEntire brothers or cousins?

*Any property that can be inherited.

Sources:
(1) Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, "Tracking Irish generations in land valuation records," NGS News Magazine, July/August/September, 2005, pg. 55.
(2) James R. Reilly, Richard Griffith and His Valuation of Ireland, Baltimore: Clearfield, 2000, Appendix No. 8, page 78.
(3) Ibid., pg. 43.
(4) Ibid., pg. 43.
(5) Valuation List no. 3, County Sligo, ED Aclare, RD Tobercurry, page 37, 1859-1863, Valuation Office, Dublin, Ireland, viewed and copied July 18, 2011.

1911 Irish Census - McIntyre/Ginty

The 1911 Census of Ireland lists Laurence McIntyre and his wife Mary (Ginty) with two of their children Bridget, age 25, and John, age 19.  It notes that all but Mary were born in County Sligo, she was born in County Mayo.  At the time of the census, they were living on the farm in Lislea, Kilmacteige Civil Parish, County Sligo.

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.

1901 Irish Census - McIntyre-Ginty

In 1901, living with Lawrence and Mary (Ginty) McIntyre were four of their children: Bridget, 19 years old, Mary also listed as 19 years old (she would come to US and marry Daniel Egan); Lawrence, 10 years old (would come to US and marry Lillian O'Brien) and John eight years old.  Their son Thomas (who would come to the US and marry Ellen Walsh) was in England working in a coal mine at the time of the 1901 Irish Census.  There was also a daughter, Kate, who would be about 22 in 1901 and might have been married or have previously died.

On the census, it records Lawrence as a farmer born in County Sligo and his wife Mary (Ginty) as born in County Mayo.  Lawrence could not write, note his "X" on the signature line.  James Rogan witnessed the "X" as the enumerator.  It is interesting, even though Lawrence could not read and write, Mary, his wife can.

On another page of the Census, it provides information on the "House and Building Return."  When it describes the McIntyre house it states: a private dwelling, walls of stone, brick or concrete and a roof of wood or thatch.  It had two rooms and two windows.

In 1901, per the census summary for Lislea, there were 11 houses all inhabited and a school.  A total of 20 males and 20 females.  Of the 40 individuals in Lislea, 35 were Roman Catholic and five were Church of Ireland.

The names of the other heads of household in Lislea in 1901 were: John O'Hara, Michael Donegan, Patrick Kildunne, Maria Kildunne, Patrick Walsh, Denis O'Hara, Denis Murtagh, Michael Murtagh, Margery Armstrong and Mary Connolly.  A William Evans was the landholder for the property occupied by Denis O'Hara and Mary Connolly.  All the rest owned their own land, including Lawrence McIntyre.