Mooney from Ireland 18th Century
Kiwimoonman
My name is Richard Joseph Mooney born 1956 in New Zealand. I have spent a number of years researching family, picking up from my mothers years of research when resources were much harder to access.
Success can and has come unexpectedly and often as a result of someone elses hard work in collecting data.
I use any resource available to discovery past connections.
My Heritage, Ancestry, Geni, Family Search, Scotlands People, Roots Ireland and many localised sources.
My father was born in New Zealand and his father was Thomas Mooney who was born in Shotts, Scotland in 1906.
His father was Andrew Mooney who was born in Shotts, Scotland in 1869.
His father was Patrick Mooney who was born in approx 1825 unsure if he came from Scotland with an unregistered birth or came over from Ireland.
His parents were Hugh Mooney and Susan McMaine both of whom are believed to have come from Ireland about 1820 - 1830
My search had given me an amazing insight into life and haw difficult things were for our GGGrand parents.
Most of the miners in Scotland were Irish and as is often the case the immigrants get to do the jobs the local population do not wish to do because of the danger, difficulty. lack of pay and terrible conditions people had to work in.
Cemeteries were segregated by faith and there was often hatred based on religious beliefs.
Much has changed but I am fascinated by the journey and wish to discover as much as possible about my descendants.
My grand parents are made up of Mooney, Boyle, Colvin, Lockington
Mooney from Irelamd to Scotland to USA / New Zealand that I know of
Colvin from Ireland to New Zealand but origins from Scotland and the Plantation era in Ulster
Boyle from Donegal to New Zealand 2 sisters and 2 brothers
Lockington from England to Australia and New Zealand with some Irish origins
I enjoy helping others solve problems and have found DNA to be of real help and believe in future it will provide amazing assistance in breaking down walls.
Any information I have discovered that may help you in anyway I am happy to provide.
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Scott_J on 2019-12-11 20:40:45Hi Richard,
This is the perfect example of a great journal post. Thanks for sharing!
I'm sure this will help many others. It may take days or years, but it'll be found many many times.
Sandeea on 2019-12-12 01:23:10Hi Richard - My great great grandmother was Rosanna Mooney born c.1820 in Ireland as far as I know. She married John Ahern who was born in Cork, Ireland. They had a daughter (my great grandmother) Mary Ann Ahern who was born in Limerick. Rosanna and John had two sons as well (Bartholomew and Ernest) most likely born between 1847 and 1854. John Ahern was a military man and fought in many places, the Crimea being one of those places. Both Bartholomew and Ernest had died by at least 1854. I have been unable to find any death record for them. The family may have gone to the Crimea from either Ireland or England where I understand there was a lot of disease. John Ahern was in the 68th Regiment Light Infantry. Rosanna's father was Philip Mooney. I would like to find out more details regarding the Mooney family as well John Ahern's ancestors.
John Ahern's father was Patrick Ahe(a)rn. I do research from time to time but have not been successful in finding out anything more. John and Rosanna Ahern with their daughter Mary Ann Ahern came to Australia in 1863. We may be related via Rosanna Mooney. Regards, Sandra
Kiwimoonman on 2019-12-12 02:59:39Hi Sandra
Lovely to see your post
I loved Cork when we were lucky enough to visit Ireland about 2 years ago. We went to the local Cathedral St Fin Barre's where they celebrate a traditional Latin Mass around 5pm and the priest sings most of the service in a very traditional way. The acoustics in the building were stunning and it was a very moving experience.
I am very hopeful that through DNA connection I will be able to prove a connection and then work out how that connection is made. My GGGgrandfather I know of no family and there was a lot going on in the late 1700's with Irish immigration to USA and Canada along with work in Scotland. The Irish were also sent to the US as slaves in the early 1700's.
Have you had you dna done? Mine is registered on My Heritage, Ancestry and WikiTree and Gedmatch.
This has created thousands of yet to be determined connections but over time I believe that it will connect me to possibly people who are connected to a brother or sister of Hugh and through this the doors will open to learn more of the family origins. If you had not done it I can recommend it as it has certainly answered a number of outstanding questions. Recently we discovered a great aunt had 2 children during WW2 who had been adopted and they were reunited through Ancestry DNA. There have been a number of connections for my wives family through DNA matches also. It would be lovely to discover Rosanna was one of these distant connections.
However there were 1000's of Mooney especially ones who went to America. Various spellings also make it interesting
I have a sister Sandra who lives in Brisbane. My parents choose Irish names for 2 daughters as I also have a sister Cushla who lives in Brisbane. Good luck with you search and let me know if you have loaded your DNA to see if there was a small percentage shared. If there was it would be under 1% but few are more than that
Given Aunts are about 20% cousins about 10% 2nd cousins about 5% and it gets low% very quickly but they are the connections that are often beyond what we know.
Merry Christmas
Rick
Sandeea on 2019-12-12 03:14:11Hi Rick - thank you for your response so quickly. I have had my DNA done through Ancestry and FamilyTreeDNA and also gedmatch. Unfortunately, there are no male relatives left for me to check regarding the yDNA side of my family. My maiden name was Matthews. John Matthews was my grandfather born 1858 Dublin. His father was Dominick Matthews who was a tailor. Dominick married Mary Duff. I have been unable to find a marriage for them, although there is a marriage of a Dominick Matthews in 1857 in Dublin but the wife was not Mary Duff. I think it may have been Bridget Rogers. It is funny, but Bridget Rogers appears as a witness at either John Matthews christening or his sister, my great aunt, Mary Matthews who was born in Dublin also, in 1860.
All ancestors mentioned above are through my paternal side. On my maternal side, my haplogroup is 'V'. I have found two French males with the 'V' mtdna haplogroup, from their maternal side, as a zero match. So, a very close match. Have not been able to find out anything further regarding my mtdna.
Merry Christmas to you..
Sandra