Back in 2014 I made contact with another living Curtin Descendant on Ancestry. We swapped what little information either of us had, but couldn't find a connection. He had a Bartholomew Curtin in his family tree and so did I, a brother of my uncle Tom Curtin whe married Dinah my Mum's sister.
We made contact again just a couple of weeks ago to see if we had made any progress on the Curtin family. I decide to give him a name and address out of my late Aunty Dinah's Address book. "Mrs B. Curtin 'Hillgrove' 189 Swords Road Whitehall Dublin." This was Bartholomew Curtin and his wife Elizabeth aka Betty's new home that as a young man he 'helped' to build! However, we still didn't know what the connection was between my Aunty Dinah's husband's family and his. I knew that my uncle Tom' Father was also Thomas and they were both Carpenters
1901 Ireland Census
Residents of a house 9.2 in Church Street (Caher, Kerry)
Thomas Curtin 28 Head RC Co. Kerry Carpenter
Catherine Curtin 35 Wife RC Co. Kerry Housekeeper
John Curtin 6 son RC Co. Kerry
Mararet Mary Curtin 5 dau RC Co. Kerry
Thomas Curtin 3 son, RC Co. Kerry
Michael Curtin 1 RC
1911 Ireland Census
Residents of a house 44 in William Street (Listowel Urban, Kerry)
Mary Curtin 53 Head RC, Co. Limerick, House Keeping Widow
Katherine Curtin 20 Dau RC, Co. Limerick, Domestic Servant, Not Married
Margaret Curtin 26 dau RC, Co. Limerick, Domestic Servant, Not Married
Thomas Curtin 18 Son RC, Listowel, Co. Kerry Carpenter Unemployed.
My contact's Curtin family also lived in Co. Limerick as well as Listowel Co. Kerry. We now have proof that his Grandfather was John Curtin born Listowel, 1864-1933, the eldest of 11 children, who married Ellen Chute. My uncle Tom's father, Thomas Curtin born 1882 Listowel, is the yougest sibling of John Curtin.
Foud a lot of Birth Certificate details on line now too, which is Absolutely Fabulous!;D
We made contact again just a couple of weeks ago to see if we had made any progress on the Curtin family. I decide to give him a name and address out of my late Aunty Dinah's Address book. "Mrs B. Curtin 'Hillgrove' 189 Swords Road Whitehall Dublin." This was Bartholomew Curtin and his wife Elizabeth aka Betty's new home that as a young man he 'helped' to build! However, we still didn't know what the connection was between my Aunty Dinah's husband's family and his. I knew that my uncle Tom' Father was also Thomas and they were both Carpenters
1901 Ireland Census
Residents of a house 9.2 in Church Street (Caher, Kerry)
Thomas Curtin 28 Head RC Co. Kerry Carpenter
Catherine Curtin 35 Wife RC Co. Kerry Housekeeper
John Curtin 6 son RC Co. Kerry
Mararet Mary Curtin 5 dau RC Co. Kerry
Thomas Curtin 3 son, RC Co. Kerry
Michael Curtin 1 RC
1911 Ireland Census
Residents of a house 44 in William Street (Listowel Urban, Kerry)
Mary Curtin 53 Head RC, Co. Limerick, House Keeping Widow
Katherine Curtin 20 Dau RC, Co. Limerick, Domestic Servant, Not Married
Margaret Curtin 26 dau RC, Co. Limerick, Domestic Servant, Not Married
Thomas Curtin 18 Son RC, Listowel, Co. Kerry Carpenter Unemployed.
My contact's Curtin family also lived in Co. Limerick as well as Listowel Co. Kerry. We now have proof that his Grandfather was John Curtin born Listowel, 1864-1933, the eldest of 11 children, who married Ellen Chute. My uncle Tom's father, Thomas Curtin born 1882 Listowel, is the yougest sibling of John Curtin.
Foud a lot of Birth Certificate details on line now too, which is Absolutely Fabulous!;D
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