Hello, everyone! I've done a lot of research on my Irish 3x great-grandfather, James C. Glennon for a long time now and just this year thanks to some lovely helpers, I was able to trace where he was from in Ireland when for a long time, I hadn't been sure. But I've been finding that trying to track down his birth certificate in order to find the identity of his parents has proved almost impossible - every time I thought I'd nearly found it, it turned out to be incorrect. I was hoping that someone could help me out with this?
I know he was born in Westmeath, Ireland and I have two accounts that list his age: an 1850 Census of Drew County, Arkansas where he spent the later years of his life and an Army Enlistment in Boston, Massachusetts - likely not long after he had immigrated here.
According to the census, he was 34 as of October 22, 1850, making his birth year 1816. And according to the Army Enlistment, he was 22 as of September 5, 1837, making his birth year 1815.
So, the date of his birth was somewhere between Sep. 5 - Oct. 22 of 1816 in Westmeath, Ireland.
I know there's a lot of Glennons in Mullingar - more than other places in Ireland perhaps? - but I'm still not certain.
Seems like every record I've found so far has been off in some way or another and I can't find out how to pinpoint it to where I know it's definitely his. If it's any help to anyone, the names of some of his children were Franklin, Frederick, Julius, Louisa, and Mary.
Any further help with this would be MUCH appreciated!!!
I know he was born in Westmeath, Ireland and I have two accounts that list his age: an 1850 Census of Drew County, Arkansas where he spent the later years of his life and an Army Enlistment in Boston, Massachusetts - likely not long after he had immigrated here.
According to the census, he was 34 as of October 22, 1850, making his birth year 1816. And according to the Army Enlistment, he was 22 as of September 5, 1837, making his birth year 1815.
So, the date of his birth was somewhere between Sep. 5 - Oct. 22 of 1816 in Westmeath, Ireland.
I know there's a lot of Glennons in Mullingar - more than other places in Ireland perhaps? - but I'm still not certain.
Seems like every record I've found so far has been off in some way or another and I can't find out how to pinpoint it to where I know it's definitely his. If it's any help to anyone, the names of some of his children were Franklin, Frederick, Julius, Louisa, and Mary.
Any further help with this would be MUCH appreciated!!!
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