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Ellen Condon
This entry is about Ellen Condon (Born 11 April 1870; death not recorded). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Ellen Condon (about 1842 – 24 August 1882).
Born 11 April 1870; death not recorded
Daughter of Patrick Condon, labourer, and Mary Ryan, born at Mohera in the parish of Castlelyons and registered four days later. Neither parent went in to register her: the informant was Kate Brown, a woman present at the birth, who made her mark.
Partly proved
Ellen Condon was born at Moherna, County Cork, on 11 April 1870 to labourer Patrick Condon and Mary Ryan.
Born at Moherna, County Cork, Ireland
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Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
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Life
Ellen Condon was born at Moherna on 11 April 1870. Her civil birth entry names "Patrick Condon Moherna" as her father and "Mary Condon formerly Ryan" as her mother. It describes Patrick as a "Labourer."
The informant was "Kate Condon present at Birth Moherna." Her relationship to the family is not stated, but the name may offer a lead to collateral relatives. Nothing further is known about Ellen's life.
How we know this: Strong for the recorded birth and parentage; no later-life record has been identified. [1][2][3][4]
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- Moherna, County Cork, Ireland
- County Cork, Ireland
- Castlelyons, County Cork, Ireland
- Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland
- Ireland
- Ireland (County Cork)
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Born
Entry 225 in the Fermoy register, read from the image. Patrick Condon of Mohera, Castlelyons, is entered as a labourer; the mother is "Mary Condon formerly Ryan". The informant was Kate Brown, present at the birth, who made her mark — not the "Kate Condon" this archive carried from the index and had noted as possibly useful collateral kin. That lead was an indexer's misreading and is withdrawn. [3]
The record itself
Tap to open a larger copyCivil birth register, Ellen Condon, 11 Apr 1870, Moherna
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Born at Moherna
Entry 225 in the Fermoy register, read from the image. Patrick Condon of Mohera, Castlelyons, is entered as a labourer; the mother is "Mary Condon formerly Ryan". The informant was Kate Brown, present at the birth, who made her mark — not the "Kate Condon" this archive carried from the index and had noted as possibly useful collateral kin. That lead was an indexer's misreading and is withdrawn. [3]
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Original records
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What the records say
4 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Irish civil birth register — Ellen Condon, 11 April 1870, Mohera, Castlelyons, Co. Cork
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Eleventh April 1870 | Mohera, Castlelyons | Ellen | Female | Patrick Condon, Mohera, Castlelyons | Mary Condon formerly Ryan | Labourer | Kate x Brown, her mark, present at Birth, Mohera, Castlelyons | Fifteenth April 1870 | John O'Neill Sisk, Registrar
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Partly proved
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Eleventh April 1870, | Moherna, | Patrick Condon Moherna, | Mary Condon formerly Ryan, | Labourer, | Kate Condon present at Birth Moherna
Record exhibit
Irish civil birth register — Ellen Condon, 11 April 1870, Mohera, Castlelyons, Co. Cork
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Eleventh April 1870 | Mohera, Castlelyons | Ellen | Female | Patrick Condon, Mohera, Castlelyons | Mary Condon formerly Ryan | Labourer | Kate x Brown, her mark, present at Birth, Mohera, Castlelyons | Fifteenth April 1870 | John O'Neill Sisk, Registrar
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Parish baptism — Ellen Condon, 11 April 1870, Castlelyons, Co. Cork
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Ellen Condon | Baptism 11 April 1870 | Castlelyons, County Cork, Ireland | Parents Patrick Condon, Mary Ryan
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What we still don't know
- Identity of Kate Condon
- Baptism
- Migration, marriage, and children
- Death and burial
- [WITHDRAWN] The "Kate Condon" informant, once flagged here as possibly useful collateral kin, does not exist. The register reads Kate Brown. Nothing rests on her.
- Identify Kate Condon; baptism, migration, marriage and death.
- Kate Condon is a collateral-research lead only; the birth row does not call her Patrick’s sister, mother or other relative. Keep this Cork child separate from the Queensland/County Clare Ellen candidate.
- [INFERENCE] Kate Condon, present at Ellen’s Moherna birth, is a collateral lead only; the civil row does not state her relationship.
- Kate Brown appears at two of these births. She was present when Ellen was born at Mohera in April 1870 and again when Hanna was born at Rathcarrig in March 1872, and she made her mark both times. Twice is not a coincidence in a family that otherwise registered its own children: she was most likely the woman who attended Mary Ryan's confinements. Her surname was misread as "Condon" in the index to the 1870 entry, which is where this archive's search for a collateral Kate Condon came from.
References
- [1] Irish civil birth register — Ellen Condon, 11 April 1870, Mohera, Castlelyons, Co. CorkBack to citation 1
- [2] indexBack to citation 2
- [3] Irish civil birth register — Ellen Condon, 11 April 1870, Mohera, Castlelyons, Co. CorkBack to citation 3a Back to citation 3b Back to citation 3c
- [4] Parish baptism — Ellen Condon, 11 April 1870, Castlelyons, Co. CorkBack to citation 4