Person in this family
Richard Fraher
Dates not recorded
Richard Fraher was a farmer of County Cork. He is named as the father of Margaret Fraher in her civil marriage register of 25 February 1870 at Kildorrery, where his occupation is given as farmer and his daughter's residence as Kilclooney.
Proved by a record
Richard Fraher was a farmer named as Margaret Fraher's father in her 1870 marriage record at Kildorrery.
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s great-great-great-grandparent
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's great-great-great-grandparent (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-great-great-great-grandparent
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s great-great-grandparent
Kevin Leahey’s spouse's great-great-grandparent (by marriage)
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
How this person is related to Andrew:
Richard Fraher is your 3× great-grandparent.
Life
Richard Fraher is known from the civil record of Margaret Fraher's marriage to John Fitzgerald at Kildorrery on 25 February 1870. The entry names Margaret's father as "Richd Fraher, farmer."
No birth, marriage, death, residence, or other independent record for Richard appears in this archive.
How we know this: Documented in one original marriage record, with no confirmed vital dates. [1][2]
Family
Children
See this family in the family treeWork and occupation
- Farmer
Where they lived
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Places listed on this page
- Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland
- Kildorrery, County Cork, Ireland
- County Cork, Ireland
- Ireland (County Cork)
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Timeline
Named as the bride's father
Named in his daughter Margaret's civil marriage register at Kildorrery as “Rich'd Fraher”, farmer. [2]
The record itself
Tap to open a larger copyCivil marriage register, John Fitzgerald and Margaret Fraher, 25 Feb 1870, Kildorrery
Proved by a record
Original records
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What the records say
2 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Irish civil marriage register — John Fitzgerald and Margaret Fraher, 25 February 1870, Kildorrery, County Cork
Civil registration means an official government record of a birth, marriage, or death.
Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Marriage of JOHN FITZGERALD and MARGARET FRAHER on 25 February 1870, | Roman Catholic Chapel of Kildorrery | Full age, | Maurice Fitzgerald, | Kildorrery, | Richd Fraher, | Margaret Fitzgerald formerly Fraher. | Full age | 1 JAN 1859 | Diocese of Cloyne | County of Cork | Richd Fraher
Record exhibit
Irish civil marriage register, John Fitzgerald and Margaret Fraher, 25 February 1870, Kildorrery, Co. Cork
Civil registration means an official government record of a birth, marriage, or death.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
February 25th 1870 | John FitzGerald, of full age, Bachelor, Farmer, Carrakeen, father Maurice FitzGerald, Farmer | Margt Fraher, of full age, Spinster, Kilclooney, father Rich'd Fraher, Farmer | Roman Catholic Chapel of Kildorrery | Danl O'Brien P.P. | witnesses John Connell, Joanna Downey
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
What Sponsors and Witnesses Can Tell Us
Catholic registers often preserve the people standing just outside a family photograph. A baptism normally names the child, parents, date and sponsors or godparents; a marriage normally names the couple and wit…
Reading Irish Civil Registration
The year 1864 is the dividing line in this family’s Irish paper trail. Civil registration began in 1845 for non-Catholic and civil marriages, but from 1 January 1864 the law required registration of all births,…
Farmers and Labourers in North Cork
Two words in the Cork records—“farmer” and “labourer”—describe different positions in the same rural economy. When John Fitzgerald married Margaret Fraher at Kildorrery in 1870, the register called John, his fa…
What we still don't know
- His birth, marriage, and death details
- His residence and farming activity