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Author: M_Groome
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Hi Julie!
Thanks for looking for me! The parish listed for the Michael Cadden & Judith Smith
marriage is Castlerahan and the county is Cavan. There was one witness, Michael Smith
The parish for Elizabeth's baptism is also Castlerahan in Cavan. It has a field named
address and that is Lurganboy. There were two sponsors, Thomas Smith and Bridget Tuite.
As far as the James and John Caddens, there was a man named Edward Murray who posted here
in 2000 to 2002 who is related to the James Cadden who married in Oldcastle. One of his
statements was "This is the original story: James was a mason who learned his trade
in Australia. I found a record of a James being transported in 1832 for malicious
assault." James returned to Ireland after 7 years when he was 48 and married Ellen
Frairy in 1840. He may have had 5 children from a previous marriage that stayed in Ireland
and their names are unknown. We have never been able to prove a connection between these
two families.
Edward had found a Patrick Clarke in Oldcastle in 2002 who provided him information and
they may be related as well. I have Patrick Clarke's email address from that time if
you want it. Edward said this in an email he copied to me "I hope I have sent
everyone the information I have from Patrick Clarke in Oldcastle on the
Cadden-Friary-Fitzsimmons. We still haven't found the direct links yet, but at some
point, I'm going to get a print out of the church records there and put it all
together. Virtually every Cadden,Friary, and Fitzsimmons there is married to another
Cadden, Friary or Fitzsimmons. I've included Mike Groome in my reply because while we
haven't found the link, I really think that there couldn't have been two sets of
Caddens in Newark who weren't fairly closely related in Ireland." Edward
hasn't posted in some time as he got married and moved to Indiana from California.
Thanks again for looking!
Mike
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