Re: SHEA - Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
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SHEA - Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
jana shea 5/17/05
I have a Michael Shea/O'Shea (according to St Johns Church in Tralee) who married A Bridget Dunne/Dunn in Tralee April 1861 before moving to America.He according to a cousin of mine was born in 1842 in Waterville County Kerry to Michael and Bridget Carey Shea.According to his death certificate and all the census records in the U.S. he was born in January 1840.The record in Tralee shows Michael O'Shea of Waterville married Bridget Dunne of Kildare by special dispensation.I am going to try and get the records to see if it says what the dispensation was, the register did not list the reason.They went by Shea and Dunn in America in all the documents I have except one.When Michael joined the 26th CT Infantry he was entered as Michael Shay and signed with a "X" on his enlistment papers in Norwich, CT 9/1862.