James and Jane O'Kane

 In the first UHF report,  a family for James and Jane Kane is found a census for the local Roman Catholic church parish, dated 1886-1887. UHF also questioned the age of James, 24, noting that the parents were only 40, and thought it likely that the age was incorrect.

Let me digress a bit, and state that James, the husband of Jane,  would be James Jr, son of James O'Kane who was born in  1798. This James is the 'John' in the will of his father. This, then, would make James Jr's son, James, in the picture to the left, James the third. James Jr. inherited property #7 in 1901 according to the Valuation Revisions books.

Tenancy clues to date of Mary O'Kane's death

It didn't occur to me at the time I read the 2nd UHF report, but after finding the Valuation Revision Books and looking at the images, I realized when Mary, James Kane's wife had died.

In his will, James requests that his wife, Mary, live in the manner she was accustomed to. So she stayed in Property #7 and ran the household as she always did.

Crebilly Property #7's Tenancy

This is an image of the 1862 Griffith Valuation for Crebilly.

From the second UHF report, a list of the tenants are given for property #7 in Crebilly. This was done to show how the property went from one Kane family member to another, staying within the family.

1872 will of James Kane ***Updated 6 Sep 2014***

The first major piece of documentation we have is a will for James Kane of Craigbilly (aka Crebilly). We know that Annie O'Keane's (married name: Glumaz) father's name was James and that he was from Craigbilly (and deceased in 1876) from her marriage announcement in the Liverpool Mercury newspaper.

This is Certainly Almost Your Family - the Second Time Around

I realized that I needed to go over the second document before I start breaking down what information we have on the family.

...This Is Almost Certainly Your Ancestral Family....1st Report

When Marina first started looking into the O'Kane/Keane side of her family, she had hired the Ulster Historical Foundation (UHF) to see what information they could find on her great great grandma, Annie O'Keane (Kane). Well, Annie still proved to be elusive, even to UHF.

Contributors

I also failed to mention other people who so generously contributed photos like Anne Berchelmann's neice Ashley Sholiton and Nell Arriaga's grandchild Virginia Bush Arriaga and my cousin Gail Malley and Annelizabeth Gogniat. If I failed to mention you now, don't think I won't.