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Records of Our Families
Births, Marriages and Deaths
Some
Irish Marriages & Baptisms of St. Stephen's Church, Dodgeville (Attleboro) MA
Dighton MA, Index to Vital Records 1700-1899
Births
Fall
River MA, Index to Births 1843-1864
Surnames A-F G-L
M-Q R-Z
Some
Irish Marriages of Notre Dame Church, Fall River, MA
Somerset
MA Births, Marriages & Deaths 1875-1888
Index to Rhode Island State Vital Records, Deaths 1853-1878
Surnames A-Ba
Some
Irish Marriages of St. Joseph's Church, Ashton (Cumberland) RI
Cemeteries
Some of these gravestones are very old and worn. We have done our best to decipher and interpret the names of persons and places. Please also remember that not all of our ancestors could read, write and spell. Some of the place names may be phonetic renderings. This is
not a complete transcription of all the gravestones in every cemetery. We felt that it was a priority to record and preserve those that named a place of origin in Ireland, and we have included other transcriptions of some families that we have collected over the years.
These listings will be updated as additional transcriptions are
completed, with the goal of eventually recording all existing
gravestone information for those that can be identified to be of
Irish heritage in each cemetery. Thanks to Kevin Murphy and Michele
Almeida for their assistance with this project.
Our Favorite Inscription, located at St. Mary of the Bay Cemetery, Warren RI
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Pray for the Soul of
Morace O'Reiley
a Native of Belnakill, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Who died in Warren May 31, 1859, aged 45 y'rs
Morace O'Reiley was my name
And Ireland was my nation
Belnakill was my dwelling place
And Heaven is my expectation
Now I am dead and in my grave
And all my bones are rotting
When this you see pray for me
Why should I be forgotten
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Massachusetts
St.
Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, Bridgewater
Transcribed and Submitted by Kevin Murphy
St. Patrick's Cemetery,
Brockton
Transcribed and Submitted by Kevin Murphy
North Burial Ground, Fall
River
St.
John's Cemetery, Fall River
St.
Mary's Cemetery, Fall River
St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River
St. Joseph's
Cemetery, Kingston
Transcribed and Submitted by Kevin Murphy
St.
Mary's Cemetery, Middleboro
St.
Mary's Cemetery, New Bedford
St. Mary's Cemetery, Randolph
Transcribed and Submitted by Kevin Murphy
St.
Peter's Cemetery, Sandwich
Transcribed and Submitted by Kevin Murphy
St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Somerset
St.
James Cemetery, East Taunton
St.
Francis Cemetery, Taunton
St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Taunton
Old
St. Mary's Cemetery, Taunton
St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Wareham
Transcribed and Submitted by Kevin Murphy
Rhode Island
St.
Mary's Cemetery, Bristol
St.
Ann's Cemetery, Cranston
St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Cumberland
St. Francis Cemetery,
Pawtucket
Old
St. Mary's Cemetery, Pawtucket
Mount
St. Mary's Cemetery, Pawtucket
St. Patrick's Cemetery,
Providence
St.
Mary of the Bay Cemetery, Warren
St.
Mary's Cemetery, West Warwick
Census
1850 Federal Census
The 1850 Census, taken generally in July through
September of that year, was significant in two ways. First, it was the first census to list every individual in a household by name, and provide details about that individual such as age and place of birth. Secondly, it documented the great influx of Irish individuals and families to the United States during the period of the Great Famine.
This is not a transcription of the entire 1850 census for each town, but,
rather, a transcription only of those households with families or individuals
who reported a birthplace in Ireland. A review of the ages and birthplaces listed for children in a family can provide an approximate date of arrival in the United States, and the listed birthplaces can also provide information about where the family lived prior to arriving in the Southern New England area. Although relationships are not given, some inferences can be made about individuals living in the same household or in close proximity, especially when the typical naming patterns are considered.
Massachusetts
Attleborough
Complete
Fall
River Part 1 Part 2 Part
3 Part 4
New
Bedford Part 1 Part 2
Pawtucket (now RI) Part 1 Part 2
Taunton
Part 1 Part 2 Part
3
Rhode Island
Cumberland Part
1 Part 2 Part 3
Providence
Part 1 Part 2
Part 3
1865 Massachusetts State Census
Massachusetts took a state census in 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885 and 1895. The actual census sheets are
available for '55 and '65. Unfortunately, once the statistics were compiled from the
data collected, the
census sheets were destroyed for '75, '85 and '95. The 1865 state census is helpful for providing more specific birthplaces in many cases,
sometimes including names of counties for some of the Irish. The census for some towns
in Plymouth County have been transcribed and published by Ann S. Lainhart, and the full census is available on microfilm.
Middleboro
Somerset
Wareham
City
& Town Directories & Lists
The Directories can provide a great deal of
information about individuals as the residents of a city or town, and their relationships with
others, both for employment and kinship. By doing a bit of browsing, you can identify family members, neighbors and co-workers, based on the addresses
listed. We have concentrated on the years around 1890, which will help to
provide an alternative to the missing 1890 Federal Census, most of which was
destroyed by fire. This is not a transcription of the
entire directory for each town for each year, but, rather, an abstract of only
those individuals whose surname could indicate that they might be of Irish heritage.
Many of these Directories were abstracted and submitted by Carla France Phillips. We are greatly appreciative of her efforts and interest. This will be an on-going project
as more names will be added regularly.
Massachusetts
Fall
River 1889 1890
1891
New Bedford 1887 1889
1890
Plymouth
1846 1903
Somerset
1870 1889 Swansea
1890
Taunton
1890 1891
1892 1893
Rhode Island
Barrington
1887
Bristol
1887
East
Providence 1887
Warren
1887
Class &
School Lists
St. Francis Xavier Academy, Providence RI
1930-1933
Submitted by Kathleen McDonald
Fall
River MA Parochial Grammar Schools, 1920
Naturalization Index
This
information is taken from the National Archives Records Administration
microfilms of Naturalization index cards. This will be an on-going project to
record those individuals of Irish birth.
Massachusetts
Naturalization Index
Rhode
Island Naturalization Index
Passenger
Lists & Arrivals
This information was taken
from a series of microfilms titled
"Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and
Gulf Coasts." Some of the
lists are actual ship's passenger lists, and others are periodic reports made by
the port authorities in each of the port districts. Some of these latter do not name a
ship, but do provide a port of departure as well as a date and port of arrival,
which might help to identify a ship and to obtain the passenger list if it
exists. Obviously the vast majority of our ancestors came to this area through the
large ports such as Boston, New York and Philadelphia. However, many Irish came
to this area by way of Canada, specifically the Canadian maritime provinces of
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and New Foundland. Many of these are included on these lists for
smaller ports. These lists are not complete; many are missing. These
transcriptions contain all the names of passengers of stated or implied Irish
birth or heritage. This will be an on-going project for the site until
completed. NOTE: If you do find the name of the ship
your ancestors arrived on, you might want to check the book Ships of Our
Ancestors by Michael J. Anuta, published 1983 by Genealogical Publishing
Company. This book is a compilation of hundreds of photographs of ships, and is widely
available at most genealogical libraries, and probably through
inter-library loan.
District
of Barnstable, Mass.
District of Bristol and Warren, RI
There were no Irish listed as coming through this port. The ships were recorded as having left primarily from Cuba, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia and the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). Most of the passengers had their country of origin listed as the United
States.
District
of Dighton, Mass.
District
of Fall
River, Mass
District
and Port of Providence, RI
Other
Records
Persons
with Name Changes in Massachusetts
 Name
Changes in Rhode Island 1800-1880
Contributions
of Southern New England Irish records are welcomed and encouraged. Please
contact the webmaster at [email protected]
to submit your files.
All material submitted to this site remains the property of the
webmaster and/or contributor, and may not be reproduced in any form
without written consent, except for personal genealogical use. All efforts have been made to ensure that no
infringement of copyright has occurred.
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