Elizabeth Hennessy

F, (4 June 1804 - )
Father-Biological*John Hennessy b. 1784, d. 1833
Mother-Biological*Elizabeth Quinn b. 1781
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Last Edited=1 Dec 2022
     Elizabeth Hennessy was christened on 4 June 1804 at Corkbeg, County Cork, Ireland.1,2 She was the daughter of John Hennessy and Elizabeth Quinn. Elizabeth Hennessy was also known as Eliza.2

Elizabeth Hennessy married Patrick Reardon, son of Patrick Riordan and Catherine McCarthy, circa 1816.2 The family of Patrick and Elizabeth lived in the village of Fornaught, Donoughmore, Muskerry East, County Cork, Ireland, where all of their children were born. Like many disenfranchised native Irish families, the Riordan’s lived on land owned by British lords. The family of Patrick Riordan lived on a property that was owned by Lieutenant George Washington Brasier-Creagh, Esquire (1797-1876), a Royal Navy Officer and local Magistrate.2 Elizabeth, age 46 years, and Patrick, age 47 years, appeared on the US Census of 1851 at Camberwell, Greater London, England.3

Children of Elizabeth Hennessy and Patrick Reardon

Citations

  1. Search All Ireland Records. Online http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/
  2. Rastatter, Mike. The Reardon Family of Cork County Ireland. Arizona: privately published, 11 August 2020.
  3. The National Archives of the UK. 1851 England Census. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2006.