18 thoughts on “1911 Irish census records online”

1. Hi Gerry, I to have found the dates on the 1911 census do not correspond with marriage certificates etc that I have already got and I had some dates on the 1901 census and by the time it reached 1911 my granny was now 2 years older then my granda. Also most of my relatives had their ages changed by 2 years as well.

   I see that my 2nd cousin Francis Campbell married your relative Rosena Catherine Mulvenna.I must say I was very excited when I found them on the 1911 census as I had already received a lot of info from Felix McKillop

   I would just like to say that your website has been very helpful in tracing a lot of dates and I would like to say thank you.

   regard

   Yvonne Dowling

2. @Yvonne Dowling
   Thanks for the comment, Yvonne. My dad was telling me that Rosena and Frank’s daughter, Winnie Campbell, was his godmother.

   Good luck.

3. the stewart mulvenna carpenter from larne
   and the daniel mulvenna from gawkstown mentioned
   in patrick mulvennas will. must have been cousins;
   stewart [my great grandfather]was born 1835
   his father was called charles according to r’c records glenarm carnlough
   he was married to elenor stewart about1806
   i m assuming he had a brother which would be your great great grandfather
   thats the only explanation i cancome up with

4. Hi Gerry,

   My great-grandfather John Mulvenna emigrated to America in the later 19th Century. He was born circa 1870 and settled in Philadelphia. His family came from Belfast. His mother’s name had Stewart in it, though I don’t know if it was her maiden name. She died in January 1918. He had several siblings in Belfast that remained. One of the nieces was named Rose, and the other was Ellen. Another clue: colorblindness runs in my family. Does any of this ring any bells for you?

5. Hi@Regina thanks for posting a comment. I have quite a lot of birth / marriage / death data for MULVENNAs and McILVENNAs in Ireland, kindly gifted to me from the research of Matt McILVENNA. What do you know of John’s parents? Did John’s mother die in Belfast? There aren’t actually too many John MULVENNAs born in Belfast circa 1870 – is the Belfast birthplace definite or approximate, do you think?

   There’s a Rose MULVENNA d.1918, Belfast aged 75, but I only have index info, so I don’t know if she was married or a spinster.

6. Gerry,
   Hello Cousin
   My GG Grandmother was Mary Gibson(sister to Elizabeth), Do you have Charles Gibson 1796-1877 and Mary McKay 1793-1865 as their parents?

7. Hi Brian – yes indeed we are (fourth) cousins. I have my data on Charles GIBSON and Mary McKAY at http://mulvenna.org/genealogy/d0000/g0000098.html#I533

   Where in the world are you?

8. My “reply” is not working for some reason.

   We live In Reading, Pennsylvania – about an hour from Philadelphia. Send me your email at Wolfe****@****.com and I’ll invite you to my Ancestory tree. My GG grandfather was was John McErlean (16 deerpark Farms). I believe they lived next farm over from Patrick and Elizabeth.

9. Generally the ages on the 1901 census tend to be more accurate. In 1911 there was talk of a new government pension and people thought thay by increasing their age by a few years they would help their chances of getting the pension. I have found this on many of the family records which I have looked at.

10. @Hugh Hamilton Thanks for that interesting angle. I looked up the 1901 census (see update above) and my MULVENNA ages are still a bit off, mostly reduced by 2 years for the children, so there’s probably something else going on.

11. Hi Gerry,

    my paternal grandfather was Patrick Mulvenna; his parents were Robert and Mary Mulvenna (nee Hamill), married in St MacNissi’s in Larne in 1886. Wonder why the name change? My dad was adopted!

    Patrick was born in 1895 in Scotland, and twice lived in Canada, fighting for the Canadians in the First World War. He came back to Scotland, married, and my dad was born in the 1940s.

    I think we may be related. The witness at Robert Mulvenna and Mary’s marriage was a Daniel Mulvenna. I checked all this out on Ulster Genealogy, pay-per-view records. Have you tried these records?

12. Patrick Mulvenna and Elizabeth Gibson were my great great grandparents. Their son Patrick James Henry Mulvenna was my great grandfather and his daughter Ellen Josephine Mulvenna was my grandmother

13. Hi Gerry

    My Great Great Grandmother was Martha Louisa Gertrude Mulvenna and was born on the 18th October 1868 at Deerpark, Glenarm. She married Samuel McCartney on the 25th February 1895. This was his second marriage his first wife having died. Martha and Samuel had children, Alice, Thomas (my Grandfather), and Gertrude. I understand that Samuel and Martha were made wards of court for Martha’s sister, Elizabeth (Tierney) sister’s children when she and her husband were killed. Martha moved to Dublin with her children after Samuel died and then years later moved to Nairobi, Kenya with her daughter Gertrude to be near her son Tom’s family – Alice by then had died.

    I was really interested in the colour blindness – both my brother and I are colour blind, so maybe there is a family connection.

    Am thinking about going over to Northern Ireland to do some more research but anything you or any other family members may have to add to my links would be most welcome.

14. @Irene Jeffery
    Thanks for posting Irene. It’s great to hear from you as I researched quite a lot about Martha and Samuel in the 90s when I did most of my family history research. I’ll drop you an email.

15. @Kevin McLauchlin
    my grandfather was called Daniel mulvenna lived in larne went to st mc nissis church his wife was called CASSIE

16. Hello Gerry, My Great Aunt was Jane Kelly Mulvenna, married to John Mulvenna, born 1885 and passed away in Illinois in 1978. My Great Uncle by Marriage was born in Deerpark Glenarm, County Antrim. I am trying to find my Aunt Jane Kelly Mulvenna’s relatives. My Father’s name was Daniel Kelly, from Carnlough, Co. Antrim and married Ann McQuillan in Chicago Illinois in 1957

17. Looking for some ancestry search In Glenarm Co. Antrim The name I had would be my great great grandfather James Parke Married Sara Decan in I believe Presbyterian Church in Antrim I under stand you may have records around 1830 s Thankyou Dan Park FL>USA

18. Hi Gerry. We are very distant relatives through both the Mulvennas from Larne (Stewart Charles Mulvenna (1834-1906) was my GG Grandfather) and the McGarels / McAuleys from Larne. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading your research and your info through your ancestry.co.uk website. Stewart C Mulvenna’s father and mother appears to be Charles Mulvenna and Eleanor Stewart but I have very little info on them other than Charles may have been born about 1810 and died in Australia. Like you I have found the census age issues fascinating and was interested in your pension thoughts. Colin

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