Charles Kickham, of Islands
Charles Kickham of Islands is probably identical to Charles Kickham of Kilvemnon
Below we reconstruct the family of
Charles Kickham, of Islands (Lismalin par, NW of Mullinahone).
There are two possibilities for his identity:
- Likely: Charles Kickham of Kilvemnon, bapt 28 Mar 1811,
son of Laurence Kickham and Johanna Cleary, of Kilvemnon, S of Mullinahone.
- Charles' son Laurence Kickham would be after the grandfather.
- "Michael Kickham" who sp the bapt of Charles' child 1857
would be
his brother
Michael Kickham of Kilvemnon.
- Charles being a labourer
whose family are illiterate is strange though.
His brother Edward
was on the Board of Guardians for Callan Union for decades.
- Less likely:
Charles Kickham of Mullinahone, bapt 13 Jan 1812,
son of Edward Kickham and Margaret Armstrong, of Mullinahone.
- Charles' son Edmund Kickham would be after the grandfather.
- Charles being a labourer
whose family are illiterate is strange
in this branch too.
This Charles was the eldest son of the eldest son of wealthy
Charles Kickham.
His father Edward
was party to the deed of 1817
about Kickham property.
His relatives were educated and prosperous.
DNA suggests it is Charles Kickham of Kilvemnon:
-
Thomas Raffo,
descendant (almost certainly) of Charles Kickham of Islands,
is a DNA match for
3 different descendants
of Laurence Kickham of Kilvemnon.
-
It is not total proof, since Kickhams would match with this family anyway.
The Fenian Kickhams and the Kilvemnon Kickhams
are closely related.
Our own family DNA matches with both the Fenian Kickhams and the Kilvemnon Kickhams.
- But the working theory would have to be it is Charles Kickham of Kilvemnon.
He must be the same as:
- Charles Kickham,
born 1811,
mar ----,
described as married at death,
think "labourer",
died Mullinahone, 13 Jan 1871, age 60 yrs
[GROI].
Death reported by Eliza Kickham of Mullinahone (maybe his wife), who was illiterate.
He must be the same as:
-
Charles Kickham.
See entry
in Cawley tree
by "kpc67231".
See entry
in Calcagno tree
by "gmellett1".
He
mar Eliza Dea [or "Day", or Elizabeth, or Betty].
Children bapt Ballingarry RC parish 1837-1851.
Ballingarry is the RC parish just N of Mullinahone RC parish.
Lived at Islands, Lismalin par, NW of Mullinahone.
Listed as of Islands at children's bapts 1839-1851.
"Charles Kickham" is
listed at Islands in
[House Book for Lismalin, 1846-48].
"Charles Kickham" is
listed
in [Griffiths Valuation, 1850]
as occupying a very small house (with a garden but no farm)
at Islands,
leased from Richard Cormick
(who lived in a big house at Islands).
Moved to Mullinahone in 1851-1854.
Listed as of Mullinahone at children's bapts 1854-1857.
Listed as "farmer" at son's mar 1881.
Charles and Eliza
had issue:
- Thomas Kickham,
bapt 3 Mar 1837 [Ballingarry RC par records],
sp Richard and Judy Eagan,
see entry
from here.
- Edmund Kickham,
bapt 10 Aug 1839 [Ballingarry RC par records],
sp William Brien and Mary Vaughan.
see entry
from here.
He may be identical with:
Edward Henry Kickham,
born in Ireland around 1839,
went to London,
see entry
in tree
by Sarah O'Rourke,
see entry
in tree
by Susie O'Rourke,
ancestor of:
- Susie O'Rourke.
DNA match with
Thomas Raffo.
- Ellen Kickham,
bapt 3 Jan 1842 [Ballingarry RC par records],
sp E. Kenny and Margaret Woods,
see entry
from here.
She might be identical with:
Ellen Kickham.
See entry
in tree
by "timothytmg".
She
went to America.
She
mar Patrick Tobin [born 1838].
They are ancestors of:
- "timothytmg".
DNA match with
Thomas Raffo.
- Mary Kickham,
bapt 24 Dec 1843 [Ballingarry RC par records],
sp Thomas Walsh and Mary Egan,
see entry
from here.
-
Laurence Kickham,
bapt 27 Feb 1846 [Ballingarry RC par records],
sp Laurence (illegible) and Margaret Walsh,
see entry
from here.
Must have died young.
- John Kickham,
bapt 28 May 1848 [Ballingarry RC par records],
sp Michael Shea and Ellen Kickham,
see entry
from here.
-
Laurence Kickham,
second Laurence,
bapt 21 May 1851 [Ballingarry RC par records],
sp William Dea and Catherine (illegible),
see entry
from here.
- Richard Kickham,
bapt 25 Feb 1854 [Mullinahone RC par records],
sponsors (illegible) and (illegible) Kickham,
see entry
from here.
He must be Richard Kickham, labourer, of Mullinahone,
son of Charles Kickham, labourer, deceased,
who mar 13 Feb 1881 [Mullinahone RC church]
to Ellen Duggan [dau of Patrick Duggan].
See mar cert
from here.
- Charles Kickham.
Death record in Australia says he is
son of Charles Kickham and Elizabeth Day.
Charles' baptism is not found.
But there is a baptism 14 Sept 1857 [Mullinahone RC par records]
of an
unnamed child of Charles Kickham and Elizabeth Dea.
Bapt
sp by
Michael Kickham and Ellen Vaughan.
See entry
LHS and
RHS
from
here,
also
here.
The baptism omits the child's name.
The usual format would be:
"(child's first name) Charles Kickham (mother)".
This entry says just:
"Charles Kickham (mother)".
This is probably him.
Might have made the error because child's name was Charles.
Charles is listed at mar
as porter in the Workhouse at Callan, Co.Kilkenny.
He
mar 25 Jan 1881 [Callan RC church]
to Ellen Rice [dau of James Rice, mechanic].
See mar cert
from here.
She is listed at mar as nurse in the Workhouse at Callan.
Charles
went to Australia.
He died 27 Sept 1915, Queensland, Australia
[death record].
This tree and
this tree
(though they get Charles' parents and death wrong)
say Charles Kickham and Ellen Rice went to Australia and are
ancestors of:
- Paul Brodie.
DNA match with
Thomas Raffo.
and ancestors of:
- Scott Brodie.
DNA match with
Thomas Raffo.
The above is probably identical with the following.
The following is a DNA match for
our family and also for the
Kilvemnon family:
-
Charles Kickham,
labourer,
died before April 1871,
had issue:
- Mary Kickham,
born 1847 (by age at mar), Co.Tipperary.
See entry
in Raffo tree
by JackieEhleRaffo.
Children's birth certs indicate she was illiterate.
Listed at Mullinahone at mar 1871.
She was pregnant at mar.
She
mar 17 Apr 1871 [Mullinahone RC church]
to Michael Sullivan
and had issue.
See mar cert
from
here.
Mar wit by Patrick Carthy and Catherine Dea. Both witnesses illiterate.
"Dea" indicates she is a child of Elizabeth Dea.
Also one of her children's baptisms is sp by (would be her brother) Richard Kickham.
Islands
Islands, Lismalin par, NW of Mullinahone.
Islands on
1829 to 1842 map.
The full entry for Islands in
[Griffiths Valuation, 1850, pp.118-119].
Charles Kickham is listed at plot 1c, which is a house with a small garden.
He lives at the joint worst house in the townland.
The map linked to
[Griffiths Valuation].
It is clear that plot 1 on the map matches plot 1 in the text.
This would be
Charles Kickham's house, at plot 1c, on the roadside at the bend in the road, near the river.
Modern satellite view.
From here.
Street view
shows
the buildings at the bend in the road are now vanished.
Thomas Kickham of Pennsylvania
The
Cawley tree
by
"kpc67231"
identifies Thomas Kickham (bapt 3 Mar 1837) with the following Thomas Kickham of Pennsylvania.
See
2014 post.
But there are problems with this:
- The date of birth is wrong.
This could indicate a second Thomas,
but no bapt is found around that date in Ballingarry RC par records.
Or in Mullinahone.
- The following Thomas does not use either Charles or Elizabeth (supposed grandparents' names) for his children.
- The following Thomas is searching for his sister Mary Kickham in America in 1859.
Mary went to the the US before him, around 1854.
But this could hardly be a younger sister Mary, born 1843, emigrating age 11.
Mary must be an older sister, born say 1835 or earlier.
- Also it cannot be Mary who married Sullivan.
Mary does not fit with this family.
Conclusion: Thomas Kickham of Pennsylvania
is probably from a different family.
-
Thomas Kickham,
born Co.Tipperary.
Entry
in
Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards
says born
30 Oct 1840.
He emigrated to America before 1859.
See item
in "The Boston Pilot", 12 Feb 1859,
where Thomas, now in Pennsylvania,
asks for information about his sister Mary Kickham,
of "Mulnaunglouh", Co.Tipperary
(a non-existent place, probably a garbled version of Mullinahone)
who landed in America "about 5 years ago" (about 1854).
From here.
He mar in Pennsylvania, 1865, to Johanna McCarthy and had issue.
He died Pennsylvania, 1893.
Charles Kickham, of Kilvemnon,
