Leddin Research
Leddin Family Groups
Leddins
in Hospital, County Limerick
Timothy Leddin (son
of William) and Mary (Judith) Murphy had the following
children:
1. Johanna (Judith); married James Halpin 16 February
1841 in Knockainy.
2. William; born January 1819 in Ballycahill; christened 1 February 1819 in Hospital; married Mary Meagher; died 3 October 1891 in Ballycahill, Knocklong parish.
3. Michael
4. Patrick, christened 28 January 1823 in Hospital.
5. Catherine
6. Edmond, born 1828 in Ballycahill; married Margaret Cummins; died 13 November 1924 in Hospital.
7. John
8. Matthew
Posting by Robert Anthony Halpin on Genealogy.com;
Hospital parish register
From the
Limerick Evening Post on 13 June 1828: "Yesterday two men,
named Timothy LEDDIN and John HURLEY, were taken into
custody, charged with being leaders in the late dreadful
fight at Knocklong. They were fully committed to the County
Limerick Jail by Joseph GUBBINS, Esq. of Kilfrush."
Timothy Leddin is found in A List of Loans in the District of Bruff:
Timothy Leddin of Ballycahill is listed as a guarantor for Michael Bourke of Hospital 5 November 1842.
Timothy Leddin of
Ballycahill is listed as a guarantor for Michael Bourke of
Hospital 22 March 1842
Source: Poverty
Relief Loans on www.findmypast.ie
Death
certificate for Timothy Ledden of Ballycahill, 1880
Edmund Leddin
(son of Timothy Leddin) of Ballycahill is found in the
Valuation Lists in 1885, 1890 and 1906.
Edmund Leddin of Ballycahill is found in the 1901 census. The census shows Edmond Leddin, age 70, wife Margaret, age 68, and cousin Timothy Leddin, age 13.
Edmond Leddin of
Ballycahill married Margaret Cummins.
"Erected by
Edmond Leddin, Ballycahill in memory of his beloved wife
Margaret Leddin nee Cummins died 14th Feb. 1913 aged 80 yrs.
Edmond Leddin died 13th Nov. 1924 aged 98 yrs. Timothy
Leddin died 20th july 1967 aged 71 yrs." Margaret
was listed as a farmer's wife in her death record.
Death certificate for Edmond Leddin of Ballycahill, 1924
(Monumental
inscription, Hospital Graveyard, in The Lough Gur &
District Historical Society Journal, No. 10, 1998.)
Tithe Applotment, Ballycahill townland, Hospital parish, 1834
Timothy
Leddin (son of William Leddin) of Ballycahill townland,
Hospital is found in the Tithe Applotment of 1834.
Griffiths Valuation, Ballycahill townland, Hospital parish, 1851
Timothy Leddin and Patrick Leddin (Timothy's son) are found
in Ballycahill in the estate records of the Earl of Kenmare
in 1843.
Timothy
Leddin (son of William Leddin) of Ballycahill townland,
Hospital is found in Griffith’s Valuation of 1851.
Patrick
Leddin of Ballycahill and Newtown townlands, Hospital is
found in Griffith’s Valuation of 1851.
Patrick
Leddin of Ballycahill is found in the Valuation Lists in
1862.
Timothy
Leddin of Ballycahill is found in the Valuation Lists in
1862, 1864, 1866, and 1873.
Timothy Leddin of Hospital is found in the Petty Sessions Court records in 1859 for "being drunk and disorderly on a public road" and fined.
Patrick Leddin of Hospital (Timothy's son):
Patrick Leddin and Nora Hourigan were married in 1830 in
Hospital. Timothy Leddin was a witness.
Patrick and Nora had children Patrick (1830), William
(1832), Timothy (1834), Kate (1838), James (1841), Norry
(1843), and Mary (1846).
The History of Emly mentions a Leddin in a discussion
of faction fights in Emly: “Faction fights took place at
funerals and fairs. The leader of the Four Year Olds was
Maurice Fitzgerald…Paddy Leddan was leader of the Three
Year Olds. In the 1830s a treaty was made on the summit of
the hill of Knocklong between Paddy Leddan, the leader of
the Three Year Olds and Maurice Fitzgerald the captain of
the Four Year Olds. For nearly thirty years peace
reigned.”
Patrick was mentioned in the newspaper, the Limerick
Chronicle:
"The same active and intelligent Sub-Inspector, R. Carey, Esq., of the Bruff district, on the night of Saturday last, while on patrol discovered in the cabbage knot of a notorious character named Patrick Ledden, residing in a place called Ballycahill, most difficult of approach, nine stand of arms, in excellent order, some of Rigby’s best pistols, and a sword, identified as the one taken from Mr. Bouchier’s, of Baggotstown last winter, with five powder horns, and lots of ammunition! The arms were concealed in a wooden trough, or case, about two feet under ground, with a drain running underneath, so as to keep the damp from this subterranean armory. The well-disposed inhabitants of Bruff felt on Sunday the utmost delight at such a discovery. Ledden, with two of his companions, one of whom nick-named “the Rod” all equally nororious, and the terror of the surrounding district, are now in safe custody in Bruff."
Patrick
Leddin of Hospital is mentioned in several newspaper
articles:
Freeman’s Journal
19 May 1863
"The
Head of the “Three-Year-Old” Left for America – Patt
Leddin, who with an activity and energy peculiarly Irish
brandished at fair and market the “clogh alpean,” with a
family consisting of ten persons has left for America.
Leddin, a brave, powerful, athletic man, had four sons who
equaled himself, and who in every respect imitated the
father. In fight they were fiercest – in every melee they
came off the victors. They laughed at danger, and thought
nothing of cut heads. They were the centre around which
the rest of a party collected; but mainly through the
exertions of the Redempterist Fathers, at Emly, they have
sought for a field of industry in a foreign land. The
femaile portion of the family were always strictly moral
and industriously disposed. The flight of the Leddin
family has wholly extinguished that un-meaning and
nonsensical cry of “Three-years-old” in the counties of
Limerick and Tipperary. Thank God that the good
Archbishop, the Most Rev. Dr. Leahy’s exertions have been
of benefit. – Limerick Reporter"
Two years later, Patrick's wife Honora died:.
The Tipperary
Vindicator, 5 September 1865
"Obituaries –
Honora, the beloved wife of Patrick Ledden of
Hospital, co Limerick, aged 57."
Patrick Leddin was found living with his family in Chicago
in 1870.
Patrick (born
1807) with son, William (born 1836) and Honora Leddin.
Lived with James and Fanny Ledden in 1870 census.
James Ledden (born 1846) and Fanny Hayes, found as head of household, living with his father Patrick and brother William in 1870 census. Children: Catherine (1872), Francis (1874), Mary (1876), Margaret Ann (1878), Patrick (1880), William (1882), and Fanny Maria (1884), all children born in Chicago.
William Leddin and Timothy Leddin (Timothy's
sons) were mentioned in another newspaper article:
Dublin
Evening
Packet, 16 July 1859
"Manslaughter – William Leddin, aged 25, Timothy
Leddin, aged 30, and James Foley were severally charged with
the manslaughter of Michael Hayes, at the fair of Hospital,
in this county, in the month of September 1858. The evidence
for the prosecution went to show that about six o’clock
upon the evening of the day in question, several
faction fights took place at the fair of Hospital, which has
been celebrated for such encounters from time immemorial
between the factions known as “The Three-year Olds” and “The
Four-year Olds”, and that in one of these unfortunate
conflicts the deceased, who was one of the latter party,
received a blow on the head with a stone, from the effects
of which he died in a day or two afterwards. It appeared
that the prisoners, upon leaving the fair, commenced to
“wheel” for their faction, “The Three-year Olds” when the
deceased made some offensive reply, whereupon he was struck
on the head with a stick and subsequentally with a stone,
which it is sworn was thrown by the elder Ledden. The jury
convicted William Ledden and acquitted the other two
prisoners." William Leddin served 15 months hard
labor.
William Leddin
(born 1 February 1819), son of Timothy Leddin and Mary
Murphy, married Mary Meaglin (Meagher or Maher) 8 February
1854 in Hospital. William died in 3 October 1891 in
Ballycahill, and is buried in Knocklong. Mary (a widow and
farmer's wife) died 26 April 1909 in Hospital parish.
William and Mary had these children:
1. Catherine, born 23 February 1855.
2. John Michael, born 27 December 1857 in Ballycahill, Knocklong.
3. Timothy, born 30 October 1859 in Ballycahill.
4.
William (Da Willie), born 21 December 1864 in
Ballycahill; married 1) Catherine Doherty 19 February 1887,
2: Hanna Irwin; died 1945.
William
Leddin of Ballycahill was fined for "being drunk in
the public house at Drumbane" on 21 August 1862. (Petty
Sessions Court Registers)
William
Leddin (son of Timothy Leddin) of Ballycahill is found in
the Valuation Lists of 1862, 1864, 1873, 1885, 1906 and
1931.
William
Leddin of Ballycahill (William's son) is found in the
1901 census.
Photo of
DaWillie Leddin and Hannah Irwin Leddin on the occasion of
the
Christening
of their youngest daughter, Lily. Photo was taken in front
of the home.
(from
left to right in back )- Ellen, Mary, Timothy, Nora,
Edmund, ( front) Hannah holding baby Lily,
William,
Agnes in front of father -DaWillie. Mary and Timothy are
children
from DaWillie's first marriage - to Catherine Doherty.
This
picture was taken in 1914.
Photo
courtesy of Marian Leddin Walters.
William
(also known as Da Willie), married Catherine Doherty 19
February 1887, and had these children:
1.
Timothy, born 17 November 1888 in Hospital; married
Margaret O'Neil; died 20 July 1967 in Limerick, Ireland.
2.
John Joseph, born 18 June 1889; married Bridget
Josephine Carroll; died 13 October 1951 in Chicago.
3.
Johanna Catherine, born 29 November 1890; married John
Nachel; died 15 April 1955 in Chicago.
4.
Patrick Joseph, born 18 March 1892 in Ballycahill;
married 1) Ada Clanderman, 2) Marian Carroll; died 26
November 1956 in Chicago.
5.
Mary, born 6 May 1893; married Patrick Quish (Quinn);
died 3 December 1969 in Ireland.
6.
Bridget Josephine, born 2 February 1895; married
William Matthew Biltgen; died 22 Octeber 1985 in Chicago.
7.
Margaret, born 16 April 1896; married Michael Hogan;
died 15 September 1986.
After
Catherine died, William (Da Willie) married Hannah Irwin,
and they had these children:
1.
Kathleen, born 10 November 1899; married William
Kearney.
2.
Ellen, born 1901; married John Creed; died 1994.
3.
Nora, born 4 November 1902; married John Danneher;
died 1996 in Chicago.
4.
Edmond (Ned), born 2 August 1904; married Mary Barron;
died 1970 in Hospital.
5.
William, born 25 June 1906; married Catherine O'Hara.
6.
Agnes, born August 1909; died 1964.
7.
Lillian; married Thomas Dineen.
E-mail
from David Woodard, david51701@msn.com; posting by Marian
Walters on Genealogy.com.
"If
Griffiths lists a farm in Ballycahill, Hospital, Co.
Limerick, with an owner named Edmond or Edward (Ned)
Leddin, that would be the farm that my godfather William
(Billy) Leddin inherited from his father, Timothy Leddin,
son of Da Willie. Uncle Ned...didn't have any children,
lived to be 98, and willed the farm to Timothy Leddin.
...Da Willie and Aggie are buried there also, as I assume
are Kate and Hannie, his two wives. Their names are not on
the headstone, however. Timothy is also buried there, and
he is listed on the stone. The farm Da Willie lived on,
and passed to my grandfather, Edmond (Ned) Leddin, son of
Da Willie, was not originally Leddin land. It was
repossessed for non-payment of rent from the original
owners, and Da Willie then rented it from the Lord at
Kilfrush house. Da Willie was originally in the
Kilballyowen/Galbally area before he took over the farm my
grandfather and father grew up on. Incidentally, the farm
was sold after my grandfather died. I stopped by to take a
photo of the old homestead, but it is no more. It was a
thatched cottage, and they tend not to last long when
nobody lived in them."
Posting
by Marianne O'Farrell on Genealogy.com.
Catherine
Leddin of Barrysfarm is found the Valuation Lists of 1862,
1864 and 1866.
Edmond
Leddin of Barrysfarm is found the Valuation Lists of 1885.
Ellen
Leddin married Rodger Lynch:
(Monumental inscription, Hospital Graveyard, in The Lough Gur & District Historical Society Journal, No. 9, 1996.)
John
Leddin married Bridget:
Leddins in Galbally, County Limerick
Michael Leddin of Garrynalina, Gallbally, Co. Limerick, was born about 1790; died in Galbally in 1876.
Parish register, Galbally
From
the Limerick General Advertiser 30 November 1819: "Committals
to the County Gaol, by Joseph GUBBINS, Esq. Michael
LEDDIN, charged with the murder of John WOODS."
Tithe Applotment, Garrynalyna townland, Galbally parish, 1834
Michael
Leddin of Garrynalina townland, Galbally is found in the
Tithe Applotment of 1834.
Griffiths Valuation, Garrynalyna townland, Galbally parish, 1852
Michael
Leddin of Garrynalina townland, Gallbally is found in
Griffith’s Valuation of 1852.
Valuation List, Garrynalyna townland, Galbally parish, 1876
Michael Leddin of Garrynalina townland,
Gallbally is found in the Valuation Lists of 1863, 1873 and
1876. In 1876, at the time of his death, his name is crossed
out, and Edmund McCarthy became the tenant.
Patrick Leddin married
Anne Erwin (Irvine):
Children:
1. Michael (christened 24 April 1834 in Galbally) - this Michael went to Victoria, Australia, and married Mary Condon. He sailed to Australia on The Vocalist, landing in Sydney on 28 August 1857. There is a family story that it took him three attempts to get to Australia, as the first two ships sank. Michael and Mary had sixteen children. He died in about 1912 in Australia.
2. Margaret (christened 10 February 1838 in Galbally, sponsor Michael Leddin)
3. Maurice (christened 22 October 1840 in Galbally)
4. Patrick (christened 23 April 1843 in Galbally, sponsor Catherine Leddin)
5. Catherine (christened August 1846 in Galbally)
Parish register,
Galbally; e-mail from pyec&e@vic.australis.com.au.
Michael Leddin married
Mary Lenihan:
Children:
1. Julia (Judith) (christened 4 May 1839 in Galbally, Co. Limerick)
2. Michael (christened 18 January 1843 in Galbally)
3. Patrick
(christened August 1845 in Galbally)
Parish
register, Galbally
Leddins
in Kilfinnane, County Limerick
Griffiths Valuation, Upper Ballyroe townland, Kilfinnane parish, 1852
John Leddin of Upper
Ballyroe townland, Kilfinnane was found in Griffith’s
Valuation of 1852.
Leddins
in Ballinard, County Limerick
Tithe Applotment, Routagh townland, Ballinard parish, 1834
Patrick Leddin of
Routagh townland, Ballinard is found in the Tithe Applotment
of 1834.
Griffiths Valuation, Rootiagh townland, Ballinard parish, 1851
Patrick
Leddin of Rootiagh townland, Ballinard is found in
Griffith’s Valuation of 1851.
Patrick Leddin of Roughta is found in the Petty Court
Sessions Registers on October 17, 1857:
"Patk Ledden of Roughta defendant for being drunk
in the town of Tipperary on the 16th instant. Fined one
shilling and one shilling and sixpence for costs or 24
hours imprisonment."
The death record for Patrick Leddin reads:
Name:
Patrick Leddin Date of Death 15/01/1867
Age:
75
Parish/District:
Hospital R.D.
Address:
Rootiagh County:
Co. Limerick
Status:
Married
Denomination: Civil Record
Occupation:
Farmer Sex: Male
Informant:
Ellen Leddin
Debility
4 hours - no medical attendant
Death record
online - limerick.brsgenealogy.com
Leddins
in Knockainy, County Limerick
Michael
Lyddin married Margaret Erwin 10 February 1822 in Knockainy,
Co. Limerick.
Children:
1. William (20 December 1823 in Knockainy)
2. Ellen (25 December 1824 in Knockainy)
3. Robert (25 March 1828 in Knockainy)
4. Michael (19 January 1831 in Knockainy)
5. John (20 June
1834 in Knockainy)
Parish register,
Knockainy, by Tipperary Heritage Unit
Griffiths Valuation, Bottomstown townland, Knockainy parish, 1851
Michael
Leddin of Bottomstown townland, Knockainy is found in
Griffith’s Valuation of 1851.
Knockainy parish register
Leddins in Patrickswell, County Limerick
Patrick Leddin married Johanna Cusack 6 March 1810 in Patrickswell. Sponsors: William Cusack and Michael Blunt.
Patrickswell
parish register
Leddins in
Donoughmore, County Limerick
Michael Leddin married
Bridget Hedderman 29 January 1839 in Donoughmore, Co.
Limerick
Children:
1. John (19 April 1840 in Donoughmore)
2. Mary (29 March 1843 in Donoughmore)
3. Patrick (21 January 1846 in Donoughmore)
Source: Parish register, Donoughmore
The Householders Index shows that there were Leddins in the Tithe Applotment of 1825 in Donaghmore.
Michael
Leddin of Donaghmore is found in the Valuation Lists of
1862.
Leddins in Mungret, County Limerick
The Householders Index shows that there were Leddins in the Tithe Applotment of 1822-27 in Mungret.
Michael
Leddin of Barnakyle townland, Mungret is found in Griffith’s
Valuation of about 1850.
Leddins in Limerick City, County Limerick
Malachy Leddin married Bridget Drew or Drewry
Children:
1. Patrick (10 March 1796 in Limerick, Co. Limerick)
2. Thomas (2 April 1798 in Limerick)
3. John (22 November 1804 in Limerick)
4. Thomas (26 February 1810 in Limerick)
Parish register, St.
Michaels
Thomas Leddin married Catherine Drewry
Children:
1. Daniel (11 April 1796 in Limerick, Co. Limerick)
2. Catherine (28 April 1806 in Limerick)
Parish register, St.
Michaels
James Leddin married Mary Noonan
Children:
1. Robert (25 February 1803 in Limerick)
2. John (24 April 1809 in Limerick)
Parish register, St.
Michael
William Leddin married Catherine Grady
Children: Michael (13 December 1803 in Limerick, Co. Limerick)
Parish register, St.
Michaels
Michael Leddin married Mary or Margaret Hennessy
Children:
1. Catherine (24 March 1803 in Limerick, Co. Limerick)
2. William (30 October 1805 in Limerick)
3. John (3 February 1808 in Limerick)
Parish register, St.
Michaels
The Householders Index shows that there were Leddins in Kilteely parish in the Tithe Applotment of 1833.
The Valuation Lists
(1862-1925) show that there were Leddins in Kilteely.
Leddins
in Bansha, County Tipperary
Michael Leddin of Bansha and Bridget Hickey in New Inn & Knockgraffon, Co. Tipperary
Children:
1. William (13 October 1836 in, Bansha, Co. Tipperary)
2. Michael (4
October 1839 in Bansha)
Leddins in Newport,
County Tipperary
Michael Leddin of Cully married Margaret Connel or Collins 20 February 1854 in Newport, Co. Tipperary.
Margaret (7 June
1857 in Newport)
In the same
parish, Margaret Leddin of Cully married Dennis Horgan,
and had a son, Patrick. The sponsor was Thady (Timothy)
Leddin.
Leddins
in Murroe, County Limerick
Michael Leddin married Mary Curtin
Children:
1. Mary (15 March 1841 in Murroe)
2. Margaret (30
June 1843 in Murroe)
Parish register,
Murroe
Leddins
in Kilnarath, County Tipperary
Timothy Leddin is found in the Tithe Applotment of 1827 in Kilnarath.
Timothy Leddin is found
in Griffith’s Valuation of about 1850 in Kilnarath.
Dan'l Leadon is shown
on the Convert Rolls in County Tipperary in 1783.
The Householders Index shows that there were Leddins in the Tithe Applotment of 1822-1833 in Nantinan, Rathkeale, Ardcanny, Kildimo, Ballylanders, Abington, and St. Nicholas.
The Householders Index shows that there were Leddins in Griffith’s Valuation of about 1850 in Rathkeale.
Leddins are
found in the Valuation Lists (1862-1925) in Nantinan,
Kildimo, and St. Nicholas.
Leddins in Ardfinnan, County Tipperary
Jacobus Leddin
and Elena Shine had a child:
Jacobus, christened 29 January 1824 in Ardfinnan.
Ardfinnan
parish register
Leddins outside
of Ireland
The Leddins of
Chicago, Illinois, USA
- James Ledden (born 1846) and Fanny Hayes, found as head of household, living with his father Patrick and brother William in 1870 census. Children: Catherine (1872), Francis (1874), Mary (1876), Margaret Ann (1878), Patrick (1880), William (1882), and Fanny Maria (1884), all children born in Chicago.
- Patrick (born 1807) with son, William (born 1836) and Honora Leddin. Lived with James and Fanny Ledden in 1870 census.
- Thomas (born 1833) and Mary Leddin
- Timothy Leddin (born 1840) and Margaret Madden, children Patrick (1870), Timothy (1872), William (1876) and Honora (1878), children born in Chicago.
- James Leddin
married Annie Murray in 1872 in Chicago.
John Leddin married Mary Whelan (1870 in Chicago. Children, all born in Chicago, were: John (1874), Honora (1876), Patrick (1878), and Margaret (1881). - Michael Leddin
(born 1798), died in Chicago in 1878.This Michael is buried
in Calvary Cemetery in the Reddy family plot.
- Margaret Leddin (born about 1832, of County Limerick), immigrated to Chicago, married Michael Reddy, died 10 December 1899, aged 67.
The Leddins of
Australia
William Leddin of Emly in County Tipperary was born in 1809-1812. He married Joanna Condon. Their son, Patrick Leddin married Margaret Gleeson. Patrick and Margaret had nine children. Seven of these children went to Australia with their parents: Margaret (born 7 October 1835 in Limerick), Mary (born 1836 in Limerick), Patrick, John, Betsey, Ann, William, Johanna, and Bridget.
Letter from Susan
Hoogenboom, Australia
William Leddin
1812-1866, son of Patrick Leddin and Margaret Gleeson,
married Johanna Condon 1813-1885, daughter of John Condon
and Johanna Holloway. They had a family of nine children in
Ireland, seven of which traveled to Australia with their
parents. Margaret and Mary, the two eldest came out before
the rest of the family. William Leddin came from Emly in Co.
Limerick near Tipperary. The Leddin family traveled on the Chance,
which sailed from Liverpool, England and called into Irish
Ports They arrived in Belfast, Victoria, Australia, now Port
Fairy on 12-9-1854:
William 45 years, Julia (Johanna) 44, Patrick 17, John 15, Betsy (Elizabeth) 12, Ann 10, William 6, Johanna 3, and Bridget 1 year.
Letter from James
O’Brien, Australia
Michael Leddin (about 1837) son of Patrick Leddin (of Limerick) and Anne Irwin, married Mary Condon in Belfast, Australia.
Marriage certificate