William GLEESON & Honoria GLEESON
Thanks to the huge GLEESON database of DJ GLEESON, we learn that William GLEESON married Onny GLEESON on 2 April 1858. Witnesses were John GLEESON, James GLEESON, and Anne GLEESON. The ceremony was performed by Fr James McGrath, Silvermines.
There was no indication on the marriage entry that William and Onny were related.
Fr. McGrath would usually indicate on the marriage record if the parties were related. DJ GLEESON states from the analysis of his huge database of Gleesons, "William" is not a common given name among the Gleeson families near Silvermines, AND Honoria(Onny) IS a strong woman's name among Erinagh and Garryard townlands. So it is likely that Onny was probably from a Gleeson Oxley family near Silvermines.


William GLEESON & Honoria GLEESON had the following known children all at Silvermines, Killaloe Diocese:

(Memo: all of the baptisms have "Gurtnadie" listed after the parents names. "Gurtnadie" refers to the townland of "Gorteenadiha")

Margaret GLEESON, born 25 March 1859, baptised 26 March 1859, Silveermines, Killaloe Diocese. Her sponsor was listed as Margaret GLEESON.

John GLEESON,    baptised 30 November 1860 in Silvermines. Sponsors are Denis GLEESON & Judith Horan

Elizabeth GLEESON, baptised 21 September 1862 in Silvermines. Sponsors are Michael GLEESON & Mary Brien.

James GLEESON, baptised 6 October 1864 in Silvermines. Sponsors are John GLEESON & Catherine O'Shaughnessy

Denis GLEESON, born 27 November baptised 28 November 1866. (FHL Film #101137) (There is also a record listing his birth as 3 December 1862) iin Silvermines. His sponsors were Thomas GLEESON & Mary GLEESON.

Bridget GLEESON, baptised 2 June 1869 (HFL Film #101187) at Silvermines (There is also a birth record as 5 June 1869). Sponsors were James GLEESON & Elizabeth

William GLEESON,    baptised 30 October 1870, FHL Flm # 101217)(parents are William GLEESON & Onnly GLEESON). Sponsors were John GLEESON & Bridget Ryan.  (William married Mary White in San Francisco, California)

Patrick J. GLEESON, baptised 15 March 1873. Sponsors were ???? GLEESON & Bridget Grace.

Sarah GLEESON, baptised 9 December 1875(HL Film # 255941). Her sponsors were Pat Harrington & Margaret GLEESON. From the 1901 census Sarah is 24 and living with her brother John and his family in house #4 in Gorteenadiha(Gurtnadie)/Kilmore/Tipperary.


It is known that William GLEESON, born in 1870), was a cousin of the GLEESON family that moved to San Franciso in the early 1900's. It is not known whether that GLEESON family is related through William's father William GLEESON, or William's mother Honoria GLEESON, or through both parents.

This page was last updated on 25 April 2016