Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

This is my first message.
Looking for information on the A O H,my Grandfather was a member (been told)Martin Kehoe born 1860in Ireland I Have a address in Kilkenny town Maudlin St, local genealogist told no record of in this area.He left Ireland ages between 12 or 13 on his own,no siblings .Settled in Liverpool some time before 1881 in the that years census age 19 .Martin died 27 November and buried 1 December 1930,the A O H where present at the funeral.
How can find any archives on the A O H,my own search is nil so far more American A O H based.Trying to find news papers of the time the Catholic Herald,Universe,The Liverpool Echo,Post and Mercury for obituaries and news
Church Holy Cross Crosshall St.Abode 19 Addison St news snippets.Thanks
Barrystea

Hello Barrystea and welcome.
There is a lot of background information on the AOH here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Or ... Hibernians
And here: http://www.irishroots.org/aoh/aoh.htm

Because it was, and still is, primarily an American-Irish organisation I can't come up with an Irish base for the AOH, but there is a website that might be helpful. http://www.aoh.com/pages/about.html

DS

Hi

Welcome to the forum. Are you on Ancestry? Is that your tree with the photo of Martin Kehoe? The only bit of help I can offer is about the grave in Ford Cemetery. I don't know if you have visited the grave or not the section WD is all family plots so there's a possibility there may be a gravestone. There may be a mention of the AOH on the gravestone if there is one. Ford Cemetery has a Fenian monument with names on it but Martin would have been too young to have been involved in the Fenian rising.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.anc ... rials.html


Blue

Hi Barrystea, Welcome Aboard!!
Best wishes with your research.

Tina

Thanks for the reply the last time I was in Ford was for my Aunts funeral.Can not rememmber the grave stone will email my cousin who still lives in Lancashire ,myself in dublin