Hello Millstreet, I am writing to you from San Antonio, Texas. I have been researching the Godsil Family for years. My 3x great grandmother was Ellen “Nellie” Godsil born in Millstreet in 1810 and died in Jersey City NJ in 1900. According to her death certificate her parents were William and Mary Godsil. I believe Ellen’s older brother was William Godsil who was born about 1800 in Millstreet and died in 1882 in Millstreet. He was a weaver. I believe two of his children were Timothy Godsil who was the informant on William’s death record and Mary Godsil Mattmore, DOB 1847 and emigrated to America married Patrick Mattimore and died in 1882 in Jersey City, NJ. My 3x great grandmother Ellen Godsil married Jerry McCarthy but he died at the age of 35 and is buried in the Old Cullen Cemetery. His daughter Mary McCarthy Sullivan traveled to Ireland in 1909 to erect his tombstone. I believe Ellen remarried a McSweeney. She emigrated to America in 1880 as a widow and lived with her daughter Mary McCarthy Sullivan. Any help would be appreciated.
Chaille Fox Lazar <email>
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Below are some references to Godsils in Millstreet
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… The first principal of the boys school was William Godsil, a native of Boherbue, who remained for only a few years and was replaced by Robert O’Dwyer… from The origin and Development of the Parish of Millstreet
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There were no Godsils in Millstreet for the 1901 or 1911 Census. The closest were in Boherbue [1901 Census search] [1911 Census search]
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Godsil Births, Marriages and Deaths
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Group Registration ID N/R SR District/Reg Area Millstreet Deceased Age at Death 82 Returns Year 1882 Returns Quarter 1 Returns Volume No 5 Returns Page No 435 -
Group Registration ID N/R SR District/Reg Area Millstreet Deceased Age at Death 4 Returns Year 1868 Returns Quarter 4 Returns Volume No 20 Returns Page No 350 -
Group Registration ID N/R SR District/Reg Area Millstreet Deceased Age at Death 59 Returns Year 1864 Returns Quarter 1 Returns Volume No 5 Returns Page No 424 -
Group Registration ID 10951593 SR District/Reg Area Millstreet Sex N/R Mother’s Birth Surname N/R -
Group Registration ID 8668060 SR District/Reg Area Millstreet Sex N/R Mother’s Birth Surname N/R -
Group Registration ID 11238784 SR District/Reg Area Millstreet Sex N/R Mother’s Birth Surname N/R -
Group Registration ID 7741329 SR District/Reg Area Millstreet Sex N/R Mother’s Birth Surname N/R -
Group Registration ID 7741335 SR District/Reg Area Millstreet – Knockacarracoos Sex Male Mother’s Birth Surname Fitzpatrick -
Group Registration ID 9293221 SR District/Reg Area Millstreet Sex N/R Mother’s Birth Surname N/R -
Group Registration ID 9293938 SR District/Reg Area Millstreet Sex N/R Mother’s Birth Surname N/R -
Group Registration ID 7888975 SR District/Reg Area Millstreet Sex N/R Mother’s Birth Surname N/R -
Group Registration ID 9491171 SR District/Reg Area Millstreet Sex N/R Mother’s Birth Surname N/R -
Group Registration ID 7588566 SR District/Reg Area Millstreet Sex N/R Mother’s Birth Surname N/R ==============================
Solid Businessman with a certain style (1999): Richard (Dick) Godsil, who has died aged 87, will always be associated with the Cadbury chocolate crumb factory in Rathmore, Co Kerry … born in Boherbue, Co Cork, in 1912, where his father was manager of the local creamery … In 1936, he was transferred by the company to be manager of an area encompassing Millstreet, Co Cork, and Rathmore, and spent the next 12 years building up the business, with one central creamery and nine subsidiaries. During the Emergency years, he was involved in a venture of burning lime for use as a fertiliser. He is also credited with being the first to produce butter oil which became an important export and would be reconstituted as butter at its destination point. He spent 27 years working for Fry Cadbury, joining the company in 1948, having carried out the ground work for the establishment of the chocolate crumb factory in Rathmore …
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