Brief Life History of Michael
When Michael Cashin was born on 20 August 1823, in Shanrahan, County Tipperary, Ireland, his father, John Cashen, was 23 and his mother, Honor Mahoney, was 27. He had at least 3 sons and 6 daughters with Johanah Mccraith. He died on 29 April 1896, in County Tipperary, Ireland, at the age of 72, and was buried in Shanrahan, County Tipperary, Ireland.
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- Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911
- Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958
- Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
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1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
1845
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Laois, and Waterford) and Manx: shortened form of Gaelic Mac Caisín or, in the south of Ireland, Ó Caisín ‘son (or descendant) of Caisín’ a personal name that is a diminutive of cas ‘curly’ or possibly cas ‘pleasant’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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