Genealogy of the Fanning Family from Thurles Co Tipperary Ireland
The names of Fanning voters on the Co Tipperary registers for 1839.
Names from the Voter’s registers 1839:
Cashel Division: Robert Fanning Ballinvara
Nenagh Division: William Fannin of Lilsaroon; Patrick Fanning of Thurles; Thomas Fanning of Coldfields.
Joseph and Philip Fanning of Moycarkey signed the Parnell Testimonial in 1883 as did Jeremiah and Patrick Darmody.
The Parnell Testimonial was a national collection taken up by the Irish people in support of Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Irish Home Rule Party.
Joseph Fanning and Philip Fanning, both of Moycarkey-Borris Parish signed the Parnell Testimonial. Jeremiah Darmody of Moycarkey-Borris and Patrick Darmody of Gortnahoe-Glengoole Parish also signed.
These names are from a list of contributors from the Parish of Moycarkey-Borris published in the Tipperary Leader April 18, 1883.
A list of Co Tipperary Fanning and Darmody signatories to the Cormack Petition 1858.
The brothers, Daniel and William Cormack, from Loughmore Co Tipperary were publicly hanged outside Nenagh Gaol on May 11, 1858 after being found guilty of the murder of John Ellis, a land agent in Loughmore.
Daniel and William always maintained that they had played no part in the crime, and they were supported by some 2,357 people who signed a petition protesting the brothers’ innocence. The commonly held view at the time was that a local landlord had shot Ellis in a crime of passion involving Ellis’ sister, and that the Cormack brothers had been framed for murder.
Motivated by growing unease at the convictions and executions, a petition was organized for presentation to Parliament that requested the setting up of an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the conviction of the Cormack Brothers and into the administration of criminal justice in Ireland generally.
Andrew Darmody Hollyford, Darby Darmody Hollyford, George Darmody Moyne,
John Darmody Holycross, John Darmody Clerihan, Owen Darmody Hollyford, Thomas Darmody Hollyford, Tobias Darmody Hollyford, Jeremiah Darmody signed the petition.
Fannings who signed this petition were Daniel Fanning Thurles, Jeffry Fanning Thurles, William Fanning Thurles, Edward Fanning Drom, John Fanning Drom, Thomas Fanning Drom, Edward (Edmond) Fanning Two-Mile-Borris, Edmond Fanning Two-Mile-Borris, John Fanning New Birmingham, Joseph Fanning Moycarkey, William Fanning Moyne, William Fanning Roscrea, John Fanning Borrisoleigh.
The complete Cormack Petition list.
In 1910 Daniel and William’s remains were removed from Nenagh Gaol and brought home to Loughmore in a major ceremony, with two hearses drawn by plumed horses and followed by huge crowds. After the procession arrived in the village, the Cormack brothers were buried in a large mausoleum in the local churchyard, where people still go to see the original oak coffins and the inscription proclaiming the brothers’ innocence.
Source for this list was from: http://www.censusfinder.com/irish-census-records5.htm
Gives the immediate ancestry of Edmund Fanning (1650-1683),The Immigrant Ancestor, who settled in Connecticut and traces his descendants in America.
The immediate ancestry of Edmund Fanning, the American Immigrant Ancestor, and his descendants in America is traced in the diary of Nicholas Schenck.
Nicholas W. Schenck (1830-1916) was the son of Eliza Ann Fanning and William Schenck. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on January 8, 1830. The family moved to Wilmington NC in May 1836 after the death of his father and lived with an uncle, Phineas Fanning. Schenck lived in Wilmington until 1865 and visited often until his death in 1916. The diary was written around 1905 and recalls Wilmington before and after the civil war.
Nicholas W. Schenck Diary: “The American – Fanning Line’ written c 1905
“The first Fanning who came to this country was Edmund Fanning – born in Ireland in (about)1620 – of the Fannings in Ireland – Limerick, Tipperary, Kilkinny, Clare – the name is on record from 13th Century to confutation under Cromwell in 1652. Vast estates were established to the Fannings.
Edmund – the emigrant American ancestor – who settled in Connecticut about 1653 was the son of Francis Fanning, 1841 Mayor of Limerick, Ireland – Connaught Certification Office of Exchequer, Dublin. His name is given as Fitz – Francis Fanning. Fit-Francis means son of Francis – Fitz is French or Norman meaning ‘son of ____’.
This Edmund or Edmond – emigrated to America in 1653 (authority) of John O’Hart, Edmund Irish antiquity and author of Irish Peogries – Clentus of Ireland and is found at Fisher Island in 1655 and 1657, later at Groton – Connecticut (near New London) 1664 – now called Ledyard – where he had a farm called Groton Farm – which remained in possession of family for 150 years – where he lived until his death in 1683. “