Patrick Lyne baptism — b. 7 Apr 1872 Gurtavallig Kerry; parents Christopher Lyne + Mary Shea (likely JJM's AOH-sentinel friend)

Irish Family History Foundation — Kerry Genealogy (Roots Ireland) · Tuosist parish, Co. Kerry, Ireland · 1872-04-14

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Summary

Roman Catholic baptism record from Tuosist parish, Co. Kerry. - Name: Patrick Lyne - Date of Birth: 7 April 1872 - Date of Baptism: 14 April 1872 - Address: Gurtavallig (townland in Tuosist parish) - Gender: Male - Denomination: Roman Catholic - **Father**: Christopher Lyne (almost certainly the same Christopher Lyne who later emigrated to NY and died there 21 June 1887 per the 1887 NY-estate probate calendar) - **Mother**: Mary Shea - Sponsor 1 (Godfather): James Sheehan - Sponsor 2 (Godmother): Mary Sheehan - Priest: R. Scanlan TWO MAJOR CONNECTIONS: 1. **Patrick Lyne = JJM's 1909 AOH Division 2 sentinel**. The existing archive's 1909 AOH-cluster clipping ("James Murphy president of AOH and Patrick Lyne sentinel") almost certainly refers to this Patrick Lyne (b. 1872 Kerry; came to Butte by 1909). 37 years old in 1909 = plausible AOH officer age. 2. **Lyne-Shea kinship on the Beara peninsula**. JJM's maternal grandmother is **Margaret Shea** (m. Myles Lyne 1865). Patrick Lyne's mother is **Mary Shea**. POSSIBLE sisters or cousins — making JJM and Patrick Lyne second cousins through their grandmother/great-grandmother Shea line. This is the structural Lyne-Shea-Murphy connection that explains why Patrick Lyne was JJM's AOH sentinel (= a relative + same Beara extraction). 3. **Christopher Lyne (father) = the NY-d. 1887 emigrant**. Per the 1905 Irish Probate Calendar (filed at 1887-06-21_new-york-usa_christopher-lyne-of-kenmare-kerry- estate-probate), Christopher Lyne late of Lauragh Kenmare died 21 June 1887 at 232 Fulton St NY. Lauragh is near Gurtavallig (both in Tuosist parish Kerry-side Beara) — consistent. So Patrick Lyne (b. 1872) was 15 when his father Christopher died in NY. Patrick later emigrated himself to Butte (joining JJM's AOH cluster by 1909).

In its time

Post-Famine decades1852–1879

Parties named in the record

baptized
Patrick Lyne(= Patrick Lyne (b. 7 Apr 1872 Gurtavallig Kerry; Butte AOH sentinel 1909))50
born: 1872-04-07
father
Christopher Lyne(= Christopher Lyne (Lauragh Kerry; d. 21 June 1887 New York))10
mother
Mary Shea(= Mary Shea (m. Christopher Lyne; mother of Patrick Lyne b. 1872 Kerry))25

People — link detail

Patrick Lyne (b. 7 Apr 1872 Gurtavallig Kerry; Butte AOH sentinel 1909)(as printed: Patrick Lyne)
role: baptized · family confidence: 50 candidate
born: 1872-04-07 · birthplace: Gurtavallig
Provisionally the same Patrick Lyne who served as Hibernian Division 2 sentinel under JJM's presidency in Dec 1909 Butte (per the existing AOH clipping). Age 37 in 1909 fits. NEW person record.
Christopher Lyne (Lauragh Kerry; d. 21 June 1887 New York)(as printed: Christopher Lyne)
role: father · family confidence: 10 flag
Same Christopher Lyne who died NY 21 June 1887 per the 1887 estate probate (Tuosist + Lauragh are neighboring Kerry-side Beara townlands; same Christopher).
Mary Shea (m. Christopher Lyne; mother of Patrick Lyne b. 1872 Kerry)(as printed: Mary Shea)
role: mother · family confidence: 25 candidate
Possibly a sister or cousin of Margaret Shea (JJM's maternal grandmother). Same Shea-of-Beara extraction and the right generation. If so, Patrick Lyne is JJM's second cousin or similar.

Also mentioned

James Sheehan · godfather
Sheehan was the surname of Maud Sheehan the 1907 Sagebrushers traveler — possibly same wider Sheehan kin via Kerry.
Mary Sheehan · godmother
R. Scanlan · officiating_priest
Tuosist parish priest 1872.

Places

County Kerry (primary)
Ireland (primary)
Beara Peninsula (primary)

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Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

--- newspaper: Roots Ireland "Church Baptism Record" (Kerry Genealogy / Irish Family History Foundation online index abstract, printed from a browser to PDF); a typed database abstract, not a newspaper and not an image of the parish register date: 1872-04-14 (date of baptism as given; date of birth printed as 07-Apr-1872) page: single printed page; no register book, page or entry number is shown transcribed_by: claude-sonnet-5-5 (Claude Code subagent), 2026-10-04 method: source.pdf (1 landscape page, 792 x 612 pt, Chrome "Skia/PDF"). Rasterised with pdftoppm at 300 dpi (3300 x 2550 px). The form fills the top 1120 px; it was cut into four tiles (two columns x two rows, 60 px overlap), each upscaled 2x with LANCZOS, and the small monospace Notes line was re-cut and upscaled 5x. Everything was read from the image first; the PDF's text layer was compared afterwards and agrees exactly. Fields are listed left-hand column first, then right-hand column, as laid out on the form. A line break inside one box is shown as " / ". Printed text, including "Not Recorded" and the capitals of the Notes line, is kept exactly. proofed_by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-04 --- # Church Baptism Record [logo] - **Name:** Patrick Lyne - **Address:** Gurtavallig - **Gender:** Male - **Date of Birth:** 07-Apr-1872 - **Date of Baptism:** 14-Apr-1872 - **Parish/District:** TUOSIST RC - **County:** Co. Kerry - **Denomination:** Roman Catholic - **Father:** Christopher Lyne - **Occupation:** Not Recorded - **Mother:** Mary Shea - [second box under Mother, no label]: Not Recorded - **Sponsor 1 / Informant 1:** James Sheehan / Not Recorded - **Sponsor 2 / Informant 2:** Mary Sheehan - **Notes:** `(PRIEST R. SCANLAN) (RC)` © 2022 Copyright Kerry Genealogy www.rootsireland.ie

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Open questions

Confirm Patrick Lyne (b. 1872 Kerry) = the same Patrick Lyne who was JJM's 1909 AOH Division 2 sentinel — age + name + Beara extraction all fit; would need a Butte-arrival record (passenger list, naturalization) to anchor.
Mary Shea (Patrick Lyne's mother, fl. 1872 Kerry) vs Margaret Shea (JJM's grandmother, fl. 1855-1865 Cork) — sisters, cousins, or unrelated? The Annals of Beara should resolve.