BIRMINGHAM: My IRISH Ancestry This is an abbreviated version of the story of my Birmingham ancestors from Ireland and their first generation immigrants. For the complete story go to my book of the same title published in 2021. My Birmingham family was traced back to the 1730s in Dublin where my 4 th great grandparents, Laurence and Mary Birmingham lived. Laurence and Mary Birmingham had three sons, John, and twins Laurence and Burke, all baptized at Saint Catherine’s Roman Catholic Church on Meath Street in Dublin. John Birmingham is my 3 rd great grandfather. He was born about 1760. Around 1780 John and Susannah Cruise , of English descent, would marry at Saint Michan’s Roman Catholic Church on North Anne Street in Dublin. They had at least five children between 1781 and 1795; Francis, John, William, Anne and Marie. All were baptized at Saint Michan’s. Their third-born son, William Birmingham , is my 2 nd great-grandfather. William was baptized on May 7, 1787. William...
Birmingham Family History