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Michael I have information on the descendants up to the present day of Edmond M'Cann and Annabella Bethel(l) who married in Limerick PLU in 1864. I have no idea of Annabella's background, but since all the Bethels in Clare in Griffith and in 1901 were to be found in Ieverstown, there's a good chance...

This old message has just been brought to my attention - I don't know how I missed it. The NZetc website seems to be broken tonight; I cannot get beyond http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc03Cycl.html I suspect that the James Frost and Michael Frost mentioned above are the sons of Patrick Frost...

Another slight correction to this one: Feb, 21, at the Church of the Catholic University, Morgan John O'CONNELL, Esq., of Ballylean Lodge, county Clare, and the Temple, London, to Mary Anne, only surviving child of Charles Bianconi, Esq, D.L., Longfield, county Tipperary. [This apparently is a cousi...

Thanks for posting that picture, Sharon. That Cyclopedia was published in 1912 or 1913. Shortly afterwards James signed up for service in the Great War. Details at http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=20814 James lost his mother (née Anna Maria Keays) at a very young age in tragic circumst...

More great stuff, Sharon. The Elliott family is documented in detail on pages 67 and 68 of West Limerick Families Abroad. Isabella Brady had a sister Christina married in 1855 to Henry Arthur Francis Waldron - possibly a very distant relative. See Waldrons of Illawarra at http://www.binary.co.nz/Wal...

Here's another anomaly in the pilot.familysearch.org database - a couple from Clare with the groom and bride recorded in different `Registration districts': Name: Stephen Scanlan Registration district: Dublin South Record type: MARRIAGES Registration date - quarter and year: Oct - Dec 1891 Film numb...

I'm not sure what's ironic about the old Irish custom of marrying in Shrovetide (the period between January 6 and Ash Wednesday, with many marriages taking place on Shrove Tuesday itself). I thought it would be interesting to check the date of Shrove Tuesday in each of the years in your list at http...

There is a good letter by Patrick Murphy on page 29 of the current issue of Irish Roots magazine (2009 Number 4), headed `Frustrated By Certificates Limit At The General Register Office, Dublin.' I fully endorse his criticisms of the lack of service at the GRO. Patrick also says `I have paid for far...

My greatuncle Willie Waldron (1899-1974) lived in Clonmel with his wife Addie, née Adelaide Teresa Arthur (1902-1991). Later in life, she used a different middle name, calling herself Adelaide Augustus Arthur. I grew up presuming that Addie was a native of Clonmel, but have just discovered in the 19...

I am looking for the husband of Adelaide Frost whom I have mentioned on another thread at http://www.ourlibrary.ca/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=843 Her marriage is indexed as Name: Adelaide Frost Registration district: Limerick Record type: MARRIAGES Registration date - quarter and year: Apr - Jun 189...

I have been informed by people who should know about these things that the AAI maps are not contemporaneous with the printed Griffith's Valuation. The maps may be several decades more recent. Thus it is not at all surprising that people are having problems reconciling the printed listings with the o...

The National Archives site has now been re-developed to include full transcription of all of the data on the household forms for 1911, including religion, occupation, relationship to head of family, literacy status, county or country of origin, Irish language proficiency, specified illnesses, and ch...

Many thanks for all this Talty information, Sharon. You must be psychic - I spent half a day during the week trying to figure out after whom the town of Talty, near Dallas, Texas was called. Your links above have filled a number of gaps. I discovered that Talty, Texas was previously known as Irish R...

Hi Sharon Have you tried the Dallas Morning News Archives 1885-1977 at http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives/?p_product=DMEC&p_theme=histpaper&p_action=keyword ? I took out a one day subscription ($9.95 for 1 day, 50 downloads max) about three years ago and found an enormous amount about the ...

Hi again Sharon More wonderful stuff! I think you should perhaps edit the title of this thread, though - the Tregillgas family is from Cornwall; it is the Power family that came from Labasheeda. Jennie Frances Tregillgas nee Power and her husband and five sons appear in the photograph at http://memb...