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Can anyone with some local knowledge suggest a possible location for C of I burials in this region? A diary entry Tuesday 1 November 1904 by my great-Uncle Fred Pilkington of Kiltrellig describes the burial of his cousin Robert John Carbery Griffin (1863-1904) as follows: "The coffin arrived from Ki...

Paddy, unfortunately the on-line index of passenger arrivals in Queensland State Archives only goes up to 1912. http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/index/immigration.asp I did a search on ancestry.com and came up with this likely match: Patrick Blake age 29 Birth year abt 1886 Place of Origin: C...

Nancy (age 25) & Margaret (age 21) Malone - both unmarried females, dairymaids, Roman Catholic, from Ennis co Clare, baptisms registered at Ennis. Parents James Malone & Mary. These girls arrived in Sydney Australia under the Bounty Immigration Scheme, in January 1840 on board the ship 'Alfred'. Mar...

Can't find a Glen Osborne in South Australia - but could be a misprint for Glen Osmond , see below: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/36977894?searchTerm="patrick joseph howard"&searchLimits=The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931)Wednesday 21 November 1900 HOWARD—PEARCE.—On the 27th Octobe...

So having identified the Clare men in the 'Mapping our ANZACs' site, then go to the 'AIF Project' at http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/index.html and search for the individuals there. It will give you details of their embarkation & return (or otherwise) to Australia. Another hint for Australians researchin...

Thank you Polycarp & Lucille! This information is exactly what I wanted, as the document I was referring to relates to the hanging of Honora Stacpoole for the murder you mention.

Can anyone help me with the location of a place called Bleanaligg please. A document relating to an event in 1853 refers to a place of this name. However a newspaper reference to the same event names the place as Blanalough. The closest I can find in the Townland index is Blean in Kiladysert parish,...

Thanks for your suggestions Sharon. I am in Australia, & have now contacted Clare Library re the ffolliott index - 14 pages of Pilkington entries, apparently! I think I may have found 3 of Richard & Maria's children from their deaths in the Civil Registration Index, so I will probably order photocop...

I'm hoping forum readers can suggest some sources to search please. An old family tree which has been handed down through the family has lots of names, but very few dates & details. On it there is a Richard Pilkington (dates unknown), son of Thomas Pilkington (1742 - 1817) & Susanna Brew. Richard ma...

Hi Paddy, The idea of a marriage prevented by religious differences is a romantic one! Perhaps another, yet not so appealing view, is the idea of the poor village girl being taken advantage of by the son of the local landowner! Anyway, I guess that is something we will never know. Family history say...

Hi Paddy, Thanks for your very interesting reply! I do not know of any connection between the Quealy & Pilkington families, as I had not heard of the Quealy's until reading the previous post. My 3x great grandfather was Thomas Pilkington (1742-1817) of Cragleigh. He married 1. Susanna Brew & 2. Jane...

This website has compiled lists of convicts transported to Swan River Colony (Western Australia) during years 1850 - 1868. Enter 'Clare' in the search box brings up references to all convicts who were convicted in Clare. Lists age, crime, sentence, marital staus, but not birth place. Also contains p...

Thanks for posting this article. The 'old homestead' referred to would, I assume, be Kiltrellig Lodge, which was in the possession of my Pilkington ancestors until it fell into disrepair in the early/mid 1900's. It is listed as being occupied by Thomas Pilkington in the Griffiths Valuation, and I ha...