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Lyn, The fact of their son’s birth being recorded in Scarriff suggests that Laurence Taylor and Eliz lived in the Clare area as Scarriff was the civil recording centre for births,marriages and deaths in the Whitegate,Mountshannon region. Portumna was the centre for places north of there. I notice al...

That should be 1814-the date given for the freeholder list for John Page
Thomas Page

Lyn, Just came across another detail that might be relevant. I came across as list of Co. Clare freeholders for the early 19th century. Freeholders were land owners or those tenants who had leases for their lives or for several lives. At one stage those freeholders who had property worth 40 shilling...

Hello Lyn, Thank you for all those leads-I will explore them as far as I can at this end. Thank you James for your post. The name Gilmore is also connected and in Scotland a hunting guide was known as a gilly. I will also take your advice and explore that roots site. As far as I know Lyn the all Gal...

Hi Lyn, I will give a brief account of our family tree . As yet I haven’t made a connection to your branch of the family but perhaps we will. The oldest couple I have is a Edmund Page (1712-1772) who married Ann Flannery(1742-?). I got these details from a distant cousin and as yet haven’t confirmed...

Lyn I have done a family tree and will send you more info as soon as possible . Several of the names you mention come up in my research and the details you give match up well with a few exceptions. Hopefully when we compare our knowledge we may find we are cousins!!! I am descended from the Galway b...

Hello Lyn, Hope I have better luck this time.I sent post last night but it seem to disappear. As I am very slow at typing that was annoying. I'll send shorter post this time and see how it goes. My name is Thomas Page and I was fascinated when I came across your post only a few days ago. By the way ...

I submitted long post earlier and it seems to have disappeared
Thomas

Lyn,
I posted long reply to your post -can't see it up yet -not sure if it goes up immediately.
Thomas