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Louth / Re: Jones family, Dunany Point
« on: Monday 13 August 18 00:47 BST (UK)  »
Hi Beccami,
This is Bill Rae in the U.S., aka "Hermit."  I've attached a outline descendant report for Peter Caffrey showing 3 Stephen Caffrey's.  I hope this is helpful.  I can also put you in touch with other Caffrey's in the U.S. and Ireland.
I look forward to hearing back from you. 
Bill Rae (Hermit)
emwjrae@verzion.net 

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Louth / Re: Jones family, Dunany Point
« on: Friday 13 September 13 13:24 BST (UK)  »
Hello Mike - how wonderful to hear from you - even though it's at a sad time.  Your mother will certainly be in our prayers this weekend.  And as to the Jones genealogy - there's lots to tell, though you probably are already aware of it.  I'll start that later today , but in the meantime do please give our best to Frank.  When we visited Ireland in 2007 we were fortunate to meet Frank on our first day, and he was the most gracious and knowledgeable person we could have hoped for.  I'm especially interested in your mother's recollections, as well as the work done by Sister Sheila.  Best regards = Hermit

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Laois (Queens) / Re: Laois Resources – Mulhall Project
« on: Tuesday 29 November 11 15:53 GMT (UK)  »
Hello sodo - many thanks for this - I'll follow it up and let you know what I find =-
All the best - Hermit

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Louth / Re: Jones family, Dunany Point
« on: Monday 12 September 11 14:34 BST (UK)  »
Hallo indeed, JonesBackThen - how nice to hear from you.  My maternal grandfather, Edward H. Jones, was a brother of the Thomas who marred Kate Hughes.  I'll be glad to bring you up to date on the parts of the family tree that I'm familiar with, but I believe that it would be easier to do so by a Personal Message, which I'll send later today.
Hermit

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Laois (Queens) / Re: Laois Resources – Mulhall Project
« on: Monday 20 June 11 20:30 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for that information, Jack.  It’s disappointing, of course, but comforting to know that I’m not missing something as I press on with other sources.   The next set of grandchildren who visit Ireland will be tasked to visit the museum – before their stop at Morrissey’s, of course.
I should also mention that one of the other resources mentioned on this page reveals the baptism in November 1820 of a Simon Mulhall, son of Patt.  That’s consistent with the age of Patrick and Mary’s first child -  Simon – at the time of their arrival in New York, and is the first evidence, in addition to family oral history, that my ancestors may indeed have come from Portarlington.
I’ll keep on diggin’ !   Hermit


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Laois (Queens) / Re: Laois Resources – Mulhall Project
« on: Monday 20 June 11 17:03 BST (UK)  »
I sent an email on June 14th to abbeyleixlaois[at]eircom.net, and that was returned with the message "The recipient cannot be reached - Invalid recipient".
 Earlier that day I had sent a similar message to * (which is shown as a contact on the Heritage site) and received a reply stating that the site "is currently under construction"

Maybe it's best to stand by for a while and hope for a reply from the Heritage site.

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Laois (Queens) / Laois Resources – Mulhall Project
« on: Monday 20 June 11 15:40 BST (UK)  »
I’m looking for information about one set of my great grandparents, Patrick Mulhall and his wife Mary, from Portarlington, who arrived in New York City on July 19, 1849 aboard the ship Montezuma.  I have a lot of information about their descendants in the USA, and would like to learn more about their roots and their descendants in Laois.   In using the resources suggested in the Laois portion of Rootschat .com, I was able to confirm the birth date of their first child Simon, but I was unable to view the “Mulhall Collection” referred to by the sequence of links: Laois > Resources & Links > Libraries, Museums & History Groups >Abbeyleix Heritage House  > Contact.   I have had no reply from emails sent to that address, and would be grateful for any suggestions on how to proceed.
Hermit




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Louth / Re: Jones family, Dunany Point
« on: Friday 27 May 11 15:05 BST (UK)  »
Hello Carla – welcome to Rootschat.  I do have some information about the Jones/Caffrey connection, which starts with the Richard Jones who built “The Hermitage” at the Jones Quay.  He married Mary Anne Sibthorpe.  Their third son was John Foster Jones, who married H. E. Hopkins;  their son Richard married Margaret Henry, and their children were John S., William, Robert, Fanny (sometimes spelled Fannie), Alice, and Florence.  (By the way, Fanny is a given name – not a nickname for Frances).  Fanny married Peter Caffrey, and their son Stephen M. (presumably the one you mention) married Nora Kilgallon.
Information on the living generations that follow Stephen and Nora cannot be displayed on a RootsChat posting, but I’ll send you a Personal Message with contact information on several Caffreys who know more than I do.
Hermit

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Louth / Re: Jones family, Dunany Point
« on: Tuesday 17 May 11 21:33 BST (UK)  »
I'm not aware, from the family oral history, of any imports other than coal - but in looking through some old correspondence I came across an article in the Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society by Michael Coyle, entitled "Sailing Vessels of Annagassan and Dunany in the County Louth", Volume XIX, number 4 (1980), page 264.  I believe that the Louth County Library in Dundalk has this journal.  My great grandfather's several ships are among those mentioned.
Hermit

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