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Hello Paul,

We are second cousins, then, as my father, Pat, and your mother, Colette were first cousins. Thank you for replying! Tony Corbett is indeed my uncle and he lives in Co. Tipperary now.

It's a shame that Katie and Matthew died quite young, do you know what from? My Nanny, Margaret Corbett (nee Carrigy), was 81 when she died in London. I see from the 1901 census that Katie would only have been 17 and Matthew only 19 when they went to NYC.

I note from the 1911 census that my Nanny Margaret was not at home in Faughalstown even though she was only 16. I wonder where she had gone to, perhaps she had already gone to London by then, but that is so young!

Do you have any record of Peter Carrigy's, their father's, siblings? This Margaret must have been a sister of his, do you think? Or perhaps she was married to one of his brothers. I'll ask my cousin, Lorraine, to ask Uncle Tony if he knows anything about the ancestors who went to NYC.

I believe that it was often women travelling alone or with children who were detained until they knew someone would look after them.

I will keep searching about the Margaret Carrigy in NYC.

Many thanks for replying,

Ann.

Here is a link to the census record for our family in 1911. They were Roman Catholic. Katrina - your grandfather is there aged 12: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Mayo/Westport__Urban/Altamont_Street/749214/

Hello Katrina,
I have just seen your post about the Croker connection. We are definitely related! Your grandfather, John Joseph Croker, is the older brother of my grandmother, Lily. That means we share the same great grandparents. I have so much information for you.
Two of your grandad's two sisters, Annie and Kathleen, went to America in the early 1920s. The other sister (Lily - my Nanny) stayed in Ireland and later moved to England. Your grandfather, John, also had a daughter called Phyllis, I believe, who lived in Newry. We saw quite a bit of Phyllis when we were children on holiday in Ireland. My mother remembers your father, Theo. Her name is Marion Corbett.
Our great grandmother, Mary, remarried when John Croker died. Her second husband was Tommy Malynn and they had four more children, making eight for Mary in all.
Do you have an e-mail address for correspondence? I hope to be able to fill in lots of gaps for you. Look at the online census records for 1901 and 1911 for a start. They lived in Altamont Street, Westport.

Many regards, 

Ann.

Hello Someday11,

I think I can help you with that. I quote from page 115 of the book 'Descendants of John Hawkshaw of Louisburgh, Co. Mayo' by Evelyn Hawkshae Rogers:

"Continuing with the early Robert of Ayle, we can account for three children: Ellen b. 1815, Ann who died in 1818 and Henry b. ca 1818.

Henry married Jane Burrowes at Ayle on 1 August, 1853, and they had six children: Eleanor, Anne Jane, Elizabeth, William Robert, Lucy and Henry. Henry, the father, died 18 July, 1891, 'an old miser'. Daughter Eleanor married Robert Nesbitt McAdam, a brother to Susannah McAdam, wife of Robert Evans."

Would that be your William Robert?

Regards,

Ann.