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She Ireland,
Absolutely amazing, I have been doing FH for so long, the things I have learnt, and the people I have met have been way beyond what I would have thought was going to come in the first place.
The O'Rorke(my mum's maiden name) side has always been a mystery, a long story and not really for public view. I would love to tell you, and I am going to send you another PM, if you don't get it, post here again.
That picture is unbelievable! I knew there must have been something out there of him because of who he was. Thank you, there is someone I know who would be most impressed to see such a picture.
Once again, I will send you a PM, and thank you.
Pete

This is Nellie Cooke when she was a girl.

Hi Gary
Yes, my Grandmother was from Ballypierce, and her Grandfather was from Kildavin, lots of connections to Clonegal too. Sorry about the delay getting back to you, but maybe we can pick up from there.

I had an aunt, Sarah Curran. Quite romantic really, during world war 1, herself and her sister Mary went to live in London from Dublin. At that time they apparently went to  a troopship bound for the western front(so i was told) full of Canadian soldiers. They stood at the dock and threw their address details up to the troops on the ship, who eventually sent them letters to come and join them in Canada after the war.
Sarah left for Canada, and met up with a John Bair/Bear. I was always told that he was a native Canadian man, though looking at my research at ancestry.com, I have found a 1916 census for Prince Albert, showing a John A Bair as being on overseas duty, it is marked on the census paper'(o)' I am assumng this is him.
Problem is that this fella is of Scottish origin, no statement about him being native. Am I getting my wires mixed up.
Family legend says he was a native. Yet I cannot find a John Bear at all, let alone one with a military record for ww1. Could he have actually been a Scots man? Can someone who has a bit more savvy than I clear my head?
Problem is also, that there are many Bairs and Bears in the town of Prince Albert. Please help me someone!
Thank you in advance,
Pete.

Thank you Coc
The ironic thing about it was that he wasn't actually from Carlow, maybe he just didn't know, he was from Waterford, so thinking of Port Lairge, I see that on the form, though someone pointed it out to me, then I realised how simple it was.
This is a great page, many thanks.
Pete