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Kildare / Re: Thomas Bell of county Kildare
« on: Friday 15 September 23 20:51 BST (UK) »
Thanks PJB, I'm always looking out for more information on this family. She must have been Elizabeth Lapham, sister of Sarah Hanks.
It's interesting to see where the Memoirs are accurate and where misinformation has crept in. From my summary: "The reminiscences of John Montgomery say that his mother Mary Parke was born 'on her father's estate, Ephraim Park in Raheine [Raheen] Baltinglass.' The memoirs are only partly right, as memoirs often are. 'Ephraim Park', where she is supposed to have been born, is not the name of her birthplace but of her brother who is named after his uncle Ephraim Boak."
Please send me you email address if you'd like to read what I've written up on the Parkes and Boakes.
It's interesting to see where the Memoirs are accurate and where misinformation has crept in. From my summary: "The reminiscences of John Montgomery say that his mother Mary Parke was born 'on her father's estate, Ephraim Park in Raheine [Raheen] Baltinglass.' The memoirs are only partly right, as memoirs often are. 'Ephraim Park', where she is supposed to have been born, is not the name of her birthplace but of her brother who is named after his uncle Ephraim Boak."
Please send me you email address if you'd like to read what I've written up on the Parkes and Boakes.