Blong in Ireland

[corisande]

Brien

I have got a bit lost in all this. my understanding of the Blongs of Clonmore is this



I was not aware that there was an Edward, and I have got lost as to when you think Edward Blong was born. And how & when did he get to Australia.

Also have you been in touch with Brien Peters who is from NZ and is a descendant of Peter Blong b 1855

By the way do not worry about the various spellings of the name, they are interchangeable!

[brenig]

Well, actually, I'm the Brian Peters! I'm in Australia not NZ but my sister is in NZ and she started this crazy hunt. :-)

The history goes like this:
My father was born Stanley Blong but for lots of reasons he was always known as Peters.
His father was John Edward Blong. I never knew him and only recently found out that he actually died in the Isle of Wight in 1988.
His father was Edward Blong b 1878 in Widnes to Peter Blong b 1855 in Ireland, moved to Widnes and m in 1890. Edward was one of nine children (the others being Peter, Polly, Michael, Christopher, James, Eileen, Catherine & Joseph).

I was actually in Port Arlington last year and, on the chart you have in your last note, actually visited the house where Peter Blong (b 1855) was actually brought up. The connection turned out to be that Catherine and Bridget were twins and Bridget married a Quinn. The Quinn's are still on the property.

I also met Ronnie Matthews when I was there and he was the one that pointed me to the Clonmore Blongs (and subsequently Quinn).

I've also been in contact with David Grant who was also researching this whole jigsaw.

It is pretty complex and takes some time to work through!

Thank you for your help.

Brian

[MikeW]

There were Blongs in or around the Edenderry area between 1900 and 1950s - maybe still.   I remember an older family member from there mentioning the unusual name.  I thought it must have been  Blanc originally, and in local/Irish  pronunciation just lost the final 'c' .......?
                                                  MW.
  Just looked it up : the name  IS  still ther, in the phonebook.

[brenig]

Thanks Mike - appreciate you doing that.

Brian

[LynJohann]

Joshua Smallhorn married Sarah (Blong) Blang 13/12/1864 - my side is Smallhorn (thru my Grandmother)  Trying to retrieve as much info as I can...have just started the search and so far...found my cousin in Austalia!

[LynJohann]

Brien

I have got a bit lost in all this. my understanding of the Blongs of Clonmore is this



I was not aware that there was an Edward, and I have got lost as to when you think Edward Blong was born. And how & when did he get to Australia.

Also have you been in touch with Brien Peters who is from NZ and is a descendant of Peter Blong b 1855

By the way do not worry about the various spellings of the name, they are interchangeable!

[corisande]

You will find that marriage on this page

How do you descend from that marriage
Joshua Smallhorn married Sarah (Blong) Blang 13/12/1864

There is more on this thread
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,375557.0.html

[corisande]

And LynJohann

You can get birth details (and marriage details) if you use the LDS index site
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1408347

You will find Blong/Blang/Blanc sometimes difficult to find due to mistranscriptions

Once you get the reference, you can buy the cert from the Irish Government site

[Jack2227]

Bracknagh cemetery, Portarlington, Offaly.
Headstones;

Christopher Blong; 7/5/1967 (74)
Annie (wife); 28/10/1944 (47)
(Late of Killane, Edenderry)
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Catherine Blong (nee Dunne)
54, Paul Murphy st, Edenderry,
19/10/1952 (71)
Joseph (son); 21/1/1945 (30)
also loved by granddaughter, Eileen Johns and family.
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Joseph Blanc (Clonmore); 4/1/1971 (76)
Parents; John; 18/2/1929
Elizabeth; 11/10/1930
his wife Ellen; 14/11/1987 (90)
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