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Thanks KG,

I did as you suggested but for me all roads lead to a FindMyPast subscription page.

Regards,

Paul 

Thanks Kiltaglassan and dublin1850.

I appreciate your assistance.

I have logged in to FindMyPast, and can search the database, but to get the image I need a subscription.

Do you know if there is any way of viewing the original (say, on another portal) without a subscription?

Cheers,

Paul

If you are reading this, Hello. It is my first self-initiated post on RootsChat.

I have a couple of questions that I would welcome your thoughts on.

Question 1: Where was William Costello (born ca 1840) baptized?

My great grandfather William Costello was born (ca 1840) in or near Clonmel, Tipperary (possibly at Mile Tree). He emigrated to New Zealand arriving ca 1860 (I cannot find when or where he entered New Zealand). He died (1908) at his farm in North Canterbury, New Zealand.  He had named his farm “Clonmel”.

On both his marriage and death certificates his father is listed as Michael Costello. He married a widow, Eliza Jane Bunting (nee Dalzell) in New Zealand in 1882. On his marriage certificate his mother is listed as Catherine Costello (nee O’Donald) and on his death certificate she is listed as Catherine Costello (nee McGrath). He had at least two siblings that came to New Zealand: his brother Michael (for whom I cannot find a death certificate or a grave) and his sister Annie (Anastasia) Poschich (nee Costello). I have been looking for birth registrations for him and his siblings, so far without luck. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Question 2: Is James Costello (born ca 1860) a brother of William Costello?

There is another family of Costello’s who lived at Mile Tree. They can be seen in the 1901 and 1911 Censuses (listed as Costelloe, Lawlesstown). Head of the family was James Costello. In the 1950’s a daughter-in-law of William visited Mile Tree Farm on a trip from New Zealand. She met several bachelor brothers of the family who lived there (sons of James). Another brother of the same Mile Tree Farm family did marry and two of his children are priests with whom I am in contact. Everyone seems to agree our families are related, but I have yet to find a link which confirms this.

The grandfather of the two priests is likely to be the James listed in the 1901 Census¹. A James Costello (of Miletree) married a Kate Burke in March 1881 according to the records. They appear to be the grandparents of the two priests. Kate was apparently known as Ellen Burke².

The father of this James was also a Michael Costello. Is this the same Michael Costello who was the father of William Costello? Were William and James brothers? I cannot find a birth registration for James or William online – finding these would certainly help. Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome.

Note: William was born ca 1840 and James [who married in 1881], if he is the one aged 40 in the 1901 census, would have been born ca 1860, which is a large (but not implausible) gap.

¹    https://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tipperary/Clonmel_Rural/Lawlesstown/1709998/
²    https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1881/10995/8020136.pdf

Hi Bryce.

Sent another message per request. Looking at the coolatinlives.ie website there are Rickerbys, Rickaby's and Rickarby's, so one needs to search for all. It would seem logical/probable they would be different spellings of the same wider family grouping.

Kind regards, Paul

OK. That could work as (probably this) Robert’s (first) wife was a Whelan. Cheers.