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Wicklow / Re: Lacey of Wicklow
« on: Saturday 29 October 16 16:03 BST (UK) »Woody, I must have seen this post before, but its significance has only just hit me - Inch...The WALL family migrated from Dunlavin, Wicklow to work for a while in Dublin and then emigrated to the Capital of Ireland to set up home 'OTB' (over the bridge) which was an Irish enclave close to the docks were, most all of the Irishmen found work.
As kids we ran the horse betting slips from family tables to the back street bookies and, in our case the instructions were pretty clear and that was to deliver the bets and cash to Lacey's. I forget the street name but it was the next one down (south) from Lemon Street which is off Stanley Road, if I recall correctly it was a stones throw from Saint Alophonsus Church.
Anyhow there was a large Lacey family living in this home and as they were close friends of the WALL family chances are they left Co. Wicklow around same time. The Lacey I delivered the betting slips to all those years since was probably born around 1900.
pete
Hi Pete.......this definitely sounds like one of mine.....the betting slips and a large family :-)
I only know they lived in a place called Johnstown, inch, Arklow when I found them. Any of that relavent to what you mentioned above? I don't know Ireland at all unfortunately.
Woody
When my g-grandmother (Jane née Lacy) died in 1880 leaving 6 young children, at least one of them was sent to "an aunt in Inch, whose husband was the station master". That's all the info we have, related by the child concerned (b.1878, d.1957).
We've searched endlessly to find this "aunt", so far without success. Might she be one of yours?
Best, Mad