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Waterford / Ellen Hurley Lambert
« on: Monday 12 December 11 02:18 GMT (UK) »
I found an ancestry.co.uk hint listing Ellen Hurley, wife of Michael Lambert of Waterford, as having been born in Northern Ireland. I haven't been able to trace this further; Irish Hurleys come from the South, so if the Hurley is from the North, that would indicate ancestry originating in England, Scotland or elsewhere (one Hurley family in the North at that time actually migrated from ICEland!)
I too noticed that Hurleys and Lamberts intermarried and thus I suspect that the family tree going into the past will contain some Hurley/Lambert marriages.
I am particularly interested in the fact that land records show the Lamberts as tenant farmers and Catholics, although this is an old, noble European name linked to many royal houses in France, the lowlands, Germany, etc. Did they come over from Normandy in 1066? I realize this takes the family history up to a new level but the www.familylambert.com website indicates that Lambert is a very noble/royal surname and I believe that Catholic Lamberts from Ireland have quite a history hidden inside their tenant cottages....
I too noticed that Hurleys and Lamberts intermarried and thus I suspect that the family tree going into the past will contain some Hurley/Lambert marriages.
I am particularly interested in the fact that land records show the Lamberts as tenant farmers and Catholics, although this is an old, noble European name linked to many royal houses in France, the lowlands, Germany, etc. Did they come over from Normandy in 1066? I realize this takes the family history up to a new level but the www.familylambert.com website indicates that Lambert is a very noble/royal surname and I believe that Catholic Lamberts from Ireland have quite a history hidden inside their tenant cottages....