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well tara, I hardly dare tell you what I've found out. I remebered that MiL gets a round robin letter every year from "a relative in America". she doesn't even know what the relationship is. Anyway, I wrote to him and he emailed me straight back and his information is staggering. He has supplied the names of Francis parents and all of his dscendants. It appears that francis and Bridget were not the only family to go to america. however, where they came back, many of them stayed. There are about 200 of them over the years and ( gulp) he has named every one of them, and sent many photos too. The family originate from Cloonkeen in Galway. I wont be placing all of them in the family tree and some of them are too far removed, but he has also sent many notes that he has transcribed over the years and it is very interesting. he is the greatgranson of francis brother Michael.
So, I have what I needed, now perhaps I'll try and trace Bridgets family.
thanks
kath

thanks for quick rply tara. Any avenue is worth exploring so I think I'll do as you suggest. I still could do with supplying more details than I have got though. All I have is a little vague, I dont even know if they were married in Ireland or maybe went to US separately, married there and then moved to UK after the birth of their first child.

the destroyed irish records make tracing relatives really frustrating. Hope someone can help. Francis Mannion from Galway married Bridget  Mulligan from Mayo around 1879 but there is no record of this.
 ( although a distant relative has an idea that maybe Bridgets maiden name was also Mannion and they may have been 2nd cousins- I'm not so sure) They probably emigrated to USA around 1880 because their first child John is listed in later census as being born in America. They obviously came back because they settled in Warrington Lancs UK, appearing on the 1891 census. At that time, john was 10, next child Mary was 8 and listed as being born in Lancs, so they must have returned between 1881 and 1883. On following censuses, Bridgets age varies so she could have been born anytime between 1855 and 1861. Frances age also varies on the census so he could have been born anytime between 1852 and 1860. they had 7 children, the youngest being James who was my husbands grandfather. Bridget died in Warrington in 1934 age 75, so this would back up the fact that her DOB was probably 1859. I dont have access to passengers lists for US emigration. My MiL has a vague recallection that there may be some Regans in the Mannion/ Mulligan families, some still in Ireland.
Does anyone have access to any information?

hello, I've moved on from my Shropshire relatives to my Norfolk/Cambridgeshire relatives and I'm having a bit of trouble identifying the areas. A couple of generations of the Gagen family list their birthplace as Terrington St Clements Norfolk, and its also described as Terrington St Clements Cambridgeshire. According to the enumerator report in one of the censuses, this is one & the same place. But when i Google terrington, its listed as Norfolk only. I think this is why I'm having trouble tracing the birth of one of them. The info I got from a member connect in Ancestry suggest that Fuller Gagen was born in 1810, but I can only find Fuller Gagen, b. 1840 ( his son) and another Fuller gagen b. 1870 ( maybe his grandson). I cant find any parish records for this area. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I dont know where the other member got this information from and cant find any links in that persons family tree.
A little bit more info --- Fuller Gagen b. 1810. Married Charlotte Curry in 1833. Ch Jonathon 1834, Sarah, Fuller, Charloote, Mary, James 1845 ( this is our direct ancestor), Dinah, jane, frederick.
Any help appreciated.