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Family History Beginners Board / Irish ancestors Ward and Ryan
« on: Monday 08 August 22 22:16 BST (UK)  »
My Irish ancestors immigrated to Australia.   I have the following details (which may be slightly incorrect).
Michael Ward.  Born Ballinasloe, Roscommon about 1857. Parents Michael Ward and Bridget Doolan (or Dolan).   He went to Australia before 1882, as this was the date of his marriage in Melbourne.

Anne Ryan.  Born Athlone, Roscommon about 1857.   Parents John Ryan and Ellen Connor (or Connelly).

I have a copy of what seems to be the immigration details for Annie 20, with John 26, Katherine 23 and Pat 18 on the Northumberland in May 1878.   However I cannot find confirmation of these details when searching the ship's records.

Perhaps there are some family members who have the correct details for Michael and Anne and their parents.   From a letter written to my mother from her cousin, there was a relative of Anne's living in Moore, Roscommon.

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Down / James Taylor
« on: Tuesday 07 June 22 22:31 BST (UK)  »
Hi Rootschatters,

My husband is researching his family at present and we are looking at his great grandfather's parents. Our search has turned up a James Taylor of Downpatrick or Killinchy, with a headstone inscription that says he died in 1859 aged 73.   This inscription is very difficult to read, so we are not exactly sure that what we have is correct.
He possibly had a son, Hugh Taylor born in 5/11/1829 in County Down, married in 1860 to Jane Hay McKee Osborne in Killinchy.   Hugh and Jane came to New Zealand and are both buried in Christchurch.  If he is the James from the headstone, he would have been 43 when he had Hugh.

We have a good history of Jane's parents, but Hugh's are eluding us.   Hugh's marriage certificate just says his father is "James Taylor" but that is a fairly common name.  We have looked at some records but there seems to be a gap in the years that are probably important.

We believe James married a Jane (maybe Ormandy).   However we don't want to go off down the wrong path, as these people may not be the parents of Hugh.

Some Irish genealogy sites charge for information, which is okay if you are fairly sure that it would confirm the person but could be expensive to just "search".

Any ideas of where to go next would be gratefully received.

Whosthatchick

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South Africa / Redman birth
« on: Friday 18 December 15 00:19 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Everyone,

I am trying to find out information about my Grandfather's birth, and also about his father.

Lawrence John Henry Redman was born in Durban, South Africa in the years around 1876-1880.   His mother was Agnes Amy (nee Huggins) and his father Henry Redman.   Family stories say Henry was a doctor.

Lawrence came to New Zealand when he was young after the death of his father, with his mother and his sister Rhoda.   In both my father's birth certificate and Laurie's death certificate it states he was born in Durban, but it does not show up in any of the searches I have done.

Can anyone point me to a site where I can get this information?

Many thanks.

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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / Heale (Heal) family of St Helens
« on: Saturday 11 April 15 03:36 BST (UK)  »
I have been trying to trace the birth details of my great grandmother Ellen Agnes Heale.   Her father was William Henry and her mother Elizabeth (I think).   Apparently he came out to NZ with his young family after Elizabeth died.   He was married to a Louisa and died in NZ, but I am not sure whether his second marriage was in Jersey or New Zealand.   Have tried UK websites but cannot get any joy.   Can anyone point me in the right direction to get correct details, thanks.

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Family History Beginners Board / Old sea chest
« on: Monday 14 April 14 04:33 BST (UK)  »
Hi everyone,
This is a very random subject, but we have an old sea chest (or we think it is).   It belonged to my husband's grandparents and was either his grandfather's, who worked on a sailing ship before he settled in NZ, or his grandmother who's family came from England in 1875.   It is made of rough pine, covered in what we think is a sailcloth painted maroon.   The inside was originally covered in a blue patterned "wallpaper", but was subsequently covered by white paper.   It had metal on the corners, two metal handles and a lock.   The covering is just about all gone by now. 

Does anyone have any clues to where I could look for further info.   Google searches have proved fruitless.   We have the dilemma of whether my husband spends time trying to get it to a presentable and "keepable" state or do we abandon it and use it to fuel the fire??

Thanks

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Family History Beginners Board / NOCK, Thomas
« on: Tuesday 18 March 14 20:28 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,
I am looking for information about the ancestors of Thomas Nock, who the family think came from Birmingham and settled in Australia, around the late 1800's.
Thanks

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