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Thanks Shaun and Garen,

I didn't think that the march was likely, as I had read a couple of articles about it and neither mentioned the 10th Hussars. Maybe this was a story he told about the war in general, and years later the family assumed that he was in it.

The river crossing did seem plausible to me, but I haven't seen reference to 14 survivors anywhere else.

Thanks for finding the service record. Its very much appreciated

Regards
Sandra

I haven't seen a reply form maryderry about the source for marriage/baptisms, so I thought I'd post here that I have discovered tonight that searches can be done on findmypast. If you have a subscription or credits, you can view the image, or, you can view the image at http://registers.nli.ie once you know the parish.
I hope this is helpful to someone out there.
Sandra

Thank you all so much.

Yes, I have the Queensland information, and the 1914 death from the Queensland Times is definitely the correct Catherine - the Mrs Doolan of Purga is her daughter Catherine.

Interesting that Patrick died before his mother. Perhaps his siblings in Queensland didn't know he had died, and it may also explain why Catherine senior was in the workhouse rather than living with the one son who stayed in Ireland (as per my original interpretation of the newspaper article).

I have seen the Ancestry tree before, and have tried to verify. Some things matched what I had already found, but others just don't add up e.g. Catherine's youngest son on that tree is James Henry Culhane who died in Queensland in 3 May 1939. There is no death recorded for him in the state, BUT there is one for James Henry Doolan (son of James Doolan and Catherine Culhane) on 2 May 1939 and buried 3 May 1939. So a grandson with a different surname has been assigned as a son. 

The Culhane name originated in Limerick and there were lots of them there. The deaths in Mitchelstown of a couple also name James and Catherine in 1883 & 1884 was a coincidence that seems to have been accepted as proof.

It does seem probable that the article meant that Catherine's son Patrick had 6 children in Glasgow. Thanks to Forfarian for spotting that and pointing me in the right direction.

Regards
Sandra

Hi all,
I have been looking for George WATKINS (born 1860 in Hay BRE or Clifford HEF) in the Censuses, but can't find these 2 years. His mother Celia WATKINS was not married when he was born.

In the 1861 Census he is at Clifford HEF with his mother & Grandparents Thomas & Sarah WATKINS

In the 1871 Census he is in Birmingham with his Aunt & Uncle Sarah Agnes & Charles MOORE (his name here is George Watkins Moore). Between 1873 & 1879, the Moores move to Tamworth STS but he did  not go with them.

In Dec qtr 1881 he married Emily Mary WICKSTONE in the Birmingham Reg Dist

1881 & 1891 Census

In the 1901 Census he is with his wife & 2 daughters (Lily, b 1883 & Emily b 1885) in Coventry.

In 1911 Census he is with his wife & 2 young girls (visitors) in Coventry. I can't read the number of children that they had - I think it is a oddly-written 2.

I'd like to see the other 2 census to confirm 2 children and also see if his mother is with him at any stage. She married John TOLLEY in 1861, had a son John jnr in 1862 in Hay, then she & the baby seem to vanish. John snr is remarried by 1871.

Any help in finding him would be much appreciated.

Sandra

Thanks very much. No direct link found, so maybe more distant relation (or none at all). I'll keep plodding.
Sandra