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Waterford / Re: Shine family of Dungarvan
« on: Friday 02 August 13 10:42 BST (UK) »
Thank you. I will go away and see if I can work out which one is meant. I will dig out the original papers. I don't have much to go on. John was born in Stradbally Waterford and had Aunts in Dungarvan and Cappoquin. His g/f was RIC in Stradbally and his aunts mostly married policemen also. So they would likely to have been known to and have known the Forrest and Shine families , although not travelling in the same social strata ( I would think).
By the by did you allready have the information on Col James Matthew: a very impressive profile. what a tragedy to lose 3 sons . I also saw that Dr James Alexander Forrest died in a Tram accident in Melbourne!
My parents and grandparents did not tell us anything about the family but they did seem to keep in contact more than I imagined. One of Johns Aunts went to Halifax, Canada. when I kept losing track of them I discovered that they would get the boat back to Ireland for all sorts of family occasions! Then return to Canada!!! Then they decided ( in the one letter that we had) that it was too cold and they were going back to Ireland for good. They did just that after I tracked their lives everywhere and found them hiding back home!!
If only our families had better records for us!!
By the by did you allready have the information on Col James Matthew: a very impressive profile. what a tragedy to lose 3 sons . I also saw that Dr James Alexander Forrest died in a Tram accident in Melbourne!
My parents and grandparents did not tell us anything about the family but they did seem to keep in contact more than I imagined. One of Johns Aunts went to Halifax, Canada. when I kept losing track of them I discovered that they would get the boat back to Ireland for all sorts of family occasions! Then return to Canada!!! Then they decided ( in the one letter that we had) that it was too cold and they were going back to Ireland for good. They did just that after I tracked their lives everywhere and found them hiding back home!!
If only our families had better records for us!!