I too am intrigued by what koolforkats said about the name Christle being an altered form of a Spanish name dating back to the Spanish Armada ships that were wrecked on the coast of Ireland. Did you find out any more?
I have been trying to trace a George Chrisley (born circa 1796) and Bridget McCann (born circa , husband and wife, who had several children in Ireland (Patrick born circa 1830, James born circa 1831, Edward born sometime between 1833 and 1836, Ann born circa 1836 and Jane born circa 1837). They had several more children after they emigrated to Frontenac County in Canada circa 1838. I believe that they were Roman Catholic, as George and Bridget are buried in an RC cemetery in Kingston. The spelling of the surname has changed over the years, and has sometimes been spelled Christley. There is a story that son Patrick worked in the mines at Clonmel at a young age (I don't know whether the location of the mines is correct) for a penny a day to earn money for the family to come to Canada. I wonder if you have any information that would help me trace them.
Hello Jimmy.5277,
Many thanks for the response and offer of help. It would be great to find out if there is any way of tracing where Thomas and Jane came from exactly, although Daingean seems the most likely. Is there also any way of looking through local parish records to see if they were married or even christened locally so we could extend the family tree back further?
Fascinating to see what koolforkats has to say about the origins of the name being potentially Spanish and dating back to the Armada! Are there any old family stories that would support the idea?
