Hi All
I was on this thread about 10 years ago, Epsom Tom, but back with a new login now. I've think I've found a few things about William and Mary Stubbs of Ball Alley Lane. I'd heard from cousins that William (my great grandfather) was from England, but that doesn't seem to be the case. His father was Samuel Stubbs, who married Mary Anne Clarke in Mallow on 10th April 1849 in a civil ceremony. Samuel's father was a Joseph Stubbs and Mary Anne's a Thomas Clarke. Samuel, in 1849, was a Private in the 41st Regiment. William married Mary Beechinor in a Catholic service in Mallow on 10th February 1880. Samuel came from a small place called Parke, Turlough near Castlebar in Mayo. He had quite a military career, including serving in the Crimean war. His first wife died and he remarried to a Mary Ann Minorgan, in Dublin, on 9th June 1870 and with his new family emigrated to Ontario in Canada. I've not been able to find the birth or baptism of William Stubbs, but the census of 1901 and 1911 puts his place of birth as Co Cork. I'm Tom Hurst, son of Mary Hurst, who was Mary Stubbs, born in Mallow in 1915 to Christy Stubbs, one of the sons of William and Mary.
I'm still trying to dig out information and look forward to hearing from any cousins with information or questions - all the best, Tom
