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Hello
My ggg grandparents Alexander and Sarah Hall (nee Smythe / Smith) had at least three daughters between 1820 and 1825: Mary, Sarah and Jane. I have traced the three girls to Australia in the 1850s but now I'm trying to go backwards to find their baptism details and perhaps something more about Alexander and Sarah who were born presumably around the turn of the century. They are not in the familysearch or IFHF sites.
When I travelled from Oz to Ireland recently I went to Cregagh library and found that Sarah was baptised in Donaghmore, Tyrone C of I on Feb 16, 1823. The priest wrote that the family lived in "Derrahore" Tyrone. Unfortunately the microfilm in the library was poorly copied and difficult to read so I was not able to find any reference to the other girls. (MIC/106/1 page 66)
Jane Hall married into another Hall family, from Lurgan. I was able to find more about the Lurgan branch of the Halls with the very kind help of Ann Doyle.
Even though Hall is a very common family name I'm hoping that someone else might have done some digging around Alexander and Sarah Hall who were (at least for a time around 1823) in Donaghmore, Tyrone. Here's hoping!!
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Hall family - Toberhewney, Lurgan; Derryhoar, Tyrone; Melbourne, Australia, Quin, Clare
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Neville family - Shanagolden, Limerick, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Hanora Barrett - Shanagolden, Limerick, Geelong and Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Lawry family - St Austell, Cornwall, Tasmania, Kalgoorlie, Riddells Creek Australia