Hi Listers, I am rather new to genealogy and new to the Aus-Irish mail list but I'm hoping someone here may be able to help in my search for Jane Caroline PHAIR (born somewhere in Dublin about 1835, I think) who married William Henry Brand MOORE in 1865 and lived in Queenscliffe, Vic. So far I haven't been able to find her on any passenger lists coming to Australia and I don't know under what circumstances she migrated. Is anybody researching this family or the name PHAIR ? Does anybody have suggestions or advice for me ? Regards Janet Sallows-Wain Safety Beach, Victoria

Hello Janet I wouldn't have thought Phair was an Irish name until I had a look in a 1985 Irish Phone directory and found 7 entries. Having found my Tipperary Dowlings hiding behind spellings as diverse as Doling, Doolin, Doulen and Dooley, I would suggest you widen your search to include Fair (13 entries in directory), Phayer (5), and perhaps also Hehir, Hare etc. Cheers Mick Dowling Melbourne. > Hi Listers, > I am rather new to genealogy and new to the Aus-Irish mail list but I'm hoping someone here may be able to help in my search for Jane Caroline PHAIR (born somewhere in Dublin about 1835, I think) who married William Henry Brand MOORE in 1865 and lived in Queenscliffe, Vic. > > So far I haven't been able to find her on any passenger lists coming to Australia and I don't know under what circumstances she migrated. > > Is anybody researching this family or the name PHAIR ? > > Does anybody have suggestions or advice for me ? > > Regards > Janet Sallows-Wain > Safety Beach, Victoria > > ==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== > I knew that I was taking genealogy too seriously when I turned up at a cemetery search with a shovel > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi Janey, That name "Phair" sounds remarkably like the old Gaelic of the name "Power" Other spellings are also worth considering because after Cromwell's agents were let loose on the Irish it's amazing they even knew the family name... Then one has the problem of a scribe entering it on a document from a totally alien accent. The variations are indeed diverse. Regards, Mike

Thanks Mick regards Janet Vic. ----- Original Message ----- From: <itshimselfthen@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-IRISH] PHAIR/MOORE > Hello Janet > > I wouldn't have thought Phair was an Irish name until I had a look in a 1985 Irish Phone directory and found 7 entries. > > Having found my Tipperary Dowlings hiding behind spellings as diverse as Doling, Doolin, Doulen and Dooley, I would suggest you widen your search to include Fair (13 entries in directory), Phayer (5), and perhaps also Hehir, Hare etc. > > Cheers > > Mick Dowling > Melbourne. > > > Hi Listers, > > I am rather new to genealogy and new to the Aus-Irish mail list but I'm hoping someone here may be able to help in my search for Jane Caroline PHAIR (born somewhere in Dublin about 1835, I think) who married William Henry Brand MOORE in 1865 and lived in Queenscliffe, Vic. > > > > So far I haven't been able to find her on any passenger lists coming to Australia and I don't know under what circumstances she migrated. > > > > Is anybody researching this family or the name PHAIR ? > > > > Does anybody have suggestions or advice for me ? > > > > Regards > > Janet Sallows-Wain > > Safety Beach, Victoria > > > > ==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== > > I knew that I was taking genealogy too seriously when I turned up at a cemetery search with a shovel > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== > Another line I like which I saw on another list - > "when an old person dies, a whole library goes up in flames" thanks Peter > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >