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    1. [H,H,HV] "Place Names" : H-I-J-K-L-M
    2. Diane
    3. Place Name : Millers Forest Name : Mary McDONAGH, my 2nd g-grandmother Born : abt. 1821, Ardore, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland Father : Charles McDONAGH Mother : Mary BURNIE/BIRNIE/BERNEY Married : 1. James LAW, 1840, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland Arrived in NSW per "Theresa", 1842. Four children, all born in the Hunter Married : 2. John SAUNDERS, Widower, of Miller's Forest, 1871 Witnesses : Hugh FRASER (brother-in-law) and Jane FRASER (sister) Died : 1898 at Miller's Forest, buried (unmarked) at Raymond Terrace Pioneers. Four of Mary's brothers and one sister are also buried at RTP. Two of Mary's other siblings also came to NSW, one settling on "Disputed Plain" at Casino, the other at Bangalow (northern NSW). Name : George SOMERVILLE, my 2nd g-grandfather Born : abt. 1789, Lowtherstown, now Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland Father : Christopher SOMERVILLE Mother : Ann HUMES Married : Rebecca CLARK/E, daughter of William CLARK/E and Sarah EVANS, 1816, Kilskerry Church, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. 10 children, all born in Ireland. Arrived in NSW per "Bee", 1856, with Rebecca and their two youngest children. Travelling with them was their elder daughter, her husband and their two children. The other seven of George and Rebecca's children all came to NSW from 1840 onwards, some settling in Sydney and the others in the Hunter. George d. 1877 at Millers Forest and Rebecca d. 1882, also at MF. Both buried at Raymond Terrace Pioneers. Cheers, Diane

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