There is a Dennis Ahern who regularly posts family information on many rootsweb lists. He appears to have a wealth of information on that surname. He maybe able to assist you. One can but ask, at worst one can only come out with nothing gained! try emailing him on > [email protected] < Happy hunting freda ----- Original Message ----- From: "chris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 11:39 AM Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] Clarke and Ahern family > Hi everyone I am trying to trace my gggrandfather John Clarke who was born > in Ireland in 1812 and arrived in South Aust in 1836 on the Tam O Shanta > he married Catherine Taggart in Adelaide 1840 they had 14 children John > was a grazier and lived in the Yankalilla districts until his death in > 1896 I would be particually interested to know what area of Ireland he > come from, so I can continue my search there, but any information would be > greatly appreciated. Also my Gggrandfather William Ahern who was born in > Ireland in c1829 he arrived in S.A.approx 1855 with his brother John born > c1827 William married Mary Commerford (spelt several different ways eg one > M) William was a farm labourer they also settled in the Yankalilla area > where they lived until their deaths. Once again any information would be > great. > > Thank You > Chris > AUS-SAGEN Archives are here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/AUS-SAGEN/ > > Websites of Interest on our Blog: > http://aus-sagen-genealogy-websites.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >