i would adopt that family you found....saying it is apossibility that this is his family......blah blah...until proven otherwise....that is all you can do really. robyndehood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patsy McMillan" <patsym@inet.net.nz> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 2:21 PM Subject: [GEELONG] Michael DORAN where are you ? > Hi Listers > > I am flummoxed - for years I have tried to find my gr gr grandfather. > (Suzie you will probably remember helping me with this search in the > good old days of the BBS) > > The story is this > > My Gr grandfather David DORAN was married on 25 Feb 1868 at St Pats > Kilmore to FLora Robinson (Robertson) > He states he was born in Geelong and that his parents were > Michael and Mary DORAN (nee BURKE (BOURKE) he stated he was aged 26 > when married > > David would have been born c 1842 (and according to him in Geelong) > HOWEVER !!! after many searches by many able bodied and helpful genes, > researches and anyone else who was close to a list anywhere I have > still NOT been able to find his parents or any siblings. > > I did find a marriage of a Michael DORAN to a Mary BOURKE at > Castleisland in Co Kerry Ireland they married on 25 Feb 1838 (note the > date (same as David's) and I wonder if this is coincidence) but if > these are my David's parents I can NOT (and neither can anyone else) > find them arriving into Australia c1838/42 in time for David to have > been born. > > The Roman Catholic baptism records and burials for Geelong are short > and sometimes non existant so I am unable to find out if he was > actually baptised there or not. > > After 12 years with success in the search for the rest of my family I > am really wishing to find my father's ancestors. > > I have ALL the family coming down the line to modern times, the sad > bit being that my grandparents had a fire not long after they arrived > in NZ in 1910 so any family papers (and my grandfather being the > eldest son would have had them) went up in smoke. No Australian > family member has anything either. > > Anyone any ideas? or should I just close the file. > > What about Catholic schools in Geelong? David could read and write so > he must have attended school??? > Could he have been born there and then the parents and the babe went > back to Ireland until he was old enough to come out again himself?? > > I really hate the idea of giving up but I can no longer see the wood > for the trees! > > cheers > Patsy > http://www.genebug.com and again on > http://www.countrystay.co.nz > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District and Bellarine Indexes : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbksrc1.asp > http://www.zades.com.au/bellhs/bpnmsrc1.asp >