Bonnie: Is their any family stories about a Harrington man that had received 144-piece set of Haviland China (Rose pattern with gold edging, I have the exact pattern and serial numbers, if needed). I seem to remember that it was given to him upon his retirement from the Queen's guard. Could that be the same as the "Grenadier Guard" you spoke about in your inquire? The story goes onto tells of some of our relatives came be live Wales / England, Their young relatives immigrated through the state of Virgina. This branch might have been referred as the "Southern US Harrington" James "Jay" Harrington Richards On Apr 16, 2009, at 8:46 PM, Irishdancr@aol.com wrote: > Hi Cath, > I have a line from John Morris Harrington, born 1866 in Dowlais, to > Timothy > Harrington and Mary Margaret Donovan Harrington. Timothy was born > circa > 1840 in Cork. Based on the children I'm guessing they were married > about > 1855, with first known child born 1856 in Merthyr Tidfil, Wales. > Back to John - he married my GGM's sister, Margaret Parker 1889 in > Fulham, > MDX outside London. John was a Grenadier Guard, and had been in the > Welsh > Boarder Guard. By 1898 the family immigrated to Pennsylvania, where > I am > still in touch with John's GGdaughter. > > Should any of this sound familiar, I have more to share. > BTW, Harrington is the second most common name in Beara area, so > could be a > needle in the haystack. > Bonnie > > > **************Great deals on Dell’s most popular laptops – Starting at > $479 > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220029082x1201385915/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B213969145%3B35701480%3Bh > ) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message Jay Richards jay2@jrichards.com