This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BURN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FlG.2ACEB/71 Message Board Post: Margaret Mahon (b1804) married Peter Byrne (b1797) (our surname changes spelling in the parish records: Burn, Burne, Burns). They had 9 children and lived in Moate, Westmeath. Kids names (born between 1823-47): James, Peter, Mary, John, Francis, Margaret, William, Edward, Michael. Sponsors of their recorded Ballyloughloe RC baptisms were: James Burne, Anne Bulger, William Brofy, Anne Connelly, Thomas Gill, Mary Gaynor, James Moran, Bridget Dowling, John Brien, Catherine Brien, Thomas Clarke, Catherine Mahon. Immigration of the family to NYC was 1848. Seeking info / contacts.