Hello Peter, Is this name in any way connected to the Hooley name? My Hooleys came from Ireland but cannot locate them there. My g/g/grandfathers name was MARTIN HOOLEY. He was a Mason by trade.No idea of his birth year or birthplace or marriage and to whom. His son THOMAS was born in Ireland in 1836 and I have found his marriage in 1857 in Swansea Wales with his fathers name on the certificate but Martin was deceased at this time. The name was written as HOOLEY. I have searched and found a Martin Hooley who was a mason by trade in Cheshire in the 1841 Census in Birkenhead and there are other names sounding like Hooley mentioned in other censuses which I am trying to investigate at the moment. Have not been able to find a Martin Hooleys death anywhere in the U.K. BDM's but will keep trying for lookups as the parish may not be transcribed as yet. I also found a Martin Hooly in the 1851 Census of St Marks, Dublin but have had no replies to my queries from there. Would appreciate hearing from you if related. Many thanks, Mary Mizzi [Hooley] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Robinson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 9:17 AM Subject: [COUNTYCORK] WHOLEY > My mother's maiden name was WHOLEY. She was the daughter of Arthur Ernest > WHOLEY, son of publican Robert Jarvis WHOLEY of Sculcoates, Hull, > Yorkshire. > Without going through the whole panoply, he was descended from Gervaise > WHOLEY who married Mary CROSBY at Branston, Lincs on 23rd November 1797. > > I've not been able to trace Gervaise further back than this. However, I've > recently learned that it is possible that his ancestry may lie in County > Cork and that I should pursue enquiries there. Is ther anyone on this > list > with an interest in this surname and/or anyone who might be able to offer > me > some suggestions as to how I might proceed? > > the older of the tworobbos > > > ------------------------------- > 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