Hi Jill, How do you get hold of Irish Census records or Catholic records? Did your Farrelly's come to Australia? I hope there is a connection here somehow as none of us in SA have found anything yet. I lost my WA records but there was a Margaret involved there and she was on her own, I believe she was born around c.1800, just before from memory. The names are certainly similar in all these families and my first 2 generation in Aust. continued them on. Thanks so much for your input & help, Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nelson & Livingstone" <panjil@bigpond.net.au> To: <FARRELLY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 6:00 PM Subject: RE: Patrick Farrelly & Annie Egan Co Cavan > Hi to Sharon and Kevin > I too have Farrellys from County Cavan. They were from Cormaddyduff, > Castlerahan. Below is an excerpt of what I have established: > > "Castlerahan is one of the 16 parishes with surviving census returns for > the > year 1821. There are 68 households recorded in Cormaddyduff townland in > these returns. Eleven of the households were named Farrelly. Only one of > these Farrelly households has a son named James listed. This James was > unmarried at the time of the census but was old enough to be a father in > the > 1830s and 1840s. It is probable then that this is our ancestor, James > Farrelly. Also living in the household, were James' parents and his five > siblings. > > James and Margaret were married sometime before 1839. No record of their > marriage has been located, possibly because of the gaps that exist in > Irish > records, or because they may have married in a parish other than where > they > lived, perhaps the parish Margaret was from. Their known children are > Michael, born 1839, Patrick, born 1841, James born 1843 and John whose > records place his birth between 1843 and 1846. (For example, his marriage > certificate in 1869 stated he was 23 when married, and was therefore born > in > 1846. His death certificate shows he was 86 when he died in 1929, making > him born in 1843). Catholic Church records for the parish of Castlerahan > exist for the period 1829-1840. There are two baptismal entries for the > children of James and Margaret Farrelly in this period. One is for > Michael, > in 1839." > > Best wishes > Jill Livingstone > Sydney, Australia > > > > > ==== FARRELLY Mailing List ==== > This FARRELLY list is currently available for adoption! > Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 3/03/2006 > >