I have been reading lots of queries..but have never seen the surname BYRNE yet it is the 7th most common name in Ireland, so I have heard. Thomas BYRNE m Mary KELLY, 1832, Ballysax, Co Kildare. Mary was the dau of Daniel and Sarah BYRNE KELLY who were married 1805 in Co Kildare. Thomas and Mary to San Francisco ca 1867 with 5 grown children. Two stayed in Ireland, James who m Ellen DOWLING, lived Kilcullen Parish, Co Kildare, Sarah who m James GLYNN, Moone Parish, Co Kildare. Have never learned Thomas's parents. He was b 1805, there was a Garrett & Anne BYRNE who had a son Thomas b that year but dont believe he is ours. Thomas & Mary's other children were: Maurice, Mary, Thomas, Daniel, Patrick. Thank you. Ellen Byrne dande@mail.tds.net