Gues what you have cousins down under!!!!! our ggg grandparents were the same people as yours and their daughter married and came to Sydney she was the sister to Mary only they spelt the name as Burns but dont let this worry you as the illeteracy in ireland was dreadful and the name spelling was up to the person writing. I just noticed your posting on my way out the door and tomorrow afternoon will send you a more complete reply. Ray Gavan. Sydney. Australia. Joe & Laura Schmidt wrote: > 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 > > ==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== > If you are leaving your current ISP, please unsubscribe! > Digest Fianna-D-request@rootsweb.com > List Fianna-L-request@rootsweb.com > only one word in body of message UNSUBSCRIBE > No signature/No nothing! > Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! > Messages to list in plain text only!