Hi Betty Ann - Not to answer your specific question, but according to the surname search engine at www.ireland.com/ancestor/ ("Irish Times" website), during the Primary Valuation (1848-64), there were 193 OSBORNE households, 19 Osbourne, 4 Osburn, 2 Osburne, and 2 Usborne households. OSBORNE spelling was found in many Irish counties, but the majority of those OSBORNE households were found in Co. Down 18, Co. Derry 17, Co. Tyrone 16, Co. Meath 13, Co. Donegal 12, Co. Waterford 12, Co Kilkenny 10, down from there. (If you believe there is a Scots-Irish component to your FH, you may be looking at the Ulster/Northern Ireland region.) Do you have a second surname, such as wife's maiden ("nee") surname, in a marriage that took place in Ireland? If so, could provide more clues. Be sure and explore various websites for information on your surnames of interest, too, via a "google" search.. What years do you believe they lived in Ireland? In the year 1890, there were 12 Osborne births recorded in the Province of Ulster, 5 in Leinster, 5 in Munster and only one in Connacht (Connaught), per the Matheson survey, which is also found at www.ireland.com/ancestor/ Where and when did you find the family definitely living elsewhere? Vigorous research there may provide the name of a county or townland or village in some document, such as a death notice. Perhaps a living relative can shed more light - family lore, prior research, a notation or record. Given names were often repeated in earlier and later generations. An unusual first or middle name of a son could reflect mother's maiden name. Children with both first and second given names were usually from well-educated, better-off families, oftentimes Protestant. Below is a list of the counties found in the Irish Provinces: IRISH PROVINCES LEINSTER: Cos. Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois (Leix/Queen's Co), Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly (King's Co.), Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. MUNSTER: Cos. Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. ULSTER: Divided in two sections -- (1) Northern Ireland with Cos. Antrim, Armagh, Derry/Londonderry, Down, Fermanagh and Tyrone. (2) Republic of Ireland with Cos. Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan. CONNAUGHT: Cos. Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Ann" <bamedhat@telus.net> To: "Ireland Mailing List" <ireland@rootsweb.com>; "Donegal Mailing List" <DONEGALEIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:47 PM Subject: [IRELAND] The Book of Irish Families Great & Small > I have heard that this book is a good resource tool. > > Could sks with access to a copy of this book, The Book > of Irish Families Great & Small by Michael C. O'Laughlin, > please look to see if there are any Osborne families > listed in it? > > I am not sure what the author's criteria might be for an > Irish Family. I suspect that my Osborne ancestors were > Scots-Irish, and may only have been in Ireland for a > couple of generations. <snip>

Hi Jean All that I know about my direct lineage ancestor, Moses Osborne is as follows: In 1823, when Moses P. Osborne applied for land in Canada, he stated that he settled in New Brunswick, Canada in 1819, and that he was a single man who was born in County Donegal, Ireland in about 1794. I also believe Moses Osborne came to Canada with at least one sibling, sister Mary, who settled in the same area in 1819, was born in County Donegal in 1796 and married William Taylor in Canada in 1829. While I have found records indicating Osborne families lived in at least three Donegal locations during the appropriate 1780-1820 time frame, I have not been able to find anything that would suggest which family that our Moses and Mary may have descended from. Possible familial locations include: 1. Braade Upper, Glencolumbkille, 2. Stranalore 3. Letterkenny Family lore suggests that Moses Osborne came from/through Cork - no indication as to city or county. A very real consideration might be that, three generations later, the more familiar name of Cork could have been mistaken for Carrick which is in the Glencolumbkille area. There are also vague, third and forth hand, familial suggestions of possible McAlward and Doherty family connections, but absolutely nothing tangible. I certainly would appreciate any/all assistance/suggestions that anyone on this list might be able to offer. Thanks for your interest Betty ANn On 7-Jan-09, at 9:33 PM, Jean R. wrote: Hi Betty Ann - Not to answer your specific question, but according to the surname search engine at www.ireland.com/ancestor/ ("Irish Times" website), during the Primary Valuation (1848-64), there were 193 OSBORNE households, 19 Osbourne, 4 Osburn, 2 Osburne, and 2 Usborne households. OSBORNE spelling was found in many Irish counties, but the majority of those OSBORNE households were found in Co. Down 18, Co. Derry 17, Co. Tyrone 16, Co. Meath 13, Co. Donegal 12, Co. Waterford 12, Co Kilkenny 10, down from there. (If you believe there is a Scots-Irish component to your FH, you may be looking at the Ulster/Northern Ireland region.) Do you have a second surname, such as wife's maiden ("nee") surname, in a marriage that took place in Ireland? If so, could provide more clues. Be sure and explore various websites for information on your surnames of interest, too, via a "google" search.. What years do you believe they lived in Ireland? In the year 1890, there were 12 Osborne births recorded in the Province of Ulster, 5 in Leinster, 5 in Munster and only one in Connacht (Connaught), per the Matheson survey, which is also found at www.ireland.com/ancestor/ Where and when did you find the family definitely living elsewhere? Vigorous research there may provide the name of a county or townland or village in some document, such as a death notice. Perhaps a living relative can shed more light - family lore, prior research, a notation or record. Given names were often repeated in earlier and later generations. An unusual first or middle name of a son could reflect mother's maiden name. Children with both first and second given names were usually from well-educated, better-off families, oftentimes Protestant. Below is a list of the counties found in the Irish Provinces: IRISH PROVINCES LEINSTER: Cos. Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois (Leix/Queen's Co), Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly (King's Co.), Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. MUNSTER: Cos. Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. ULSTER: Divided in two sections -- (1) Northern Ireland with Cos. Antrim, Armagh, Derry/Londonderry, Down, Fermanagh and Tyrone. (2) Republic of Ireland with Cos. Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan. CONNAUGHT: Cos. Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Ann" <bamedhat@telus.net> To: "Ireland Mailing List" <ireland@rootsweb.com>; "Donegal Mailing List" <DONEGALEIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:47 PM Subject: [IRELAND] The Book of Irish Families Great & Small > I have heard that this book is a good resource tool. > > Could sks with access to a copy of this book, The Book > of Irish Families Great & Small by Michael C. O'Laughlin, > please look to see if there are any Osborne families > listed in it? > > I am not sure what the author's criteria might be for an > Irish Family. I suspect that my Osborne ancestors were > Scots-Irish, and may only have been in Ireland for a > couple of generations. <snip> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELAND- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message