Hello Everyone I am new to this post and in search of some possible assistance. My gggfather was John Sullivan who married a Margaret Baker in Penzance, Cornwall in 1843 He was listed as a mariner, born about 1820 in "Castletown, Ireland" He and his wife show up living in Penzance in the 1851 Census but then disappear Their son George (who leaves for NZ in the 1870s) marries in Marazion, Penzance in 1874 but there is no other sign of them there His own father, another John, was said to be a "master mariner" My problem will be fairly obvious - which Castletown was my gggfather born in (given the seafaring, my uneducated guess is in either Louth or Cork) and how do I track him and his father from there? I suppose the possibilities are that my gggfather went back to Ireland after the 1851 Census or emigrated somewhere else Any suggestions would be most welcome Many thanks Brian Professor Brian Stoddart Writer, Consultant and Strategic Advisor PO Box 928 KYNETON VIC 3444 Australia 0418171983 mobile + 61 418171983 International 03 54223238 Home +61 3 54223238 International [email protected]

Hi Brian, I would suggest that you try and access the 1901 Census for Ireland and that at least might give you a lead re location etc. The other possibility for checking is Griffiths Valuation which might yield some result. Regards Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Stoddart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 12:48 PM Subject: [IRELAND] John Sullivan > Hello Everyone > > I am new to this post and in search of some possible assistance. > > My gggfather was John Sullivan who married a Margaret Baker in Penzance, > Cornwall in 1843 > > He was listed as a mariner, born about 1820 in "Castletown, Ireland" > > He and his wife show up living in Penzance in the 1851 Census but then > disappear > > Their son George (who leaves for NZ in the 1870s) marries in Marazion, > Penzance in 1874 but there is no other sign of them there > > His own father, another John, was said to be a "master mariner" > > My problem will be fairly obvious - which Castletown was my gggfather born > in (given the seafaring, my uneducated guess is in either Louth or Cork) > and how do I track him and his father from there? I suppose the > possibilities are that my gggfather went back to Ireland after the 1851 > Census or emigrated somewhere else > > Any suggestions would be most welcome > > Many thanks > > Brian > > Professor Brian Stoddart > Writer, Consultant and Strategic Advisor > PO Box 928 > KYNETON > VIC 3444 > Australia > > 0418171983 mobile > + 61 418171983 International > > 03 54223238 Home > +61 3 54223238 International > > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > 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 >