Have you checked with Margaret Curtain who started the "Curtin Family Genealogy Research"? She is a wealth of info if you haven't already done so. Also, check www.curtin.org for a lot more info as well as good links. Toni McCarthy -----Original Message----- From: MomDad2154@aol.com [mailto:MomDad2154@aol.com] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 7:28 AM To: IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRELAND] Curtin County Clare Roots After a few years of research and loads of paper I have yet to find out the exact location in County Clare (which is where the family is suppose to have originate) came from. Going backwards in 1883 -Michael J. Curtin (he later married Margaret A. Maroney in !889 and moved to Worcester, Mass) came to Boston. I found a Michael Curtin of the right age on the Catalonia which left Cobh and arrived in Boston that May. Previous to that he had been a member of the Cold Stream Guards having served a time in Egypt and London. The following year his brother John and their mother,widowed by that time, Bridget came to Boston. They stayed in the Boston area till Bridget died in 1900 and John in 1911, after spending some time in the Tewksbury State Infirmary. Michael died in 1933 in Worcester, Massachusetts and was born in County Clare about 1861. The story is he was conscripted by the British Army because he was considered tall but obviously was discharged by 1883. MIchael is listed as a laborer and caretaker in most census. John as a baker on his death certificate and Bridget as keeping house. Her husband, John, appears to have died in Ireland, presumably in County Clare previous to 1884. John does not appear to have married. Bridget's maiden name is Daly. Again I would assume they were married probably circa 1855 the year John is listed as being born. On her death certificate her parents are listed as Michael Daley (a variation of spelling) and Nora Burke. Bridget seems to have been born around 1836. I have found a few periphery records which may suggest the family may have come from Kilrush but no paper to prove that or Ennyismon - a school record with children of approximately the right age but no birth, marriage or death records that I have been able to find. If anyone has access to any County Clare records and can maybe look the family up I would appreciate any efforts taken on my behalf. LMCurtin ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/