My Holdens come from the Old Leighlin area of County Carlow. My great grandmother was BridgetHolden, the eldest child of John Holden and Mary Lynch of the townland of Lackan. The other children of the marriage (after Bridget) were in order of birth: Ellen (b.1833), Catherine (b.1836), Patrick (b.1838), Martin (b.1842), William (b. 1845), Mary (b.1849), and John (b. 1851). Given the gaps between some of the children there may have been others. Bridget Holden came to Sydney, Australia as an assisted immigrant in October 1854 and married Thomas Walsh from County Limerick in Maitland NSW in 1857. They had nine children - Mary, John, Thomas, Ellen, Margaret, William Patrick, Catherine, Bridget and James. Looking for Bridget's parents and siblings who all disappeared from the Old Leighlin area around 1870. Bill Junor Sydney

hi william it just so happens that i am currently working with a Jim Holden of carlow town and i will make enquiries for you. another one of my work collegues is a mrs murphy who is currently living in lacken and i believe both her and her husband are originally from there. have you tried the records in the cathedral in old loughlin as families tended in ireland to move between the rc and cofI religions! Anna! ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Junor" <wjunor@gmail.com> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 9 July, 2010 02:04:06 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Roll call HOLDEN My Holdens come from the Old Leighlin area of County Carlow. My great grandmother was BridgetHolden, the eldest child of John Holden and Mary Lynch of the townland of Lackan. The other children of the marriage (after Bridget) were in order of birth: Ellen (b.1833), Catherine (b.1836), Patrick (b.1838), Martin (b.1842), William (b. 1845), Mary (b.1849), and John (b. 1851). Given the gaps between some of the children there may have been others. Bridget Holden came to Sydney, Australia as an assisted immigrant in October 1854 and married Thomas Walsh from County Limerick in Maitland NSW in 1857. They had nine children - Mary, John, Thomas, Ellen, Margaret, William Patrick, Catherine, Bridget and James. Looking for Bridget's parents and siblings who all disappeared from the Old Leighlin area around 1870. Bill Junor Sydney ======================================= Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! --------------------------------------- To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Anna!