From: Robert Maskell Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 4:05 PM To: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com Subject: Roll Call: Tobin and Brennan Searching for additional information on my great-grandfather Thomas Tobin, his brother James and parents Thomas Tobin and Bridget Brennan, or any Tobin of Carlow origin My great-grandfather Thomas Tobin, baptised RC Chapel, Leighlinbridge, on 26 October 1834; listed in Parish Register as Tom Tobin; parents: Tom Tobin and Bridget Brennan; witnesses: Unable to be read on microfilm; Townland of parents: Leighlin Bridge (Leighlinbridge); immigrated to Victoria, Australia, aboard the ship "Elizabeth Ann Bright", arriving November 1861 His brother James Tobin, baptised RC Chapel, Leighlinbridge, on 28 October 1832; parents: Thomas Tobin and Biddy (sic Bridget) Brennan; witnesses: James Tobin and Mary Kelly; Townland of parents: Leighlin Bridge (Leighlinbridge); arrived in Victoria in June 1857 on the "War Spirit" Their mother Bridget Brennan, born about 1806, County Carlow, arrived in Victoria in January 1871 aboard the ship "Essex"; her parents were Dennis Brennan and Bridget (surname unknown) Their father Thomas Tobin is most likely identified in the Index to Deaths Registered in Ireland, 1868, Thomas Tobin, Registration District of Carlow, County Carlow, Volume 13 Page 276 (at age 81) Robert Maskell Perth WA Australia