someone recently enquired about Marlborough Clarke Douglas, he was a member of the Methodist community in Carlow. A plaque is erected to his memory on a wall inside the church on the Athy Road. He wrote a history of Carlow. Pat Purcell inherited his research papers in 1924. Marlborough wrote : The precise interpretation of Catherlough (Carlow) raises the hackles among otherwise amenable historians. Some state it means "Four-angled Lake", others claim it translates as "Four Lakes". But the translation most favoured is "Stone Fort on the Lake".

I have meant to respond to Michael Brennan's posting made on 23 Feb...but life gets busy. I'm sure it was in response to a post I made on 7 Feb viz: My great, great grandmother was *Sarah Eliza Douglas,* born about 1822 in Carlow, Her father was *Marlborough Douglas*, and mother was *Sarah Rowe*. My great, great grandfather was *Thomas Trueman*. He was born in Carlow about 1820. I have no other information about him. They were married in Carlow about 1847. It seems probable that they arrived in Australia in May 1853 on board the "Marco Polo" which sailed from Liverpool UK. The name Marlborough is an unusual first name, and the name Douglas does not seem to be very common in Ireland. It seems likely that the name Marlborough is one that the family might re-use over many generations. I'd like to find out more information about the connections and other information relating to *Douglas family* *Trueman family* *Rowe family* in the early 1800's and before - or since - in Carlow or other parts of Ireland. Any ideas of how, when and why the Trueman family and Douglas family came to Ireland from the UK would be welcome Chris Trueman" I had previously read about Marlborough Clark Douglas. Marlborough is an unusual name so I made the reasonable assumption that Marlborough Clark Douglas is almost certainly named after an earlier ancestor called Marlborough Douglas who may have died about 1826 - who is the one I am trying to trace. His wife is recorded as being Sarah Rowe. One of their children was Sarah Eliza Douglas born about 1822. Since Marlborough Clark Douglas was apparently a historian, and his papers passed to Pat Purcell, there may be a good chance that his papers contained information about his own family history. If so, that would be very useful to obtain. Any ideas? michael purcell wrote: > someone recently enquired about Marlborough Clarke Douglas, he was a member > of the Methodist community > in Carlow. > A plaque is erected to his memory on a wall inside the church on the Athy > Road. > He wrote a history of Carlow. > Pat Purcell inherited his research papers in 1924. > Marlborough wrote : > The precise interpretation of Catherlough (Carlow) raises the hackles among > otherwise amenable historians. Some state it means "Four-angled Lake", > others claim it translates as "Four Lakes". But the translation most > favoured is "Stone Fort on the Lake". > ======================================= > 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 > > >