write to Richard Corrigan, Garrettstown House, Rathvilly, Co. Carlow. enclose postage. He should have a detailed history for you. On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:43 AM, ron medulison <ron_medulison@hotmail.com>wrote: > > You need to contact Richard Corrigan of Rathvilly, he has spent his > lifetime collecting the history of this family. > > > From: barcor@harboursat.com.au > > To: IRL-CARLOW@rootsweb.com > > Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 10:50:08 +1000 > > Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Corrigan family information request > > > > James Corrigan (1789-1860) and his wife Alice Tomlinson (1793-1872) were > > married 1815 at the church Aghade Leighlinbridge Co Carlow and their > > marriage certificate states they were both from the parish of Ballon. > Their > > first child Alicia Corrigan was christened at the same church in 1816 and > I > > understand they were possibly living in Dublin from that time. > > > > > > > > I would like to know if anyone else is researching this family as I would > > like to be able to progress further back with James & Alice's parents. > From > > his army records held at Kew UK James was aged 22 years in 1811 and his > > father's name is given as John. Further research has led us to suspect > > James' mother may have been a Miss Bradley. > > > > > > > > James had two brothers at least that we know of - William who married > 1817 > > to Anne Brownrigg and John who married 1821 to Charlotte Downes. Both > James > > and William were officers in the East York Militia and John was an > officer > > in the 3rd Buffs. > > > > > > > > We believe James at least was born in Co Carlow and one of his children > in > > later years in Australia gave Mildred Co Carlow as his own birthplace. > > > > > > > > Very happy to hear from anyone who may be able to offer some more > > information about any of the people mentioned in this message or this > > family. > > > > > > > > Barbara Corrigan (Canberra ACT, Australia). > > > > ======================================= > > 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your > inbox. > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 > ======================================= > 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 >