Barbara, Just after having written the previous, I found a note in my records that indicate that my Martin Corgan b. 1770, married to Margaret Doyle appear to have had a son James, possibly born Bilboa, Co Carlow who is said to have died in Australia.  His occupation is listed as "Farmer, sheepherder".  There is a note from the original researcher that says: "One of John Corgan's brothers, per Ann Corgan McCarron; could be the brother sent to Australia as a prisoner per Martin McDonough, although Martin was not sure of the man's first name." I'll post a little more about this sometime soon. Sharon --- On Tue, 5/4/10, Barbara Corrigan <barcor@harboursat.com.au> wrote: From: Barbara Corrigan <barcor@harboursat.com.au> Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Corrigan family information request To: IRL-CARLOW@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 5:50 PM 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