I've now sorted all the new Ellis notes and I'll add these to my web page for The Bowles of Carlow. It does amaze me though how my Bowles line can continue to twist, duck and dodge from discovery. They must have known I would be coming and wanted to make sure it would have a challenge! Here I not only have some newly found descendants, they were actually a family that was notably interested in Carlow's history. But apparently they didn't extend that interest to their own family's history. Not my Bowles line. They knew how to hide. Even Mary Bowles Ellis' obituary in 1943 says "She was a member of an old and respectable Carlow family." If we were so "old and respectable" you would think the writer could have thrown in the name Bowles! This is quite a discovery though. She was the last Bowles in Carlow. We arrived there in 1719-20 and now have 1943 as our end date. There's still a lot to learn about their life in between though. Thanks again for adding these pieces of the puzzle. They're getting harder and harder to find. Tom > Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:00 +0100 > From: carlowmike@gmail.com > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Ellis / Boles. > > Willie Ellis died 22nd July 2007. > > On 24 May 2013 12:37, Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> wrote: > > > WILLIE ELLIS. > > [ note added by Michael Purcell -- Willie Ellis was grandson of Mary > > Boles. > > All Willie's uncles and brothers were interested in our history, over the > > years many of their articles were published in the Nationalist and > > Carloviana.