I'm happy to do it myself, and also happy to help others when I can. This summer on vacation in Ireland, I did lookups for four people on other mailing lists. Finding their relatives was almost as exciting as finding my own. Diane

Hi Dianne, and all I am trying to trace my husbands grandmothers family and their descendants in Ireland. The info I have is as fo;;ows. His grandmother never spoke of her life and family in Ireland to her only child, my late mother in law, Veronica May Hhart b. 14-01-1915 in Sydney Australia. She knew nothing of her mother’s life back in Ireland. I started with her birth certificate and have now her parents marriage certificate, her father’s death certificate, a list of all their children and their dates of birth (or christening), from the Kilkee Catholic Church. My husband’s g grandmother was Bridget Burke and she married Thomas O'Dea on 7th February 1871, Baunmore. She was 23 years old and Thomas was 26. (I have their marriage certificate). Thomas’ father, Patrick was a farmer and Bridget’s father Christopher was also a farmer. They had 8 children. Patrick b. 1871, Mary b.1874, Eileen b. 1876, Thomas b. 1878, Jane b. 1881(my husbands grandmother), Anne b. 1884, Michael b. 1886 and Sarah b. 1890. I have all full ates if you need them. As far as we know, Jane was the only one to come to Australia (after the 1901 census and before January 1915 when her daughter was born in Sydney Australia). There is a query if Jane came to Australia with a younger sister. The only younger sister not in the 1911 census with their mother (Thomas their father died in 1897 with Jane as witness) was Sarah. Is there anyone who has information on Jane and maybe Sarah travelling to Australia? There was a Michael O'Dea who went to America via Ellis Island and he listed his next of kin as Bridget O'Dea from Kilkee, County Clare. Has anyone any clues as to this Michael and if it the Michael listed above? They lived in Baunmore County Clare and I have had no luck in tracing any O'Dea's at all. Surely there are descendants around, even under other names from when the girl’s married. Over 25 years ago my mother in law went Ireland and went to New Quay. There she took a photo of a large memorial in memory of nine children who died in a boating accident. This was at New Quay church North Clare. Two of the nine were, Mary (18) and Anne (16) O'Dea. She was told these girls may be related. There was a Paddy O'Dea who helped in rescuing many others. Is he or any of his children around for me to contact? We would love to have contact with them and follow up on tracing our line of O'Dea's. Is there any way this can be checked to get the names of their parents and grandparents and (oh to be so lucky) their g g grandparents? We are planning to come to Ireland mid 2007 and we would love to meet them. We are in Australia and I am finding it quite difficult to get information from here. I am trying to trace any descendants at all of the above named children of Bridget and Thomas O'Dea. Many may not know anything about Jane, as she appears to have had no contact with anyone in Ireland after leaving there. If Sarah came here with Jane, she may have died on the ship on the way. We are not sure but my brother in law remembers their grandmother making this comment. If this can be refuted, we are happy to know what became of Jane’s family. Any information will be more than what we have at this stage.. Also, can anyone copy a death notice from the Clare Champion? The information is, O’Dea Thomas Baunmore, Lisdeen Kilkee 07 Feb. 1948 Obit. I am hoping that this Obit has information on his relatives. Thanks so much, in advance, for your time and help. Kindest regards Faye and Paul Chapman. -----Original Message----- From: irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of DLCulhane@cs.com Sent: Saturday, 14 October 2006 7:26 AM To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] Lookup Request I'm happy to do it myself, and also happy to help others when I can. This summer on vacation in Ireland, I did lookups for four people on other mailing lists. Finding their relatives was almost as exciting as finding my own. Diane ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.3/473 - Release Date: 12/10/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/475 - Release Date: 13/10/2006