Hi Patrick, I have a small bit of County Clare Ratchford/Rochford information that may be of interest to you. Mary b.c.1810 Unknown Co. Clare; m. John Griffin b.c.1805 Unknown Ireland. I assume they were married in Co. Clare. I have the 1860 Illinois census showing John & Mary living in Chicago with their 5 Irish born children, the youngest b.c.1848. In this same 1860 census and living in the same neighborhood is John and Mary's daughter Margaret b.c.1830's m. to James Mason (brother to my gr. grandfather) b.1833 Parteen, Co. Clare, Ireland. With James & Margaret is their daughter Mary b.c.1858. I have more information for both the Griffin and Mason children; however, no marriage record for James Mason/Margaret Griffin nor birth record for daughter Mary. I believe this these two families may have been in NY before coming to Chicago. Note: one of the Griffin daughters, Bridget b.c. 1842, was married to Thomas Purcell of Co. Clare. Should you see a connection or would like more information, I'd be happy to share. Judie Mason Chicago On Apr 3, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Patrick Callaghan <balcolyn@activ8.net.au> wrote: > Hi Christine > Thank you for your email, I think its likely that at least one of the > Rochford girls who came to Australia in the 1860's had gone to the USA > and returned to Ireland before coming here, they all arrived on ships from > England and I feel confident I have the right people as the put their > parents names on their marriage certificates. I also have a couple of lovely > photos apparently taken in Australia about 1880 and sent back to relatives > in Ireland. My Tulla 'cousins' allowed me to copy them. I will keep my > fingers crossed for some contacts > You know what they say Ireland's greatest export was/ is her people. > Australia was not much affected by the GFC and it's not uncommon to hear > young Irish voices working around Sydney > all the best > Patrick > > > > ------------------------------- > 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