Hi, More than likely this is Hehir (pronounced Hair in Gaelic) but the surname Eyre exists in Clare also, Declan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy " <judydee@ozemail.com.au> To: <IRL-CLARE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 8:46 PM Subject: [IRL-CLARE] re Hanora HAIRE/ HAIR /EYRE/ AYRE > Hello everyone, I'm hoping someone on the list can help me with an > ancestor > of mine. Her name is Hanora HAIRE/ HAIR/ AYRE/ EYRE. On documents, her > Christian name is sometimes shortened to Norah, and on one to Ann Norah. > All I know about Hanora's life before New Zealand, is what I have found on > the various births, marriages, deaths etc. of her children and her own > Death > certificate. Her death certificate says she was born in Co. Clare., no > parents listed, but her father was a Farmer. She was 51 years old when > she > died in 1880, so born about 1829. She was 22 years old when she married > Richard, so married about 1851. The various certificates of her children > show that they weren't quite sure what her maiden name was, see above. > One > of them even said her maiden name was Norah CORBET. (where did that come > from?) > > > > Sometime before 1852, Hanora arrived in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, South > Africa. I haven't found out how she got there or when. I assume she > married Richard Chadwick, from Tipperary, there, sometime before that. I > haven't been able to find a marriage certificate yet. I have their > daughter's baptism and birth record which shows that she, Mary, was born > in > February 1852 to Richard and Norah Chadwick. Richard was a 'domestic > servant'. She was baptised in an Anglican Church (I believe this was due > to > the fact that there was no Catholic Church established in Port Elizabeth > at > the time). Richard, Norah and daughter Mary, then swam (?) to New > Zealand > and arrived there in 1855. They had 4 more children in New Zealand, all > raised as Catholics. Daughter Mary was re-baptised in the Catholic Church > in New Zealand. I have their confirmation certificates as well. > > > > I know this is a big ask, and a very broad background on Hanora / Nora, > but > I hope somebody may be able to help. > > > > Regards > > Judy > > In Australia > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2897 / Virus Database: 2639/6077 - Release Date: 02/02/13 >