Hi Lorraine I have seen this reference. Thank you for your response. Regards Jan Daly -----Original Message----- From: irl-cork-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-cork-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lorraine Egan Sent: 22 November 2010 09:17 To: irl-cork@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Irl-Cork] HOY, DUMAS, McSWINEY Page 59/61 of "Huguenot Settlements in Ireland" has a mention of DUMAS. Page 61...PETER DUMAS from Laroche "took the Oaths" as a Protestant stranger in 1704 and it was possibly his son Peter who was Sheriff of Cork 1781 and his gson Peter William who was mayor in1812." Lorraine www.radleysofcork.bigpondhosting.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Daly" <jdaly270@bigpond.net.au> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 6:29 PM Subject: [Irl-Cork] HOY, DUMAS, McSWINEY > Dear fellow list-members > > Some of my husband's ancestors hail from Cork. > > Robert HOY was born in 1811 in England where his father, also Robert, was > stationed in the Royal Navy. > > This Robert Hoy married Jane McSWINEY on 13 October 1839 in Blackrock > Cork. > They emigrated to New South Wales shortly afterwards. They had a son, > Robert born 2 November 1842 according to his baptism certificate. He was > baptised on 17 April 1849 at Black Creek near Maitland - the delay may > have > been due to waiting for a Roman Catholic priest to perform the ceremony. > My > husband is descended from him. > > Robert's parents were Robert Hoy RN and Eliza Dumas. Eliza died on 4 > October 1814 at Lemcon - a signal station near Schull in West Cork. She > is > buried in Schull Cemetery and her gravestone, which is still legible reads > as follows: > "Sacr(d) to the Memor(y) of Mrs Eliza Hoy Wife of Lieu Rob(t) Hoy Roy Navy > & > Daught(er) to Aldern Peter Dumas of The City of Cork Esq who departed Life > at Lomcon Signal Stati(on) Octo(ber) The 4th 1814 in the 27th Year of her > Age" > > You can imagine the excitement when my husband found this in Casey - even > more when we found the actual vault. > > The DUMAS family appears to be one of the Huguenot families in Cork City - > they are a bit difficult to trace as there are lots of Peters. > > In addition to Robert Hoy RN there is another naval officer, Joseph Hoy > RN, > whom we suspect may be his brother. There was also an older Hoy, Isaac > HOY, > who was in the navy. We have references for him in Youghal, and he may be > the father or Robert and Joseph. > > If anyone on the list knows about these families I would love to > correspond > and share information. > > Regards > > Jan Daly > Kensington, Sydney NSW Australia > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 891 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message