Cara has invited us to write about our Dublin ancestor. I hope this is not too long. My GGGF Robert Wentworth WADE, a schoolteacher, was born in 1793 and died in 1870 in Dublin. I still haven't discovered his parentage. He married Anne GIBBONS about 1828 - record not yet found. Both were COI and almost all the children were baptised in St Catherine. They presumably lived as tenants in inner Dublin as their address changed often but was always close to St. Catherine. Robert and Annie had 10 children between 1829 and 1848. Two died very young but nearly all the others seem to have lived to their seventies. For the longest time I thought there were only two children, brothers Frederick and Robert who both came to New Zealand (one at least went to Australia first). Both had Wentworth as a middle name, as had several grandchildren. Other siblings were not so identified. Frederick now has 39 descendants in Australia and NZ, including me. The wonderful genealogy.ie finally gave me all but one of Robert and Annie's children, plus the marriages of some of them. I discovered that some of the children and grandchildren of the Dublin schoolmaster had became doctors (3), Army generals, Mayors, teachers and a barrister. When browsing ancestry.com I discovered another daughter Annie who was married in Ontario (to John LUKES, from Cornwall). then I discovered that one of her sisters Harriet and her Irish husband William CLELAND, married in Dublin in 1868, had also moved to Ontario - to the same town. Another daughter Emily married Robert MACCULLAGH in 1862 in Dublin. I suspect this Robert was a soldier but have not been able to find them anywhere yet. Descendants of Robert and Annie's son George Augustus Wade left Ireland and are now scattered around England. Identifying his family gave me some headaches. He had a son with the same name plus another son named Ernest Wentworth Wade, who in turn had a son named Ernest Wentworth Wade, and within this family there were also two Alice Mary Wades. I also discovered lots of other George Augustuses mainly in England, presumably named after the king. The earlier Alice Mary (1866-1905) was one of the first women graduates of the Royal University of Ireland. Predictably she became a teacher. I've still got lots of questions. 1. First and foremost of course is Robert's parentage. Also his wife's. And where were they married? It may have been outside Co. Dublin. The middle name Wentworth should provide a clue but so far hasn't. One of NZ Frederick's biographers said he was born at "Clonabraney", the Wade country seat in Meath. Another said he came from Westmeath. I have been unable to link Robert Wentworth Wade to the Clonebraney Wades. 2. How did one become a schoolmaster in those days? Was the system similar to England where promising children aged 14 or so became "student teachers" (I have one English GGGF who went on to become a headmaster). I haven't been able to find any records. 3. The last daughter Annie had the middle name HOUGHTON/HAUGHTON according to Ontario records. I have been unable to find any Houghton/Wade/Gibbons marriages in Dublin. Annie's mother's name was given as Annie Houghton, which I suspect is a typo or wrong entry. Her father's full name was given in the original record. I can't quite reconcile Gibbons with Houghton phonetically. All suggestions very welcome!! (And Nivard, at last I have discovered a Cornish link (even if only through marriage) via John Lukes!!) Nancy in NZ Would you all like to write something about your Dublin Ancestor and post > > to the list, perhaps a broader picture of the persons you are looking for, > may create a new idea on where to look. > > Simply be nice and make it all about the Irish content part, but do not > hesitate to tell us where they went to, where they died, did some stay in > Ireland, what did they become in their Lands, did they follow on in the work force of what they had learnt in > Ireland? Nancy