My gt grandfather, William DeLaney was born 28 May 1849, 1850 or 1851 (various sources indicate various years) in Mountrath. He was a coachman in the 1881 English census (Suffolk) and emigrated to Brisbane, Australia where he died. When he married, he listed his father as William DeLaney, deceased, also a coachman. I've been unable to make any headway on his birth records. I'm wondering if there's a connection here! Gail -----Original Message----- From: irl-laois-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-laois-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 4:54 AM To: IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAOIS] 1800s..1858..Delany, Delaney from Mountrath, Borris-in-Ossory-Laois, Leix, Queen's County This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jamesdelaney0116 Surnames: Delany, Delaney, Bourke, Burke, Haslam, Haslem, Sweeney, Shannon, Carroll Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.lex.general/2796.2.1 /mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Phil!....Yes there's quite a gathering of Delany/Delaneys there in Mountrath.Originally here in the states my GGrandfather Patrick H. Delaney spelt his last name on his Naturalization Papers eith a "e" before the y...that was in 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. But the Irish Records spelt our name without the "e" before the y, such as Michael Delany (Patrick's Father) in the indexs. I do not know who was Michael's father's name yet...I have to get some records like official birth recs, church recs etc. So far we have Winfred Delany born 1859, Patrick H. Delan(e)y 17 March 1862 (1860), Catharine Delany 1863, Edward Delany 12 April 1865 all born & baptised in R/C Parish: Borris-in-Ossory, Queen's County, Leinster Province, Ireland. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ========IRL-LAOIS Mailing List======== Leix/Laois websites: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/Leix/ http://www.igp-web.com/laois/index.htm Add your Leix/Laois surname to the Surname Registry. Please send all messages using PLAIN TEXT; for assistance see: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/listadmins/plaintext.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LAOIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message