Hi, Thanks for getting back to me, not too sure about a roll call....if your on half a dozen lists they drive you mad when they all come at once ( wait till Xmas !! ) Got anyone near the Oldcastle area ??? I have some MI's I could check for you. Lets hope my email got their attention........sometimes a list needs a kick start !!! Regards, Carol. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Sims" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [MEATH] Holliday ? > Carol, > > It has been a bit quiet... unlike the Louth list the last week or so, where > there has been something of a roll call going on (and I have been lucky > enough to glean some new info in the process). > > Maybe this would not be a bad idea next door in Meath? > > My Meath interests: > > 1. Simon OWENS of Julianstown b. c1770 > Christina MCGOUGH b. c1775 Dublin? > marr 28 Apr 1796 St Marys Dublin > 2. Simon OWENS (in Griffiths Valuation for Julianstown) > 2. Edward OWENS b. c1800 Julianstown? > Sarah COULTER b. c1812 Dundalk Louth > marr 24 Feb 1838 Julianstown? > (other children not found yet) > > Edward & Sarah were probably married in Julianstown or perhaps in Drogheda, > Louth; the marriage reported in Drogheda Conservative Journal, in any case. > They lived in Louth where most of their children were born, until they > emigrated to Australia in 1862-3. > > I'm interested in any other OWENS in Julianstown and environs as I'm finding > it hard to connect various references together. > > Regards > Steve > > > ===== > Steve Sims, Brisbane, Australia > > http://search.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Search > - Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search > > > ==== IRL-MEATH Mailing List ==== > Visit The Roscommon Database for uncommon records: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlros/ ........History or Genealogy are fair subjects here, but current politics and religion issues are not. > >

G'day List, My ancestors included several High Sheriffs of Meath in their number. I am particularly interested in the first of the Wade family at Clonabraney, named Henry Wade who received land there after the Cromwellian settlements. In fact his grant of land was not until 1684, but he was High Sheriff in 1669 and various of his descendents were also High Sheriffs over the period up to the end of the 1800s. (My own family had by then been away from their Irish roots for well over 100 years.) Can anyone suggest where I should look to find out how Henry Wade came to be given this roll in 1669, when he is also listed as having been a soldier in Cromwell's Army (1649-1653) and the High Sheriff position is one that has to be approved, at least nominally, by the King. I would have thought that Charles II would not have been keen to appoint an ex-soldier of his father's enemy?? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Robert Wade near Brisbane, Australia