Greetings All; I've just joined and here is the scant info I have about my Irish g grandmother. Her name was Margaret Lister b. 25 Jan 1859 and she was from Castleboney (sp?), County Monaghan. Her father was a school teacher and family rumour has it he was from England. Margaret was the product of his second marriage. He had two sons from the first marriage (one possibly John) Margaret came to Scotland before 1882 with her mother, and she married in Dundee. I do not know her mother or father's names. If anyone has info on Margaret or her ancestors, or has advice on how I could proceed in my search for them, I would love to hear it. Thank you in advance Jayne-Ann

Hi Jayne-Ann, First, I have to say you have a pretty name; one which I have never seen before - at least with that spelling. Now, on to your query. I don't research the LISTER name and cannot help you there; however I can probably cast some light on the placename you mentioned. The placename of 'Castleboney' does not exist in Ireland, as you probably already suspected. When I saw that name, my mind immediately went to the name 'Castleblayney' which is a town in the Parish of Muckno, Barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan. The only other place in Co. Monaghan that begins with 'Castle' is Castleshane Demesne which is a townland in the Parish of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan. I don't think that is anywhere near close to the name you seek. If I were you, I would assume that Castleblayney is your place to search for your family. Because she was born before Civil Registers were kept, you will need to look in Church Registers for information. Also, you can search the Griffith's Valuation of Ireland for Co. Monaghan, as they were still in Ireland at that time. Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: Jayne-Ann <jayne-ann@home.com> To: <IRL-MONAGHAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 1:58 PM Subject: [MONAGHAN] Surname LISTER Greetings All; I've just joined and here is the scant info I have about my Irish g grandmother. Her name was Margaret Lister b. 25 Jan 1859 and she was from Castleboney (sp?), County Monaghan. Her father was a school teacher and family rumour has it he was from England. Margaret was the product of his second marriage. He had two sons from the first marriage (one possibly John) Margaret came to Scotland before 1882 with her mother, and she married in Dundee. I do not know her mother or father's names. If anyone has info on Margaret or her ancestors, or has advice on how I could proceed in my search for them, I would love to hear it. Thank you in advance Jayne-Ann ==== IRL-MONAGHAN Mailing List ==== If you'd like to read all previous messages that have been sent to this list, go to the archives of the list that are located at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/IRL-MONAGHAN-L/ and http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=irl-monaghan and: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Ireland/Monagahan and: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Ireland/General © MM

Hi, Jayne Ann. I've been saving your info, so next time I went to my FHC I could do a little research for you. My FHC has Griffiths Valuation, and indexes of b,m,d for Ireland. I started with marriages(on the assumption that your Listers were protestant, Catholic records don't start til 1865) and searched 1852-1862. As I had guessed, Lister was a very rare name, only 1-2 marriages per year. The name seemed to occur in only 3 areas, Monaghan, Newry and Banbridge registration areas. I took down all marriages in Monaghan county, as these are very likely related to your ancestor.. 1859 George & Mary Lister married in Monaghan district Book 8 P.225. The referencea were the same for both of them, which means either they married each other, or there was a double marriage and thus they are on the same page. 1856 Margaret Lister (or Knox) Castleblaney Book 3 P.407 The "or Knox" means she was probably a widow, and either her maiden name or married name was Lister. The Castleblaney location and the name Margaret are awfully suggestive - perhaps an aunt of your Margaret? 1857 Mary Monaghan B.8 p. 252 1861- Ann Jane Monaghan B. 8 P.233 Births: 1865 Mary Monaghan Book 18 p.278 1867 Margaret Monaghan B.13 p.278 The cluster of Listers in Monaghan District makes me wonder if perhaps that's where the Lister's were from, and that Margaret's birth was in Castleblaney because that's where her father had gone to live. Don't know whether you want to spend the money, but the parish record for the Episcopal Church in Castleblaney exists and resides a PRONI, the archives for N. Ireland. The original may still be at the parish church. Perhaps you could write there for a lookup of Margaret's birth. Even though the marriage of Margaret's parents was not found (unless he's that George) I would recommend ordering the films with the actual Lister marriage records, as they contain valuable information. Name, age, occupation, townland or the spouses, father of each, and father's occupation. Also the church or location where the marriage was performed. You ought to be able to find the film numbers for the marriage books online at <http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchcatalog.asp> Look under Vitals or Civil Registration for Ireland. BTW, the Householders Index for Muckno Parish (where Castleblaney is), and Griffiths Valuation for Castleblany town did not show any Lister. Good luck, Joan Jayne-Ann wrote: > Greetings All; > > I've just joined and here is the scant info I have about my Irish g grandmother. > > Her name was Margaret Lister b. 25 Jan 1859 and she was from Castleboney (sp?), County Monaghan. Her father was a school teacher and family rumour has it he was from England. Margaret was the product of his second marriage. He had two sons from the first marriage (one possibly John) > > Margaret came to Scotland before 1882 with her mother, and she married in Dundee. > > I do not know her mother or father's names. > > If anyone has info on Margaret or her ancestors, or has advice on how I could proceed in my search for them, I would love to hear it. > > Thank you in advance > Jayne-Ann > > ==== IRL-MONAGHAN Mailing List ==== > If you'd like to read all previous messages that have been sent to this > list, go to the archives of the list that are located at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/IRL-MONAGHAN-L/ > and > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=irl-monaghan > and: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Ireland/Monagahan > and: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Ireland/General © MM