Georgina wrote: > I have an Alexander McCoy in Monaghan. He was the father of Robert McCoy > > who was born in County Monaghan. Alexander married Mary Oliver. Robert was > born in 1833. Alexander was a banker. Robert became a school teacher. He > was headmaster of a school in Australia. I believe the family were Presbyterian. > I received the following information from a look-up in Griffith's Valuation: > Index to Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864 > Mc Coy, Alexander County : Monaghan > Parish : Ballybay > Location : Clogher Contd Among my researches I have traced my brother-in-law's line back to Moses CHERRY born c. 1775 at Ballybay. He was the son of John CHERRY and Catherine Mc COY. So far I have not been able to find any information on the Mc COY line other than this one small fact. As Moses and his family also migrated to Australia (Benalla, Victoria) - date uncertain but probably in the late 1830/early 1840s - there is a possibility of a connection to Alexander and Robert Mc COY. It would be nice to find out if Catherine and Alexander Mc COY were related and also to discover at what school/s Robert taught. Peter, the older of the two Robbos, at Bairnsdale, capital of the Victorian Riviera