Quoting....."Jayne-Ann" <jayne-ann@home.com>......... >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. ................... >Thank you in advance >Jayne-Ann In the book; "The Monaghan Story", by Livingstone there is mention of a Lister family. The IRA raided private homes in North Monaghan, in 1920, looking to obtain needed arms. One of the families that bravely resisted the raids was the Listers of Kilnacran. Other families that resisted were listed as being in; Kilnadrean, Corragh, Killybressal, Tattindonagh, Clones, and Ballinode. Patrick Traynor, in California's gold-rush country. tray@jps.net