If your Faulkners were Protestants, you can find the records of the two marriages you mentioned, fairly easily. At you local FHC, rent the Index to Marriages for Ireland for the years you want. Once you have the index, find the names and it will give you the registry office where the marriage was recorded, and the volume and page number of the record. Now send for the films with the actual records. You will get names of fathers of both spouses and their occupations, the ages and occupations of the spouses, and their residence (usually townland and parish), and location & kind of service for the wedding. For date of immigration, I would check the 1900 census if they were still alive then, as this census gives the year of arrival. I imagine California censuses might also yield this info, but I'm not familiar with the questions on CA censuses. Good luck, Joan RClouse2@aol.com wrote: > I am researching the FAULKNER family for a friend of mine and need some > assistance. > > I don't know the names of the parents, but I do know there were 8 sons and 1 > dau in this family - and the only ones I have information on are: > > Thomas Faulkner b. 15 May 1826, Mt. Carmel, County Monaghan > George Faulkner ........ > Eliza Faulkner b. 16 Feb 1842, County Monaghan. She mar. James HEGAN who was > b. 4 Jun 1848, Tattybrack, County Monaghan (and they probably married in the > county before emigrating). > And the youngest child, Charles Faulkner, b. 5 Dec 1844, Castle Blaney, > County Monaghan. > > I have a marriage notice from the Sacramento, California newspaper which > says, " In Dublin, Ireland, March 10th (1864), George Faulkner of Oroville > (California), (married) to Catherine Sarah JOHNSTON of Millmore House, County > Monaghan, Ireland." Since "my" Faulkners were, indeed, in Oroville, Butte > Co., CA during this time, I'm fairly confident this is "my" George. > > I'm looking for the names of the parents, the names of the other children, > dates of emigration (before 1864), and any other information available. I'm > particularly curious why George came back to Ireland to marry - (I don't > imagine the parents came as the father was "a well-to-do" farmer in the > county - so George probably stayed with them on this visit.) > > Any assistance provided would be most appreciated. > > Ralph Clouse, Sacramento > > > > ==== IRL-MONAGHAN Mailing List ==== > ©