My gg-gmother Ellen CARR was born about 1835 in Ireland. In 1859, married John HAROLD in Paterson, New Jersey (US). The HAROLDs came from along the Tipperary-Laois border. They left documentation saying they were from Tipperary, and I have found them living in Ireland just across the border at Coolowley, Co. Laois in the 1840s, shortly before they left Ireland for the US. However, I have been able to find out only a little information about Ellen Carr's family in 15 years of research. According to her death (1880, Paterson, New Jersey) and marriage records, Ellen Carr's parents were Terence and Mary. That's all I know... Ellen appears to have had no other family in Paterson from what I can tell. Has anyone seen a Terence Carr in Irish records? The family was very likely Catholic. Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon, USA Janet Crawford wrote: >Hi Christine, I collect Carr marriages in Tipp and don't have yours as >Downie, but I have something close that you might tuck away. In 1840 James >Carr married Mary Donnell in Galbally; they may have lived in Tipp after >that. Could be, however, that it was a C of I marriage and I don't have all >of those. > Janet > >