I now have three siblings, Frederick William, Emily Frances, and Elizabeth Susan Ireland born in Ireland and because they seem connected to my Roe/Keeley family I am guessing from Wicklow. These three siblings all left Ireland around 1889 for the US and Canada. Emily and Fred went together first and then later Elizabeth. Is anyone working on the Ireland family? I am guessing that their mother was a Keeley. Bonnie in California

Oh so you are still with us then Peter, I thought a mention of either Michael Dwyer or Joseph Holt would shake you free of your tree, I realise that the man had his weakness *women * and his stomach, he marched no where that he couldnt get a free feed for himself and you are correct Mr Bolton certainly tamed it down to what we now know of this man. But thats the way of things isnt it? Hope alls well Cara Original Message: ----------------- From: P Mayberry ppmay@pcug.org.au Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:21:05 +1000 To: IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Wicklow] JOSEPH HOLT 1756-1826 Hello Cara, These days Mr Bolton wouldn't get away with such a sanitized version of Holt's life. It seems that Biddy Flynn's relationship with Holt is completely ignored. Regards, Peter Subject: [Wicklow] JOSEPH HOLT 1756-1826 > HOLT, JOSEPH (1756-1826), Irish rebel and farmer, was one of the six sons > of John Holt, a Protestant farmer of Ballydaniel, County Wicklow, Ireland. > In 1782 he married Hester Long, daughter of a Protestant farmer of > Roundwood, at the foot of the Wicklow mountains. Here Holt took up a farm > and, as a trusted loyalist, held several minor local offices. About 1797 > he joined the United Irishmen. In the course of a private feud Holt's > house was burnt by a company of militia in May 1798, whereupon he took to > the mountains. > Active during most of the 1798 rebellion he rallied the defeated rebels > with skill and resource and organized guerrilla resistance. Hunted long > but unsuccessfully, Holt eventually surrendered himself on 10 November > 1798 on condition of his exile without trial to New South Wales. These > lenient terms and some transactions while he was held awaiting > transportation at Cork aroused suspicions that he had turned informer. > Holt, who took his United Irishmen's oath seriously, always denied this > vehemently, but he was seldom one to keep silence, and the authorities may > have got more out of him than he realized. > After a lengthy delay Holt and his wife and son sailed from Cork in the > Minerva on 24 August 1799 and arrived at Sydney Cove on 11 January 1800. >>From Captain William Cox, a passenger in the same ship, Holt accepted the > management of Brush Farm. His arrival caused some little stir, and among > those who sought him out were Maurice Margarot, Richard Atkins ('full of > chatter as a hen magpie' while sharing a half-gallon bottle of rum) and > Samuel Marsden whom he snubbed. The authorities seem to have feared that > Holt, an experienced rebel leader, would be a centre of disaffection, but > nothing was farther from his plans. As a lower middle class Irish > Protestant with firm notions of respectability Holt wanted to better his > position by thrift and hard work. A good farmer, he met early reverses > resulting from the vagaries of the Australian climate, but showed more > capacity than many in New South Wales at that time. He was a useful > manager for Cox and by 1809 was himself the owner of 210 acres (85 ha), on > which he grazed 400 sheep and 50 cattle. > Despite his vigorous protests Holt was thrice arrested for suspected > complicity in plans for an Irish rising. In September 1800 he was > denounced as a conspirator during a period of alarm. He was acquitted but > was constrained to witness the brutal flogging (of which he wrote a vivid > account) of two convicted offenders, Fitzgerald and Galvin. On Christmas > eve 1803 he was haled before Atkins on a false accusation of plotting his > murder, but was again cleared. Three months later, however, he was > detained after the Castle Hill rising and transported to Norfolk Island, > where he remained until November 1805. Nevertheless he seems to have held > aloof from conspiracies, having a lively fear of informers and something > of a contempt for the amateurish tactics of the disaffected Irish > Catholics. > Returning to his farm, Holt met no further trouble except the confiscation > of an illicit still in 1806. Through Major Abbott he secured a free pardon > from Lieutenant-Governor Paterson in 1809, confirmed by Governor Macquarie > in 1811. Next year Holt sold his properties for over £1800 and then > returned to Ireland, suffering shipwreck on the way. He became a publican > in Dublin but found his custom affected by old feuds. In 1814 he retired > to Dunleary (Dun Laoghaire) where, lamenting that he had left New South > Wales, he lived on the rents of several houses until his death on 16 May > 1826. He left a daughter and two sons, Joshua (b.1787), who farmed land in > New South Wales and left descendants, and Joseph Harrison (b.1799). > Undoubtedly he was resolute and able, with qualities of leadership, > although perhaps not quite so resourceful in deed and repartee as his > memoirs suggest. > Select Bibliography > Historical Records of New South Wales, vols 4, 6, 7; Historical Records of > Australia, series 1, vol 2; T. C. Croker (ed), Memoirs of Joseph Holt, > General of the Irish Rebels in 1798, vols 1-2 (Lond, 1838); C. W. Vane > (ed), Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, vol 2 (Lond, > 1848); W. E. H. Lecky, A History of Ireland in the Eghteenth Century, vol > 5 (Lond, 1892). [more]. > Author: G. C. Bolton > Print Publication Details: G. C. 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Hello Cara, These days Mr Bolton wouldn't get away with such a sanitized version of Holt's life. It seems that Biddy Flynn's relationship with Holt is completely ignored. Regards, Peter Subject: [Wicklow] JOSEPH HOLT 1756-1826 > HOLT, JOSEPH (1756-1826), Irish rebel and farmer, was one of the six sons > of John Holt, a Protestant farmer of Ballydaniel, County Wicklow, Ireland. > In 1782 he married Hester Long, daughter of a Protestant farmer of > Roundwood, at the foot of the Wicklow mountains. Here Holt took up a farm > and, as a trusted loyalist, held several minor local offices. About 1797 > he joined the United Irishmen. In the course of a private feud Holt's > house was burnt by a company of militia in May 1798, whereupon he took to > the mountains. > Active during most of the 1798 rebellion he rallied the defeated rebels > with skill and resource and organized guerrilla resistance. Hunted long > but unsuccessfully, Holt eventually surrendered himself on 10 November > 1798 on condition of his exile without trial to New South Wales. These > lenient terms and some transactions while he was held awaiting > transportation at Cork aroused suspicions that he had turned informer. > Holt, who took his United Irishmen's oath seriously, always denied this > vehemently, but he was seldom one to keep silence, and the authorities may > have got more out of him than he realized. > After a lengthy delay Holt and his wife and son sailed from Cork in the > Minerva on 24 August 1799 and arrived at Sydney Cove on 11 January 1800. >>From Captain William Cox, a passenger in the same ship, Holt accepted the > management of Brush Farm. His arrival caused some little stir, and among > those who sought him out were Maurice Margarot, Richard Atkins ('full of > chatter as a hen magpie' while sharing a half-gallon bottle of rum) and > Samuel Marsden whom he snubbed. The authorities seem to have feared that > Holt, an experienced rebel leader, would be a centre of disaffection, but > nothing was farther from his plans. As a lower middle class Irish > Protestant with firm notions of respectability Holt wanted to better his > position by thrift and hard work. A good farmer, he met early reverses > resulting from the vagaries of the Australian climate, but showed more > capacity than many in New South Wales at that time. He was a useful > manager for Cox and by 1809 was himself the owner of 210 acres (85 ha), on > which he grazed 400 sheep and 50 cattle. > Despite his vigorous protests Holt was thrice arrested for suspected > complicity in plans for an Irish rising. In September 1800 he was > denounced as a conspirator during a period of alarm. He was acquitted but > was constrained to witness the brutal flogging (of which he wrote a vivid > account) of two convicted offenders, Fitzgerald and Galvin. On Christmas > eve 1803 he was haled before Atkins on a false accusation of plotting his > murder, but was again cleared. Three months later, however, he was > detained after the Castle Hill rising and transported to Norfolk Island, > where he remained until November 1805. Nevertheless he seems to have held > aloof from conspiracies, having a lively fear of informers and something > of a contempt for the amateurish tactics of the disaffected Irish > Catholics. > Returning to his farm, Holt met no further trouble except the confiscation > of an illicit still in 1806. Through Major Abbott he secured a free pardon > from Lieutenant-Governor Paterson in 1809, confirmed by Governor Macquarie > in 1811. Next year Holt sold his properties for over £1800 and then > returned to Ireland, suffering shipwreck on the way. He became a publican > in Dublin but found his custom affected by old feuds. In 1814 he retired > to Dunleary (Dun Laoghaire) where, lamenting that he had left New South > Wales, he lived on the rents of several houses until his death on 16 May > 1826. He left a daughter and two sons, Joshua (b.1787), who farmed land in > New South Wales and left descendants, and Joseph Harrison (b.1799). > Undoubtedly he was resolute and able, with qualities of leadership, > although perhaps not quite so resourceful in deed and repartee as his > memoirs suggest. > Select Bibliography > Historical Records of New South Wales, vols 4, 6, 7; Historical Records of > Australia, series 1, vol 2; T. C. Croker (ed), Memoirs of Joseph Holt, > General of the Irish Rebels in 1798, vols 1-2 (Lond, 1838); C. W. Vane > (ed), Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, vol 2 (Lond, > 1848); W. E. H. Lecky, A History of Ireland in the Eghteenth Century, vol > 5 (Lond, 1892). [more]. > Author: G. C. Bolton > Print Publication Details: G. C. Bolton, 'Holt, Joseph (1756 - 1826)', > Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, > 1966, pp 550-551.

HACKETT, Sir JOHN WINTHROP (1848?-1916), editor and politician, was born probably on 4 February 1848 (his baptismal record shows 1847) near Bray, Wicklow, Ireland, eldest son of Rev. John Winthrop Hackett of the Church of Ireland, and his wife Jane Sophia Monck, née Mason. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A., 1871; M.A., 1874), he was called to the Irish Bar in 1874. He migrated to Sydney in 1875 and settled in Melbourne next year as vice-principal of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, and tutor in law, logic and political economy. He contributed to the Age and Melbourne Review and made two unsuccessful attempts to enter parliament. Hackett went to Western Australia in 1882 to manage a sheep station in the Gascoyne district. Next year he joined Charles Harper as partner and business manager of the West Australian, a Perth tri-weekly newspaper committed to conservative politics and the rural hegemony. From 1885 it was published daily and the Western Mail was launched as a weekly journal of condensed news and advice for farmers. In 1887 Hackett became editor of the West Australian when Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell resigned. He was slow to settle into the role. Racial intolerance was displayed in attacks on Rev. John Gribble who exposed the exploitation of Aboriginals in the pastoral and pearling industries. The paper's image suffered when Hackett sided with Governor Broome in the fracas between governor and officials which saw Chief Justice Onslow suspended. Irresponsible editorials by Hackett led to conviction of the paper's proprietors for defamation. Popular pressure then forced Hackett to take stock. Controversy was inimical to the organic view of society that he wished to project. Henceforth he avoided disputation. His editorials became didactic statements in which it was sometimes difficult to discern a clear line. Hackett was on safer ground in reversing the paper's policy to argue for responsible government for Western Australia. In a period of rising population, agitation, focused by the Reform Association of which Hackett was a committeeman, saw the Colonial Office yield in 1890. Responsible government confirmed Hackett's rising stature when Premier (Sir) John Forrest proposed him for nomination to the Legislative Council in December. He remained a councillor until his death-consistently returned unopposed for South-West Province after the council became elective in 1894. Hackett described himself as an 'advanced liberal': he was progressive, for example, on education, female suffrage and lunacy reform. He believed in the freedom of the individual to exploit talents uninhibited by regulation. Hence his approach to industrial regulation was laissez-faire. However on constitutional questions he was conservative. His fears of democracy were confirmed by a radical candidate's success in a Perth electorate in 1888, despite strong advice from the West Australian. The 1890 constitution, as prompted by Hackett, established a bicameral legislature with the Legislative Council controlled by rural interests. This bias was confirmed in provisions for the election of councillors from 1894 which enshrined a propertied franchise and a rural gerrymander. The council had co-ordinate powers with the popular house, the Legislative Assembly, except for the origination of money bills. Even here, the right to 'request' amendments, added to the constitution in 1893 at Hackett's instigation, gave it virtually co-ordinate powers. The responsibility of the executive to both houses was central to Hackett's thinking. Councillors, acting independently, would guard the State against democratic excesses. Hackett always defended this Burkeian concept of the independent member: the West Australian even avoided identifying party affiliations of legislative councillors until 1912. He cemented his position in Western Australian society through personal links. Some spoke of a triumvirate of Hackett, Forrest and Bishop C. O. L. Riley. Hackett preceded Riley as grand master of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Western Australia in 1901-03. He was diocesan registrar of Perth and chancellor of St George's Cathedral and always reported the bishop's sermons verbatim. The premier and the editor, despite occasional differences, co-operated politically. Hackett joined Forrest's confidants who met most Sunday mornings at the premier's home. He refused a position in the ministry, but served as mentor to Forrest and publicist of his policies. The great theme was development. The gold rush trebled Western Australia's population between 1892 and 1900. Posts and telegraphs, railways, hospitals, harbours, water supplies, schools had to be provided, and Hackett gave consistent publicity. His backing was crucial in winning parliamentary approval in 1896 of C. Y. O'Connor's plan to pump water to the eastern goldfields from the Darling Range. Detractors derided 'the Forrest-Hackett curse' until silenced by its successful completion in 1903. Forrest's other grand scheme-to use the men and monies of the gold rush to settle a 'bold yeomanry' on the land-also had Hackett's support. His paper backed the Homestead Act (1893) and Land Act (1898), the Agricultural Bank Act (1894), and the Bureau of Agriculture which provided land, capital and scientific advice for farmers. Meanwhile the Western Mail prospered as the man on the land's bible. Ironically, Hackett's own rural investments failed. Hackett considered education the key to society's improvement. He gave long service to Perth High School as chairman and later he led the crusade for a university. In the 1890s, despite Forrest's doubts, he orchestrated the abolition of grants to private schools through the dual system which had provided funds to both government and church schools. West Australian editorials, from 1892 to 1895, focused opposition to this arrangement, which mainly benefited the Roman Catholic Church. Within synod Hackett worked to align the Church of England with opponents of the system. His motives included sectarianism, a desire to improve educational standards in government schools, and a commitment to the separation of church and state. Forrest gave way in 1895. Hackett had been the central figure and the West Australian the instrument of the change, which led to the emergence of free, compulsory and secular education in Western Australia in 1899. Civic and cultural improvements benefited from Hackett's encouragement and leadership. He advocated the preservation of Queen's Gardens and King's Park and later chaired the King's Park Board. He proposed a deep drainage and sewerage scheme for Perth and the relocation of the city cemetery at Karrakatta; afterwards he chaired the Karrakatta Cemetery Board. The observatory and mint had his backing. In 1897, as chairman of the Acclimatisation Committee, he persuaded Premier Forrest to establish zoological gardens and then nominated the South Perth site, selected Ernest Le Souef as first director, and presided over the Zoological Gardens Board. Similarly he spurred on the commission responsible for opening up scenic caves in the south-west. He helped to establish the Victoria Public Library (1889) and the Western Australian Museum (1895). At his invitation J. S. Battye came to Perth as librarian in 1894. New buildings were opened in 1903 and Hackett remained library chairman until 1913, arranging the merger of the library, museum and art gallery under joint trustees in 1911. Events modified his laissez-faire attitudes. In 1890, for example, he had opposed industrial arbitration as 'placing too great a limitation on individual freedom'. By 1900, after waterfront strikes, he asserted pragmatically that an arbitration court would 'get rid of strikes'. Yet he could also sympathize with the working man. When it became apparent that timber workers in his electorate were being exploited, he lashed the mill-owners and supported the Truck Act (1899) which ensured that workers received cash wages instead of credit at a company store. However Hackett spoke rarely in parliament on industrial matters. He accepted reluctantly the necessity for major intervention by the Forrest government between master and servant, and then only after the need was apparent and there was wide community support. Competition from a new daily, the Morning Herald, faced Hackett from 1896. He met it by keeping advertising rates low and by installing the latest linotype and printing machinery. The West Australian was expanded to twelve pages-half of them advertisements-and the Western Mail was illustrated. He established useful contacts with (Sir) John Kirwan of the Kalgoorlie Miner to share reporting and news services. Although Hackett encouraged correspondence and aired divergent views, he ignored local writing and literature reflecting working-class values. He drew inspiration from Britain and maintained contacts while attending the Imperial Press Conference in London in 1909. At home he kept a tight rein on policy, writing most editorials himself in a clear style which contrasted with his prolix and over-qualified speeches. He was firm with staff but progressive on working conditions: the West Australian was said to have been the first Perth firm to introduce the eight-hour day, and it recognized union labour. Yet Hackett opposed the emergence of the political labour movement and election of the first Labor Party members in 1901 because of their sectional interest. As politician-confidant-editor, Hackett was at the centre of debate over Western Australia's entry into Australian Federation. He supported Australasian co-operation but saw no urgency. At the 1891 federal convention he predicted: 'either responsible government will kill federation, or federation in the form in which we shall, I hope, be prepared to accept it, will kill responsible government'. The epigram pin-pointed the difficulty of grafting responsible government on to a Federal system in which a Senate, representing the States equally, would exercise co-ordinate powers with the popular house. Hackett was the only Westralian delegate to support the 'compromise of 1891', which modified the Senate's co-ordinate powers by denying its right to amend money bills, while conferring a power to 'request' amendments. His intention was not to tip the scale in favour of responsible government but to effect a compromise which would stop short of rendering a Federal government responsible only to the lower house. By 1895 Hackett had decided that Western Australia's entry into the Federation would have to be delayed until its industries were developed behind tariff walls, which would not be permitted after union. That remained his belief throughout the Federal campaign. He attended the Federal Council of Australasia meetings of 1895, 1897 and 1899 and the more important convention of 1897-98 that set the stage for Federation. He spoke rarely but, in divisions, was one of the more liberal Westralians on social questions. He talked generally of Western Australia's need for concessions in the Constitution but, significantly, abstained on the vote for the protection of the colony's customs revenue through section 95. Some historians have assumed that he contributed crucially behind the scenes through legal skills, influence on Forrest and acquaintance with Federalists, particularly Alfred Deakin. By 1898 Hackett and Forrest were diverging: Hackett opposed immediate Federation; Forrest heralded a Federal referendum. Both were to be overwhelmed by events. Under pressure from conservatives, including Hackett, Forrest reversed his decision. In turn, Hackett found that popular agitation for Federation could not be contained, despite it being played down in the West Australian. In 1899 both men agreed to seek concessions, including five years complete customs freedom, as the price of Federation. They failed in this endeavour, despite joint approaches to the eastern capitals in January 1900. Reluctantly, Hackett recommended support for Federation on the eve of the referendum, which was carried decisively. He did this, despite Harper's contrary advice, believing that Federation was inevitable and the terms the best available. In the most important issue of his editorial and political career, he had influenced significantly neither the form nor the timing of Federation. After 1901 Hackett lost his direct access to State premiers and contacted Forrest mainly to assist anti-Labor candidates during Federal elections. Locally, progressive politicians held sway for four years. The most serious challenge came from the government of (Sir) Walter James of 1903-04, when it determined to democratize parliament. Bills to redistribute electorates, extend the franchise and provide deadlock machinery, were anathema to Hackett and the Legislative Council. Protracted wrangling was reported by the West Australian. Finally the Upper House permitted only minor amendments and a redistribution. Hackett was the key to this failure to achieve a democratic constitution for Western Australia. On 3 August 1905 Hackett married eighteen-year-old Deborah Vernon Brockman at Busselton. With conservative governments in office in 1905-11, he could be less assiduous in his parliamentary duties. The couple travelled widely and entertained lavishly, inhibited only by Hackett's ill health. A wealthy man, he was said to draw £9500 annually from the West Australian. When Harper died in 1912 Hackett acquired full ownership for £88,000. Soon afterwards the paper was converted into a public company. From the 1880s Hackett had looked to a university as the coping-stone of the education system and open to all who might benefit. He educated the public to the idea through his newspaper. In 1909 he chaired the royal commission that recommended the establishment of the University of Western Australia; lectures began in 1913. A decision to charge no fees was made by the senate on his casting vote as chancellor and he endowed the chair of agriculture. Distinguished in appearance by meticulous dress and clipped beard and moustache, Hackett was not handsome, being gaunt with prominent eyes, one of which was defective. He was not robust but highly strung. Aloof and imperious, with a strong sense of duty, he yet could charm with his melodious Irish voice. Hackett was made an honorary doctor of laws by the University of Dublin in 1902; he was knighted in 1911 and appointed K.C.M.G. in 1913. Having suffered from Parkinsonism, he died in Perth on 19 February 1916 of a heart condition and was buried in Karrakatta cemetery. After providing for his wife, son (later General Sir John Hackett) and four daughters, and adding many bequests to charitable and public institutions, including the State Library (where a marble bust of Hackett by E. E. Benson is displayed), he made the University of Western Australia and the Church of England residuary legatees. The estate was realized in 1926 after £700,000 had derived from Hackett's interest in the West Australian Newspaper Co. The university received £425,000, which it used principally to establish Hackett studentships and bursaries, and to construct Winthrop Hall and the Hackett Buildings at Crawley. The Church used its £138,000 to build St George's College. Hackett had given his adopted country a university, a powerful press and an entrenched Legislative Council. His posthumous portrait by William Dargie hangs in the university. Select Bibliography F. Alexander, Campus at Crawley (Melb, 1963); P. Loveday et al (eds), The Emergence of the Australian Party System (Syd, 1977); L. Hunt (ed), Westralian Portraits (Perth, 1979); C. T. Stannage, The People of Perth (Perth, 1979), and (ed), A New History of Western Australia (Perth, 1981); Australian Economic History Review, pt 3, 1968; Historical Studies, Oct 1968; Studies in Western Australian History, Mar 1978; West Australian, 21 Feb 1916, 5 Jan 1933; R. Gore, The Western Australian Legislative Council, 1890-1970-Aspects of a House of Review (M.A. thesis, University of Western Australia, 1975). [more]. Author: Lyall Hunt Print Publication Details: Lyall Hunt, 'Hackett, Sir John Winthrop (1848 - 1916)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp 150-153.

MOORE, JAMES (1807-1895), lawyer, pastoralist and banker, was born in January 1807 in Dublin, son of George Moore, Q.C., LL.D., of Kilbride, COUNTY WICKLOW , and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of James Armstrong. In 1826-31 his father represented Dublin City in parliament and was a descendant of Garrett, first Viscount Moore of Drogheda, whose ancestry traced from the union of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford. At 16 James entered Trinity College, Dublin (LL.M., 1827; B.A., 1828; M.A., 1832). For twelve years he studied and travelled extensively in Europe, on his last trips accompanied by his friends, Redmond Barry and W. F. Stawell. In 1840 Moore was admitted to the English Bar but did not practise and later that year migrated to Melbourne. He bought land on the St Kilda Esplanade and in partnership with C. J. Griffith took up Glenmore station near Melton. In 1842 Moore married Harriet Maria, daughter of Dr John Watton who had arrived at Melbourne in 1839 and practised medicine before taking up Mount Rouse station. The marriage was blessed with five sons and eight daughters. From the first Moore was enthusiastic at prospects in the colony and his letters home encouraged many Irish contemporaries including Stawell to migrate to Port Phillip. In 1843 Moore, Griffith and Molesworth Greene went overland on horseback to Portland Bay to study the pastoral possibilities of the Western District. In June 1848 Moore sold his interest in Glenmore to Greene and in 1849 acquired Barjarg station near Benalla. Like many early colonists he was troubled by the vast changes after gold was discovered but, believing that the solution lay in religion rather than politics, he returned to Britain in 1853. He studied arts and theology at Caius College, Cambridge (M.A., 1854), but difficulties with some of the Thirty-nine Articles induced him not to be ordained. In 1856 he returned to Victoria where he developed Warrenbayne near Wangaratta and other stations. By 1863 he had sold them all and made his home in Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. In 1864 Moore acquired a farm at Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. He sat regularly as a justice of the peace, served on the committee of the Melbourne Hospital, was prominent in the Anglican community and assisted many charitable institutions. In 1867 he became comptroller of the Melbourne Savings Bank. Despite lack of experience in this field his appointment proved fortunate. A strong believer in hard work and thrift, his conservatism in lending lost him some popularity but the policies he helped to promote increased public confidence in the bank and kept it aloof from the rise and collapse of the hysterical land boom. Numerous branches of the bank were opened in Melbourne suburbs and it became one of the world's great savings banks. When Moore retired in 1892 savings deposits with the bank amounted to almost £3,750,000. He died on 6 October 1895 at Richmond and was buried in the old Melbourne cemetery. Although a conservative Anglo-Irish patrician and perhaps too conscious of his aristocratic ancestry, Moore was learned, high principled, deeply religious and kind. Many descendants live in Melbourne; a plaque depicting him late in life and papers are held by the family. Select Bibliography T. F. Bride (ed), Letters from Victorian Pioneers (Melb, 1898); M. F. E. Stawell, My Recollections (Lond, 1911); T. Craddock and M. Cavanough, 125 Years: The Story of the State Savings Bank of Victoria (Melb, 1967); Argus (Melbourne), 7 Oct 1895. [more]. Author: Charles Francis Print Publication Details: Charles Francis, 'Moore, James (1807 - 1895)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 276-277.

CHOMLEY, ARTHUR WOLFE (1837-1914), judge, was born on 4 May 1837 at Wicklow, Ireland, the fifth son of Rev. Francis Chomley, vicar of Wicklow, and his wife Mary Elizabeth, née Griffith, ward of Lord Downes, chief justice of Ireland, with whom she resided after her father's death until her marriage. After eighteen years of happy married life Francis Chomley died in 1847 and his widow decided to take her seven sons to Australia. She arrived at Port Phillip in February 1849 in the Stag with her sons, and soon afterwards built a home in High Street, Prahran, where the family lived for some years. Like his brothers, Chomley was educated at R. H. Budd's school, St Peter's, on Eastern Hill, Melbourne. In 1853 he joined the public service of Victoria as a cadet in the Crown Law Department. He studied law at the University of Melbourne and was called to the Victorian Bar in 1863. In February 1862 he had been appointed secretary to the Crown Law Department, an office he held for eight years. In July 1870 he was appointed a Crown prosecutor and soon won distinction by the fair manner in which he carried out his duties. In one action the prisoner tried to establish an alibi by claiming that he was at a certain hotel when the alleged crime was committed. In cross examination Chomley asked how he was so sure of the time he was at the hotel. In reply the prisoner distinctly remembered looking at the clock on the wall of the hotel. He was then invited to look at the clock in the court and say what time it was. After some hesitation he had to admit that he could not tell the time on any clock. On 28 July 1885 Chomley was appointed a County Court judge. Outside his strictly judicial duties he was appointed chairman of the Board of Examiners of the Public Service and of the Public Service Reclassification Board. However, he was best remembered as a judge not only by the legal profession but by the community in general. Patient and courteous to all who appeared in his court, he was also a sound lawyer and a good judge of facts. Nothing seemed to ruffle his judicial serenity and in his court displays of ill temper were rare. His only idiosyncrasy appears to have been his avidity for taking notes, his court notebooks giving a full record of cases that came before him. In May 1906 he was appointed an acting justice of the Supreme Court while the chief justice, Sir John Madden, was on six months leave. Chomley returned to the County Court bench and in November 1910 retired after fifty-seven continuous years in the public service. On 4 September 1867 he had married Juliana Charlotte Hogg; they had four sons, two of whom died in infancy, and five daughters. His wife died on 14 August 1896. Chomley died at his home in Bruce Street, Toorak, on 25 November 1914. Next day in the Supreme Court and in the County Court high tributes were paid to his memory. Select Bibliography J. L. Forde, The Story of the Bar of Victoria (Melb, 1913); P. A. Jacobs, Judges of Yesterday (Melb, 1924); A. Henderson (ed), Australian Families, vol 1 (Melb, 1941); Age (Melbourne), 26 Nov 1914; Argus (Melbourne), 26 Nov 1914. [more]. Author: A. L. Read Print Publication Details: A. L. Read, 'Chomley, Arthur Wolfe (1837 - 1914)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, Melbourne University Press, 1969, pp 392-393.

SPRUSON, WILFRED JOSEPH (1870-1939), patent attorney, was born on 29 March 1870 at Church Hill, Sydney, son of Joseph John Spruson (1841-1896) and his wife Lucy Theresa, née Doyle, from County Wicklow, Ireland. Joseph was born at sea when his parents were migrating from Ireland to New South Wales; he became a reader for the government printer and in 1879 was also assistant registrar of copyright; by 1887 he had indexed and classified the colony's confused fifteen volumes of patents, and summarized more than one thousand of the most important items. He gained the diploma of the Institute of Patent Agents, London. Premier Sir Patrick Jennings promised Joseph the headship of the new office being constituted in place of the Patent Board in 1886, but in April 1887 Sir Henry Parkes's government appointed A. G. Taylor to the post. A member of one of the prominent families of St Patrick's parish, Church Hill, Wilfred was educated at the Marist Brothers' School and became a patent agent. From 1886 he made a special study of electricity as part of his training in science and engineering which included attendance at the University of Sydney in 1887. He told the Public Works Committee in 1891 that it was 'perfectly feasible' to apply electricity to tramway traction. A dedicated Federationist, Spruson was part of the Catholic group prominent among the fiscal protectionists. In 1894 he failed to gain a seat on the Sydney Municipal Council, but in 1898 won the Legislative Assembly seat of Sydney-Gipps (Millers Point) from George Black. Spruson's success was a salutary lesson for the Labor Party. Black had taken the voters for granted; Spruson canvassed house-to-house, backed by many supporters who were enthused by his integrity, warm personality and fervent speeches. He was active in the parliament that completed the formalities of Federation for New South Wales. In 1900 he helped the Lyne government with legislation that involved the demolition of some slums in 'The Rocks' locality of his electorate; little came of it, but Spruson alienated many voters who feared removal from their dwellings. He lost his seat in 1901. On 29 January 1908 at St Mary's Catholic Church, North Sydney, Spruson married Anne Teresa Loneragan, daughter of the owner of the major retail stores at Mudgee and Gulgong. They moved to Neutral Bay where Wilfred concentrated on his career and became one of Sydney's leading patent attorneys. He exhorted his countrymen not to lag behind other nations in technological training and development. In 1923, with R. G. Ferguson, former Commonwealth commissioner of patents, he founded the firm of Spruson & Ferguson which became among the foremost in Australia in the fields of patents, trade marks and copyright. Having advised Cardinal Moran on financial and property matters, in 1902 Spruson was awarded the cross of Leo; in 1929 he was appointed a papal chamberlain. He was a member of the Royal Society of New South Wales and the Australian Institution of Engineers, and a fellow of the Australasian Institute of Patent Attorneys; he was also a foreign member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, London. Survived by his wife and four daughters, Spruson died of heart disease on 16 August 1939 at Neutral Bay and was buried in Waverley cemetery. Select Bibliography B. Nairn, Civilising Capitalism (Canb, 1973); J. Hosie, Challenge (Syd, 1987); Votes and Proceedings (Legislative Assembly, New South Wales), 1887, 2, 1891-92, 5, 1894-95, 1, 1896, 1; Freeman's Journal (Sydney), 25 Aug 1900, 24 Aug 1939; Catholic Press, 21, 28 July 1904, 23 Mar 1905, 24 Aug 1939; Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 27 May 1929; Bulletin, 21 Mar 1934; Sydney Morning Herald, 17 Aug 1939; P. McMurrich, Not Angels, Nor Men Confirmed in Grace: The Society of Mary in Australia, 1892-1938 (M.A. thesis, University of Sydney, 1988); private information. [more]. Author: Bede Nairn Print Publication Details: Bede Nairn, 'Spruson, Joseph John (1841 - 1896)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp 39-40.

FENTON, JAMES (1820-1901), pioneer, was born on 20 November 1820 at Dunlavin, Ireland, son of James Fenton, landowner. He was educated at a Protestant boarding school near the Vale of Avoca. In 1833 his father decided to migrate to Van Diemen's Land, probably because of a favourable report from his cousin, Michael Fenton; the family sailed from Liverpool in the Othello but in the Bay of Biscay the father died and was buried at sea. The ship arrived at Hobart Town in February 1834. James was sent to a boarding school near Hobart, and his mother moved with the rest of the family to Swansea where she had bought land from a son of George Meredith. There she built a home and lived until her death. The property was then taken over by Edward Carr Shaw who had married her daughter Anne. Shaw had come from Ireland in 1830 and was an uncle of George Bernard Shaw. The Fenton brothers Michael, John and Charles moved to the mainland: Michael and John to Warrnambool in Victoria where Michael became mayor; and Charles to New South Wales. The eldest sister, Elizabeth, had married George Hall who had taken up land on the north coast near Port Sorell. James visited his brother-in-law and became interested in the district. All the lightly timbered country had been taken up between the Mersey River (Devonport) and Emu Bay (Burnie) where the Van Diemen's Land Co. had made a base in 1828, but the heavy forests west of the Mersey were deemed impossible for conversion into farms even with convict labour. In 1840 Fenton went to this area on the Forth River where he had bought a thousand acres (405 ha) from the government. He was the only settler in the district and the nearest post office was at Westbury fifty miles (80 km) away. He built a hut and made a canoe to cross the river but his greatest problem was the timber. At the Forth estuary, for the first time in Australia, he applied the technique of ringbarking for clearing forest land. The undergrowth was cut down and burned and, when the ringbarked trees died, grass and crops could be grown among them. In 1846 he married Helena Mary, sister of Thomas Monds; they had one son and three daughters. In 1852 James joined the exodus to the goldfields of Victoria; leaving his family in Launceston he crossed to Port Phillip. On the Yarra he saw a city of canvas from which the male population had gone to the goldfields, and asked himself-'when they come back with gold where will they live?' He concluded that they would want timber for rough-and-ready houses and that it could be readily supplied from Tasmania's north-west forests. He returned home, engaged men to fell and split the trees, and soon sold half a million palings to Melbourne builders. With the profits he acquired more land at the Forth, Leven and Don Rivers; his first object in acquiring this country was to exploit it for timber. Tracks for bullock wagons had been cut by his axemen, some of whom became his tenants on small areas which they gradually cleared. In 1879 Fenton retired from farming and built a home at Launceston where he wrote A History of Tasmania from its discovery in 1642 to the present time (Hobart, 1884). In 1891 he completed Bush Life in Tasmania fifty years ago, a first-hand description of a pioneer's life. His wife died in 1892 and he died on 24 June 1901. The beautiful farm lands carved out of the north-coast forests are his best monument. His son, Charles Benjamin Monds, built a store at the Forth in 1869 and later farmed on the headland at Table Cape where as a guide to mariners he kept a large lantern burning each night and was later instrumental in having a lighthouse erected. He founded the Table Cape Butter Factory, and in 1886-96 represented Wellington in the House of Assembly. In 1869 he had married Rebecca Ditcham; they had eight children, many of whose descendants live in the districts pioneered by their ancestor. Select Bibliography Examiner (Launceston Tasmania ), 25 June 1901.

HOLT, JOSEPH (1756-1826), Irish rebel and farmer, was one of the six sons of John Holt, a Protestant farmer of Ballydaniel, County Wicklow, Ireland. In 1782 he married Hester Long, daughter of a Protestant farmer of Roundwood, at the foot of the Wicklow mountains. Here Holt took up a farm and, as a trusted loyalist, held several minor local offices. About 1797 he joined the United Irishmen. In the course of a private feud Holt's house was burnt by a company of militia in May 1798, whereupon he took to the mountains. Active during most of the 1798 rebellion he rallied the defeated rebels with skill and resource and organized guerrilla resistance. Hunted long but unsuccessfully, Holt eventually surrendered himself on 10 November 1798 on condition of his exile without trial to New South Wales. These lenient terms and some transactions while he was held awaiting transportation at Cork aroused suspicions that he had turned informer. Holt, who took his United Irishmen's oath seriously, always denied this vehemently, but he was seldom one to keep silence, and the authorities may have got more out of him than he realized. After a lengthy delay Holt and his wife and son sailed from Cork in the Minerva on 24 August 1799 and arrived at Sydney Cove on 11 January 1800. From Captain William Cox, a passenger in the same ship, Holt accepted the management of Brush Farm. His arrival caused some little stir, and among those who sought him out were Maurice Margarot, Richard Atkins ('full of chatter as a hen magpie' while sharing a half-gallon bottle of rum) and Samuel Marsden whom he snubbed. The authorities seem to have feared that Holt, an experienced rebel leader, would be a centre of disaffection, but nothing was farther from his plans. As a lower middle class Irish Protestant with firm notions of respectability Holt wanted to better his position by thrift and hard work. A good farmer, he met early reverses resulting from the vagaries of the Australian climate, but showed more capacity than many in New South Wales at that time. He was a useful manager for Cox and by 1809 was himself the owner of 210 acres (85 ha), on which he grazed 400 sheep and 50 cattle. Despite his vigorous protests Holt was thrice arrested for suspected complicity in plans for an Irish rising. In September 1800 he was denounced as a conspirator during a period of alarm. He was acquitted but was constrained to witness the brutal flogging (of which he wrote a vivid account) of two convicted offenders, Fitzgerald and Galvin. On Christmas eve 1803 he was haled before Atkins on a false accusation of plotting his murder, but was again cleared. Three months later, however, he was detained after the Castle Hill rising and transported to Norfolk Island, where he remained until November 1805. Nevertheless he seems to have held aloof from conspiracies, having a lively fear of informers and something of a contempt for the amateurish tactics of the disaffected Irish Catholics. Returning to his farm, Holt met no further trouble except the confiscation of an illicit still in 1806. Through Major Abbott he secured a free pardon from Lieutenant-Governor Paterson in 1809, confirmed by Governor Macquarie in 1811. Next year Holt sold his properties for over £1800 and then returned to Ireland, suffering shipwreck on the way. He became a publican in Dublin but found his custom affected by old feuds. In 1814 he retired to Dunleary (Dun Laoghaire) where, lamenting that he had left New South Wales, he lived on the rents of several houses until his death on 16 May 1826. He left a daughter and two sons, Joshua (b.1787), who farmed land in New South Wales and left descendants, and Joseph Harrison (b.1799). Undoubtedly he was resolute and able, with qualities of leadership, although perhaps not quite so resourceful in deed and repartee as his memoirs suggest. Select Bibliography Historical Records of New South Wales, vols 4, 6, 7; Historical Records of Australia, series 1, vol 2; T. C. Croker (ed), Memoirs of Joseph Holt, General of the Irish Rebels in 1798, vols 1-2 (Lond, 1838); C. W. Vane (ed), Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, vol 2 (Lond, 1848); W. E. H. Lecky, A History of Ireland in the Eghteenth Century, vol 5 (Lond, 1892). [more]. Author: G. C. Bolton Print Publication Details: G. C. Bolton, 'Holt, Joseph (1756 - 1826)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 550-551.

Good stuff. Paul E. Dowling Alan Ritchey, Inc. 37 Runway Rd. Levittown, PA 19057 C215-779-9173 F215-946-8996 pdowling7@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: Cara_Links [mailto:cracker@hotkey.net.au] Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 1:41 AM To: IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Wicklow] HENRY TIGHE-WILLIAM RALPH Here is an example of an epitaph which is the only remaining sample of work of a local poet. Written By An Irish Land Owner Called Henry Tighe In Memory Of A Wood-Ranger On His Estate At Rosanna Co Wicklow: To The Memory Of William Ralph Of Kilkenny, Who Died 21st February 1818, Aged 71 Years. Guard Of The Wood In Settled Low Content, Lived William Ralph, A Ramble Paid His Rent. A Boy, In Sportive Toil He Climbed The Trees; A Man. He Lov'd Them Rustling In The Breeze. As He Grew Old, His Old Companion Spread A Broader, Browner Shadow O'er His Head; While Those He Planted Shot On High, And Made For Many A Rook An Hospitable Shade. With This One Change, Life Gently Crept Away. A Placid Stream It Flowed From Day To Day. His Friends And Children Lov'd Him As The Tear Well Spoken, Profusely Shed Upon His Bier If He Had Faults, Thou Also Have Thy Share; Strike Thine Own Breast, And Feel What Lurketh There. He Who Sees All, Shall Judge Both Him And Thee; Repent For As It Falls, So Lies The Tree. CCara_Links Researching Co.Wicklow,Wexford. A headstone or two, a dusting of elsewhere A friend is one who accepts your past, loves you as you are, and believes in all of your tomorrow's. ***Please remind me if I have not done that job for you, my intentions are always good, but sometimes time runs out on me, so I leave it up to you to remind me. ==== IRL-WICKLOW Mailing List ==== Co Wicklow the Garden of Ireland. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

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Do you know if your gr - gr- grandfather if he lived on the Fitzwilliam property as my gr. Grandfather rented land from Lord Fitzwilliam and Subletted to a family called Byrne.. Margaret Enright Menright2@cogeco.ca Burlington Ontario Canada -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Shelley [mailto:sand.shell@btinternet.com] Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 1:11 PM To: IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Wicklow] Searching for my BYRNE family Hi, My great-great-grandfather, Thomas BYRNE was born in Ireland. I have no idea where, but as the name BYRNE was quite prolific in Co. Wicklow, I thought I would post my findings in the hope someone would have news of the family concerned. In 1841 Thomas ( a Butcher) was living at Batchelor Street, Liverpool with his first wife Maria (formerly TRUEMAN). Thomas was 25 years old and Maria was 40. They had three children, Mary 4, Charly 2 and Maria's son, Joseph TRUEMAN 10. All the children were born in Liverpool. I don't have details of Thomas & Maria's marriage, but presume it took place in Liverpool about 1836. The family were still at Batchelor Street in 1851, but without Charly, who may have died. In 1857 Thomas married Ann PLATT, daughter of Daniel PLATT (Farrier). Thomas' father was named as Joseph BYRNE (Husbandman). Thomas was still at Batchelor Street in 1861 with two children Joseph E BYRNE, age 2 and Maria BYRNE, age 1. In 1871 Thomas & Ann were in the Lime Street area of Liverpool with four children, the additional two being, John, age 9 and Thomas P, age 7. In 1881 the family were at Hartnup Street, Everton, with only the two youngest children. Thomas died somewhere between 1881 and 1891 Thomas' age on each census indicates he was born about 1815. However, when he married Ann in 1857 his age was given as 35 and Ann's as 26. This would make his birth closer to 1822, but he may have lied about his age, as he was possibly 16 years older than Ann. If anyone knows of a Thomas BYRNE born between 1815 and 1822, son of Joseph BYRNE (Husbandman) please get in touch. I'm sorry I can't offer any clue to where Thomas was born, as all the census that he appeared on only gave Ireland as place of birth. Thank you for reading this. Sandra ==== IRL-WICKLOW Mailing List ==== Times flying and I havent seen you posting down the list lately. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx __________ NOD32 1.1663 (20060716) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com __________ NOD32 1.1663 (20060716) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com

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Hi, My great-great-grandfather, Thomas BYRNE was born in Ireland. I have no idea where, but as the name BYRNE was quite prolific in Co. Wicklow, I thought I would post my findings in the hope someone would have news of the family concerned. In 1841 Thomas ( a Butcher) was living at Batchelor Street, Liverpool with his first wife Maria (formerly TRUEMAN). Thomas was 25 years old and Maria was 40. They had three children, Mary 4, Charly 2 and Maria's son, Joseph TRUEMAN 10. All the children were born in Liverpool. I don't have details of Thomas & Maria's marriage, but presume it took place in Liverpool about 1836. The family were still at Batchelor Street in 1851, but without Charly, who may have died. In 1857 Thomas married Ann PLATT, daughter of Daniel PLATT (Farrier). Thomas' father was named as Joseph BYRNE (Husbandman). Thomas was still at Batchelor Street in 1861 with two children Joseph E BYRNE, age 2 and Maria BYRNE, age 1. In 1871 Thomas & Ann were in the Lime Street area of Liverpool with four children, the additional two being, John, age 9 and Thomas P, age 7. In 1881 the family were at Hartnup Street, Everton, with only the two youngest children. Thomas died somewhere between 1881 and 1891 Thomas' age on each census indicates he was born about 1815. However, when he married Ann in 1857 his age was given as 35 and Ann's as 26. This would make his birth closer to 1822, but he may have lied about his age, as he was possibly 16 years older than Ann. If anyone knows of a Thomas BYRNE born between 1815 and 1822, son of Joseph BYRNE (Husbandman) please get in touch. I'm sorry I can't offer any clue to where Thomas was born, as all the census that he appeared on only gave Ireland as place of birth. Thank you for reading this. Sandra

Here is an example of an epitaph which is the only remaining sample of work of a local poet. Written By An Irish Land Owner Called Henry Tighe In Memory Of A Wood-Ranger On His Estate At Rosanna Co Wicklow: To The Memory Of William Ralph Of Kilkenny, Who Died 21st February 1818, Aged 71 Years. Guard Of The Wood In Settled Low Content, Lived William Ralph, A Ramble Paid His Rent. A Boy, In Sportive Toil He Climbed The Trees; A Man. He Lov'd Them Rustling In The Breeze. As He Grew Old, His Old Companion Spread A Broader, Browner Shadow O'er His Head; While Those He Planted Shot On High, And Made For Many A Rook An Hospitable Shade. With This One Change, Life Gently Crept Away. A Placid Stream It Flowed From Day To Day. His Friends And Children Lov'd Him As The Tear Well Spoken, Profusely Shed Upon His Bier If He Had Faults, Thou Also Have Thy Share; Strike Thine Own Breast, And Feel What Lurketh There. He Who Sees All, Shall Judge Both Him And Thee; Repent For As It Falls, So Lies The Tree. ©Cara_Links Researching Co.Wicklow,Wexford. A headstone or two, a dusting of elsewhere A friend is one who accepts your past, loves you as you are, and believes in all of your tomorrow's. ***Please remind me if I have not done that job for you, my intentions are always good, but sometimes time runs out on me, so I leave it up to you to remind me.

Paul, You are welcome. Maureen N

Many, many thanx for these. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Mautrav@aol.com [mailto:Mautrav@aol.com] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 10:31 AM To: IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Wicklow] more websites 2 Hi all, This is the 2nd installment of websites I promised. They are all websites received from listers. I send them as I received them - only checking to see if they work and are not offensive. Approximately 150 more will eventually follow. Thanks again to all those who sent them to me. Maureen N _http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/gravestones/all_counties/_ (http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/gravestones/all_counties/) _http://www.browseireland.com/Genealogy-Irish/Irish_Geneology__Genealogy__Re se arch_Resources/index.shtml_ (http://www.browseireland.com/Genealogy-Irish/Irish_Geneology__Genealogy__Re search_Resources/index.shtml) _http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/haven/1538/irish.html_ (http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/haven/1538/irish.html) _http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_ IG I.asp_ (http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_ IGI.asp) _http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcgedcom1.html_ (http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcgedcom1.html) _http://www.cmcrp.net/_ (http://www.cmcrp.net/) _http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/links/index.htm_ (http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/links/index.htm) _http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/irish.html_ (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/irish.html) _http://geneasearch.com/intl/intlirish.htm_ (http://geneasearch.com/intl/intlirish.htm) _http://www.gaia.edu/genclass/ireland/shiplists.htm_ (http://www.gaia.edu/genclass/ireland/shiplists.htm) _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishchurchrecords/index.html_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishchurchrecords/index.html) _http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/_ (http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/) _http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/Old_Graves_1.htm_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/Old_Graves_1.htm) ==== IRL-WICKLOW Mailing List ==== You have finally found the information you needed to solve the family mystery you have been working on for 2 years and your elderly aunt says " I could have told you that!" ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

I've used and was satisfied with Pamela Bradley http://indigo.ie/~apgi/members.html Bill Fox ---- Trunthsams@aol.com wrote: > Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced researcher in Wicklow? I did work > with someone in Canada who had someone in the UK looking into my research but > it was quite expensive. > > I know that William Roe was contacted in Wicklow and he had no definitive > ideas for us. I am looking for the family of John Roe married to Mary Ann > Keeley before 1840. This family, with 3 sons and 2 daughters left for Canada > about 1860. Mary Ann had two sisters, Bridget and Julia, who left about 1850 for > the US. John farmed the rest of his life in Canada so I suspect that he was > a farmer in Ireland. > > Family lore is this family was from Enniskerry. But, I found that one son, > John, said on his marriage registration that he was born in Wexford. The two > counties are next to each other so I guess they could have lived somewhere > near the border. > > Bonnie > in California > > > ==== IRL-WICKLOW Mailing List ==== > Oh no you cant retire from family research, what would you do all day then? > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

Hi all, This is the 2nd installment of websites I promised. They are all websites received from listers. I send them as I received them - only checking to see if they work and are not offensive. Approximately 150 more will eventually follow. Thanks again to all those who sent them to me. Maureen N _http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/gravestones/all_counties/_ (http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/gravestones/all_counties/) _http://www.browseireland.com/Genealogy-Irish/Irish_Geneology__Genealogy__Rese arch_Resources/index.shtml_ (http://www.browseireland.com/Genealogy-Irish/Irish_Geneology__Genealogy__Research_Resources/index.shtml) _http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/haven/1538/irish.html_ (http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/haven/1538/irish.html) _http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IG I.asp_ (http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp) _http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcgedcom1.html_ (http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcgedcom1.html) _http://www.cmcrp.net/_ (http://www.cmcrp.net/) _http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/links/index.htm_ (http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/links/index.htm) _http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/irish.html_ (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/irish.html) _http://geneasearch.com/intl/intlirish.htm_ (http://geneasearch.com/intl/intlirish.htm) _http://www.gaia.edu/genclass/ireland/shiplists.htm_ (http://www.gaia.edu/genclass/ireland/shiplists.htm) _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishchurchrecords/index.html_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishchurchrecords/index.html) _http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/_ (http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/) _http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/Old_Graves_1.htm_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/Old_Graves_1.htm)