I am taking the weekends off these days, so you will have to wait until Monday But I do have new data that has arrived in today on the name Roe in Co Wicklow So sorry patience will get its bag of sweets Have a lovely weekend all of you Cara ----- Original Message ----- From: <Trunthsams@aol.com> To: <irl-wicklow@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 7:55 AM Subject: [IRL-WICKLOW] ROE KEALY IRELAND > > We have just found some of the family in Kilkenny but we can't toss aside > family lore that the Kealy/Roes came from Wicklow. Family lore is > Enniskerry. > > We have found Bridget Kealy, a servant, marrying Thomas Ireland in > Kilkenny. Not one of Bridget's family is in Kilkenny. Her parents are > Patrick > and Mary Ann Kealy. She has known sisters, Julia and Mary Ann. Mary Ann > married John Roe and had 7 surviving children and this family emigrated > to > Canada by 1858 as an intact family. Julia went to Boston by 1855 most > likely > as a servant and married there in 1857. > > Based upon the names of the Kealy females' children, it is suspected that > Frances, Emily, and Elizabeth are Kealy names. It is suspected that > John, > Robert, and Nicholas are Roe names, and George, and Edward are Kealy > names. > > A connection of Thomas to other Irelands in Kilkenny is not proven. > William is certainly an Ireland name. > > There is one instance of a Roe child stating he was born in Wexford. > > Wexford, Kilkenny, and Wicklow seem to form a triangle of habitation. > The > Kealy women seem to be born between 1812 and 1824. They marry about > 1838-1848. The Irelands are still in Ireland through 1885, the Roes are > gone by > 1858. There had to be remaining Kealys including Bridget after 1880. > Bridget is not known to have left Ireland. > > Does anyone recognize these names and may be connected? Any finds you > know of will be appreciated. We have searched the Kilkenny site and have > most > of that. They are around Burnchurch and James Green. > > Bonnie > in California > *************************************** > 1- Only leave in the body of the mail what is relevant to your answer > > 2- Change the SUBJECT LINE to suit the body of your own Mail to List. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-WICKLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message