Hello Tony My Great Great Grandmother was a Rafferty she lived in Scotland do you know if any of your Rafferty,s came from Scotland there is also a Patrick in our family. regards Jean On 4/4/07, Tony Edmondson <tony.edmondson@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > Hello Listers, > > I've only just joined the list as I've recently discovered that my > maternal > 3 x grt grandparents, and the whole of the RAFFERTY family, appear in the > UK > census for 1871. The youngest child was 11 at this time, suggesting that > the family moved to England during the 1860s. > > I am looking for any information or pointers that would help me trace them > and their families in County Mayo, and would be pleased to exchange the > details I have from the 1881, '91 & '01 census, and so on. > > The 1871 census shows : > > The family is living in Halifax, Yorkshire > Patrick Rafferty, Head, married, aged 55, labourer outdoors (3 x grt > grandfather) > Mary Rafferty, Wife, married, aged 50 > Catherine Rafferty, Daughter, unmarried, aged 23 > Patrick Rafferty, Son, unmarried, aged 19 (2 x grt grandfather) > Thomas Rafferty, Son, unmarried, aged 15 > John Rafferty, Son, aged 13 > Mary Rafferty, Daughter, aged 11 > > All the family are given as born in COUNTY MAYO, Ireland, and, presumably, > Patrick (snr) and Mary were married in County Mayo, too. > > I would be pleased to hear from anyone who recognises this family or has > any > information that might help. > > Many thanks > > Tony > High Wycombe, England > > > ______________________________________ > > > ~~ Check your e-mail settings. List mail must be in PLAIN TEXT. ~~ > > ______________________________________ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello again Jean, Thanks for your message. I am fairly sure that my Raffertys don't come from Scotalnd. In this 'game' you daren't say 'definitely not' !! Going back to Cromwell's day, it is possible that Scottish Raffertys were among those driven over by his troops or were actually members of his force which followed them to what we now call Northern Ireland. There are plenty of Raffertys in NI, and my mother always claimed that her family came form the North, but I have yet to find evidence of it. My understanding is that the Rafferty surname originated in Sligo, who decided that this is so, I have no idea. As you saw in my original posting to the list, the whole family, living in Halifax, Yorkshire, in 1871, give their birth place as Cty Mayo, Ireland, which is next door to Sligo. The census' for '81, '91 and '01 just give Ireland. So I'm relieved to that bit of extra information to work on, and I now need to find births for all of them, and a marriage fro Patrick and Mary. Thanks for making contact. It is much appreciated. Best wishes. Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "jean old" <old.jean@gmail.com> To: <mayo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 7:24 AM Subject: Re: [MAYO] RAFFERTY pre-1860s > Hello Tony > My Great Great Grandmother was a Rafferty she lived in Scotland > do you know if any of your Rafferty,s came from Scotland there is > also a Patrick in our family. > regards Jean > > > On 4/4/07, Tony Edmondson <tony.edmondson@ntlworld.com> wrote: >> >> Hello Listers, >> >> I've only just joined the list as I've recently discovered that my >> maternal >> 3 x grt grandparents, and the whole of the RAFFERTY family, appear in the >> UK >> census for 1871. The youngest child was 11 at this time, suggesting >> that >> the family moved to England during the 1860s. >> >> I am looking for any information or pointers that would help me trace >> them >> and their families in County Mayo, and would be pleased to exchange the >> details I have from the 1881, '91 & '01 census, and so on. >> >> The 1871 census shows : >> >> The family is living in Halifax, Yorkshire >> Patrick Rafferty, Head, married, aged 55, labourer outdoors (3 x grt >> grandfather) >> Mary Rafferty, Wife, married, aged 50 >> Catherine Rafferty, Daughter, unmarried, aged 23 >> Patrick Rafferty, Son, unmarried, aged 19 (2 x grt grandfather) >> Thomas Rafferty, Son, unmarried, aged 15 >> John Rafferty, Son, aged 13 >> Mary Rafferty, Daughter, aged 11 >> >> All the family are given as born in COUNTY MAYO, Ireland, and, >> presumably, >> Patrick (snr) and Mary were married in County Mayo, too. >> >> I would be pleased to hear from anyone who recognises this family or has >> any >> information that might help. >> >> Many thanks >> >> Tony >> High Wycombe, England >> >> >> ______________________________________ >> >> >> ~~ Check your e-mail settings. List mail must be in PLAIN TEXT. ~~ >> >> ______________________________________ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > ______________________________________ > > > ~~ Check your e-mail settings. List mail must be in PLAIN TEXT. ~~ > > ______________________________________ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >