McHALE Seeking family history, imigration records relating to Francis (Frank) McHale, born somewhere in County Mayo, possibly Belmullet, about 1847, arrived New Zealand about 1867. NZ death certificate (1922) gives father as Owen McHALE, farmer, mother as Catherine O'REILLY. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com

Hello My great grandmother was a McHale she also came from Mayo do you know if Frank had a brotherJohn? kind regards Jean (Australia) On 4/3/07, Garry and Tessa Satherley <penman_and_possum@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > > McHALE > Seeking family history, imigration records relating to Francis (Frank) > McHale, born somewhere in County Mayo, possibly Belmullet, about 1847, > arrived New Zealand about 1867. NZ death certificate (1922) gives father as > Owen McHALE, farmer, mother as Catherine O'REILLY. > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com > ______________________________________ > > ~~Complete the SUBJECT LINE with relevent information, including pertinent > SURNAMES, location, and years.~~ > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hi Jean. All I know about Frank prior to his landing up in NZ is what's in the posting. He named his oldest son Owen after his father and his second and last as Frank after himself, so there's no way of telling if John's a family name. As you've probably discovered, McHale's a very common name in Mayo, particularly the north, so it's a bit of a needle in a haystack job tracing them. You probably also know of the most famous John McHale, the Reverend Doctor Archbishop of Tuam, known as the Lion of The West. Best regards. Garry Satherley, Lillian Rock (Aust.) Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com