CRILLY / PHOENIX; DON,IRL; c.1830 >Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 09:15:07 +0000 >Subject: CRILLY/PHOENIX: Donegal c.1830 >>Subject: CRILLY/PHOENIX: Donegal 1830s >> >>According to my late aunt's family history, Catherine PHOENIX ( b. 1838 Strabane, then in Donegal apparently) travelled to Melbourne in 1853, subsequently marrying my GGGfather, Thomas Welsh from Scotland. (Birth information comes from her marriage certificate, Melbourne.) >> >>Catherine's mother, maiden name Elizabeth CRILLY, was widowed and subsequently remarried, moving to Epping where was widowed again. She travelled to Australia in the 1859 to join her daughter and son-in-law. >> >>If anyone has encountered the CRILLY or PHOENIX families in the north of Ireland or has suggestions for further research I would be glad to hear it. >> >>Thanks >>James Welsh >>London James Welsh (jwelsh@gn.apc.org)