Thanks for posting this info Greg, I have been trying to gather any more info that I can find on the Wexford Poole's My wife and I are traveling to Ireland at the end of February. Thanks to the kind posting of someone from this Wexford list about Aer Lingus' winter deals. I hope to find some evidence that my Benjamin Jacob Poole is indeed part of those Wexford Poole's. Any research tips would be greatly appreciated. -Chris Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Finnegan <finnegan@fas.harvard.edu> To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 5:21 PM Subject: [WEX] Re: Mt. Nebo > Re Dean Crowley's query: > > > >George's parents were George Patrick FINNIGAN, b. 1820 in Mountnebo, > >Gory, County Wexford, and Cornelia DANIELL, b. 1827 in Ireland. They > >married in Dublin in 1844. > > > My FINNEGAN ancestors were from Kiltullagh (SE of Athenry), Co. Galway, so > I can't help on that score. As my Wexford ancestors were Gorey & Garrybrit > Methodists and Irish Palatines (POOLE, JOHNSTON, WEBSTER), I can offer a > bit about Mt. Nebo. The natural feature of that name, 888 feet (not > metres) high, is WNW of Gorey; on the Ordnance Survey 1:126,720 Series map > no. 19, Carlow & Wexford, the peak is split by the vertical grid line "10", > and is about 1/3 of the grid north of horizontal "60". > > According to James G. Ryan's IRISH RECORDS: SOURCES FOR FAMILY AND LOCAL > HISTORY (Salt Lake City (Ancestry) and Dublin (FlyLeaf), 1997), the Civil > Parish in question is variously styled Kilnahue or Kilnehue or Lamogue, and > the corresponding RC Parish is Craanford/Rossminoge. Known records for > that parish begin in 1871, however. I may well be corrected by someone 'on > the ground' as to exact boundaries; Ryan's map isn't keyed to topography in > any detail. > > Mt. Nebo doesn't seem to be the name of any civil division. It is, > however, fairly notorious as the name of the estate of the magistrate > (John) Hunter Gowan and his nephew Ogle Gowan, the founder of the Orange > Order in Canada. The map on p. 15 of Daniel Gahan's THE PEOPLE'S RISING: > WEXFORD, 1798 (Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1995) shows "Mt. Nebo House" at > the SE base of the mountain, in a position corresponding to symbols for > woodland or parkland on plate II of Musgrave's IRISH REBELLION OF 1798. My > own Gorey POOLEs were on Abel Ram's estates, not Gowan's, but were > intermarried with WEBSTERs and JOHNSTONs, of whom a couple (in Canada) were > named Ogle and one JOHNSTON male married a Hester GOWAN, so there's some > connection there somewhere. > > Ryan's book, by the way, which I acquired only 2 days ago, gives > information for which records survive for which dates on a parish by parish > basis; I haven't used it enough to say that the information is or isn't > sound, but it "looks and feels" quite reliable (wry smile.) > > Cheers/Greg > > p.s.: I receive WEXFORD-L in digest form and hence may have missed any > earlier replies to Mr. Crowley's query. > > > Gregory A. Finnegan, PhD > Associate Librarian for Public Services > and Head of Reference > Tozzer Library > Harvard University > 21 Divinity Avenue > Cambridge MA 02138-2089 > 617-495-2253 fax 617-496-2741 > gregory_finnegan@harvard.edu > > "...have mercy on us all --Presbyterians and Pagans alike -- for we are all > somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending." > MOBY-DICK, chapter 17. > > > > ==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== > County Wexford on Rootsweb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/wexford.html > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >

Re Dean Crowley's query: > >George’s parents were George Patrick FINNIGAN, b. 1820 in Mountnebo, >Gory, County Wexford, and Cornelia DANIELL, b. 1827 in Ireland. They >married in Dublin in 1844. > My FINNEGAN ancestors were from Kiltullagh (SE of Athenry), Co. Galway, so I can't help on that score. As my Wexford ancestors were Gorey & Garrybrit Methodists and Irish Palatines (POOLE, JOHNSTON, WEBSTER), I can offer a bit about Mt. Nebo. The natural feature of that name, 888 feet (not metres) high, is WNW of Gorey; on the Ordnance Survey 1:126,720 Series map no. 19, Carlow & Wexford, the peak is split by the vertical grid line "10", and is about 1/3 of the grid north of horizontal "60". According to James G. Ryan's IRISH RECORDS: SOURCES FOR FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY (Salt Lake City (Ancestry) and Dublin (FlyLeaf), 1997), the Civil Parish in question is variously styled Kilnahue or Kilnehue or Lamogue, and the corresponding RC Parish is Craanford/Rossminoge. Known records for that parish begin in 1871, however. I may well be corrected by someone 'on the ground' as to exact boundaries; Ryan's map isn't keyed to topography in any detail. Mt. Nebo doesn't seem to be the name of any civil division. It is, however, fairly notorious as the name of the estate of the magistrate (John) Hunter Gowan and his nephew Ogle Gowan, the founder of the Orange Order in Canada. The map on p. 15 of Daniel Gahan's THE PEOPLE'S RISING: WEXFORD, 1798 (Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1995) shows "Mt. Nebo House" at the SE base of the mountain, in a position corresponding to symbols for woodland or parkland on plate II of Musgrave's IRISH REBELLION OF 1798. My own Gorey POOLEs were on Abel Ram's estates, not Gowan's, but were intermarried with WEBSTERs and JOHNSTONs, of whom a couple (in Canada) were named Ogle and one JOHNSTON male married a Hester GOWAN, so there's some connection there somewhere. Ryan's book, by the way, which I acquired only 2 days ago, gives information for which records survive for which dates on a parish by parish basis; I haven't used it enough to say that the information is or isn't sound, but it "looks and feels" quite reliable (wry smile.) Cheers/Greg p.s.: I receive WEXFORD-L in digest form and hence may have missed any earlier replies to Mr. Crowley's query. Gregory A. Finnegan, PhD Associate Librarian for Public Services and Head of Reference Tozzer Library Harvard University 21 Divinity Avenue Cambridge MA 02138-2089 617-495-2253 fax 617-496-2741 gregory_finnegan@harvard.edu "...have mercy on us all --Presbyterians and Pagans alike -- for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending." MOBY-DICK, chapter 17.

Would like correspondence,regarding,Charles Bardon,who married Elizabeth"Lizzie"Douglas,Co Wexford,Ireland.Lizzie was born about 1819,Co Wexford.In Eire,was born,Ann,ca 1836,James and Richard.Family immigrated to Bardstown,Ky(town was named after,them?).Then to St.Louis,Mo,where Mary and Charles,were born.Can anyone please advise,from what barony or parish,they originated? Thank You,Kevin Kelly,St.Louis,Mo

You are the first I have heard researching SULLIVANs from Wexford - except me and cousins in Louisiana, who don't know any more than I do, which is very little. My gg grandfather Daniel Sullivan of Wexford, born about 1800. He emigrated to East Baton Rouge Parish, La and a sister Mary (wife of Patrick Finlen/Fenlon?) and three brothers Patrick, Michael and James followed. This family was Catholic. Ironically, I have a very close friend who is a CURRAN from Wexford - we have always suspected we are related in some way. She is from New York State. I need help, too and would be happy to share what I have! At 10:16 PM 1/17/00 +0000, Irene Colfer wrote: >Hi everyone, >Could anyone help me with my surname intrests they are: >1) The COLFER Family wich we have already amassed quite a lot of some are >family members some we are`nt sure about yet including most of the names >married into, certainly from 1859. possibly from 1808 >2) The SULLIVAN family which we have very little of. >3) The CURRAN family help really needed here >4) The the LEE and MOSS family whether these last two families have any >connection with Ireland not sure but any help would be greatly >appreciated, have been to LDS but unfortunately have drawn a blank. Martha Martha HARDCASTLE GUTHRIE L'homme paresseux travaille le plus dur You can see my pathetic wobbly first web page at: http://hometown.aol.com/lofiwoman/myhomepage/index.html Coming soon! Martha's "I Used to be a Babe" page!

Hi everyone, Could anyone help me with my surname intrests they are: 1) The COLFER Family wich we have already amassed quite a lot of some are family members some we are`nt sure about yet including most of the names married into, certainly from 1859. possibly from 1808 2) The SULLIVAN family which we have very little of. 3) The CURRAN family help really needed here 4) The the LEE and MOSS family whether these last two families have any connection with Ireland not sure but any help would be greatly appreciated, have been to LDS but unfortunately have drawn a blank. Thanks in advance Irene & Kevin Colfer

Hi Just joined the list and posting my interests which are Charles DOYLE born abt 1870/80 in ?? Cookstown Co Wexford, and Elizabeth Kehoe born abt the same time. They moved to Scotland to live about the 1900's Children were Charles (died in WW11) William, Margaret, Bunty and Helen. Anyone else researching these names?? please contact. Any information gratefully received. Glenn D P.S where would I have to apply to get a marriage certificate copy for the above people?? Thanks

In a message dated 1/15/00 3:26:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, WEXFORD-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Would anyone have heard of a ship called MERCHANT ROSS that would have travelled from Waterford to Newfoundland around 1750? Thanks. >> I looked in the book " Ships from Ireland to Early America" and it didn't list this ship, however there was a ship "Merchants Goodwill, sailed from Ireland to Newfoundland in 1691". There were 2 other ships with the name Merchant in them, but they did not sail to Newfoundland. Sherrye

Hi, I am new subscriber and am interested in information pertaining to THOMAS SCOTT who as my information suggests was born in 1791 in Wexford or there abouts he was Boatswain on The HMS Resistance he was married to Augusta Dykes on 20 July 1820 in Deptford, London. There are records and paintings of him held at The Greewich Maritime Museum so I do have so fairly good historical reference to him, but cannot find any further information other than this. I would be very interested in finding information as to his birth place and is parents if anyone can help. Regards Mark Weaver

Would you have a Jeremiah Cullen with wife Catherine and daughter Mary anywhere in your research? I've been looking for them in Wexford due to the fact that they sailed from New Ross to Quebec in 1852. Jeremiah was reported to be 50 at the time. They moved from Quebec to Dubuque Co. IA sometime before 1857. Thanks Marilyn from wind blow Salem, OR ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I have recently been sent a coat of arms for Meadows that has Ireland at the bottom of the shield This was sent to me by someone from the Meadows roots list in the USA. It was of interest as I have heard a mention of something like this from a deceased aunt in New Zealand. Doubtless these Meadows were people of their time & involved in some sort of suppression of their neighbours. I will write soon to cousins in NZ by mail as PCs have not reched them yet, to check if the picture of the coat of arms is still around. I tried to send the coat of arms to this list & rightly got it rejected because not everyone's PC could take the graphics. I am a novice to computers Given the only concentration of Meadows in Ireland seems to be in Wexford, is this of interest to anyone? Vivien Meadows

I am looking for any information on the family of William Murphy and Agnes Pendergast (1800-1870)who lived in the vicinity of Gorey, Co.Wexford. There childern include, Mary(b.1844), Patrick(b.1846), James(b.1851), Edward(b.1854), Ellen(b.1855), Bridget, and Ann(b.1861). Mary married James Fitspatrick, son of Jeramiah Fitspatrick, in 1865. Their place of residence is unreadable but they are regisrered in the union of Gorey. I am also looking for information about how to find out the names of Catholic churches in that part of Co. Wexford in 1865. Joe Murphy British Columbia, Canada

In the course of searching my CULLEN roots in Co. Wexford, I've stumbled upon the name Revils or Revels from Tintern Parish, townland of Garrycullen (early 19th century). Has anyone ever heard this name before? There's no such name in Griffiths - the closest is Reville. A. Cullen

This is my first try at this new list. I am researching the Doyle family and word has it that Felix Doyle or his father Thomas Doyle arrived in America between 1737 - 1743 and settled in Path Valley Pennsylvania. They are to have been from Wexford County. Any suggestions on where to look or if anyone is reasearching the same family. Any help would be appreciated. Lon Doyle

My ancestors came from Kilgorman civil parish in Gorey. Does any have information about immigration patterns or general historical info. about NE Wexford. (For example I have heard nearbye landlords in Wicklow helped some of the emmigrate. So far I have not come across similar references for this area). Larry O'Brien Names from there=Briens, Dunnes, Reilleys, Hayden

Marvelous story.Only an Irishman could pull that off.We could use more . Thanks

Hello, I am new to the list and researching the CROKE surname. In particular, Nicholas Croke from New Ross. Nicholas made frequent trips (1787-1842) from New Ross to St. John's, Newfoundland. He married Mary Coghlan in 1821 in St. John's. They had 3 sons: Nicholas, Martin & Henry. Nicholas Sr. was a carpenter who later established himself as an architect. He died in 1850 in St. John's. Glenda Tomaszczyk (nee Croke) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

--WebTV-Mail-28799-6794 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Hi Linda: An ancestral relative of mine, a John Byrne (or O'Byrne), b.1875, lived at Grasscur, Cleariestown (Civil Parish, Kilcowan, I believe) and in 1893 married Ellen Sinnott, born 1873;died 1934. There may also have been Sinnotts a little to the west near New Ross. Should you find out anything further about this Ellen, I would love to know. Best wishes and Good Luck! Shaun Bryan Researching (in Wexford) Bymes/O'Byrnes, Lamberts & D'Arcys --WebTV-Mail-28799-6794 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.97) by storefull-225.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 12:26:45 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <WEXFORD-D-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by mailsorter-101-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-d/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id MAA07908 for <sc906b@webtv.net>; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 12:26:43 -0800 (PST) From: WEXFORD-D-request@rootsweb.com Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA06244; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 12:22:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 12:22:36 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200001152022.MAA06244@bl-11.rootsweb.com> Subject: WEXFORD-D Digest V00 #6 X-Loop: WEXFORD-D@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <WEXFORD-D@rootsweb.com> archive/volume00/6 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: WEXFORD-D@rootsweb.com Reply-To: WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com - ---------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain WEXFORD-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 6 Today's Topics: #1 [WEX] Brown & McAfee [Douglas and Jean Brown <dougjean@s] #2 [WEX] BYRNE/KELLY/MULLINS ["Christine Lloyd" <christine@gil.c] #3 [WEX] SINNOTT ["Linda Diamond" <ldiamond@total.ne] #4 Re: [WEX] SINNOTT [SHIRLEY NEWBOLD <newbolds@home.com] #5 Re: [WEX] SINNOTT [Catross@aol.com] #6 [WEX] SURNAME PROJECT - BRASSIL - [bart.brassil@donovandata.com] #7 Re: [WEX] SINNOTT [Catross@aol.com] #8 [WEX] Wexford Surnames List [wintershs@usa.net] #9 [WEX] Sinnott [Joan <" rolfes"@erols.com>] #10 Re: [WEX] Wexford Surnames List [CH00CH0000@aol.com] #11 [WEX] Ships from Waterford ["Linda Diamond" <ldiamond@total.ne] #12 Re: [WEX] Sinnott [Catross@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WEXFORD-D, send a message to WEXFORD-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To unsubscribe on the web, go to http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/subscribe.html Hugh Listowner hugh@xtra.co.nz ______________________________ - ----------------------------

Would anyone have heard of a ship called MERCHANT ROSS that would have travelled from Waterford to Newfoundland around 1750? Thanks.

Hello My name is Dean and I am new to this list. I am searching for information on my FINNIGAN ancestors who came from Wexford. Much of the information I have is from a marriage certificate and an old family letter written in 1922. My great-grandfather was George Stephen FINNIGAN, b. 1845 in County Wexford (exact whereabouts unknown). He left Ireland and married Cecilia BALEY in 1870 in Bangalore, India. His name on the marriage certificate was FANNIGAN, which may have been a spelling mistake. He later changed his name to FANAKEN. He died in Bangalore in 1935. George’s parents were George Patrick FINNIGAN, b. 1820 in Mountnebo, Gory, County Wexford, and Cornelia DANIELL, b. 1827 in Ireland. They married in Dublin in 1844. I want to try and confirm the above information, particularly that from Irish sources, and would appreciate any advice on how and where to start. Would there be any parish records for Mountnebo or Gory? Dean in New Zealand

My Sinnotts were from Southeast. Do know that there were tons of Sinnotts in County Wexford--practically the only place you find them. I forgot to refer Linda D to the book by Murphy on the names of County Wexford. If people haven't read it, it does give a brief history of the various predominant names and tells where each has been found and who the individuals are that have made some imprint on County Wexford and history in general. Hillary Murphy is a writer for the local paper also and he is well known in the area. Cathy Rossing