> From: wexford-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: WEXFORD Digest, Vol 4, Issue 83 > To: wexford@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:02:11 -0600 > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Byrne family (Kevin Byrne) > 2. Re: WEXFORD Digest, JOAN L. FITZSIMMONS (PeggyLeonard112@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > thank you, kevin, for taking the time to help in my search for information about my great-grandparents. your ideas seem plausible and have raised my interest, but bear further research. additional information about my family is thin on the ground but is as follows:- catherine was born in ballygarvon, co wexford around 1840. she may have have married around 1860. her first son william was born in ireland around 1862. a daughter catherine was born in nova scotia around 1864. the three remaining children were born in gibraltar between1867 and 1876. is this any help? regards john > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:44:22 +0100 > From: "Kevin Byrne" <byrne@colonsay.org.uk> > Subject: Re: [WEXFORD] Byrne family > To: <wexford@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <E3CEEE5BB66F4BE187CC570850A932A0@KEVIN> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > My ancestor John Byrne died 1761 in Doonooney, Adamstown, is buried in > Taghmon. > > > > He had three sons, Patrick, John and Peter. > > > > John or Patrick had a son, Patrick, born 1762 > > > > Patrick had 4 sons, James 1800-1872, Daniel who married Anty (Anastasia), > William 1805-1889 who married Margaret Lambert, Edward Byrne who "married" > Bess Pender > > > For obvious reasons, people tended to marry within an extended family, so > your John might well have married (say) a second cousin. Edward and Bess > had a daughter, Fanny Byrne, 1838 - 1892, who married Marks Walsh in > Rathangan in 1863. Conceivably your John was a nephew of Edward and/or > Catherine was a niece of Bess? But I think we might be in the right area > based purely upon the surnames. > > Have you any more clues? Any scraps of family tradition? Best wishes - > Kevin Byrne > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John B" <lidan1413@hotmail.com> > To: <wexford@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:43 PM > Subject: [WEXFORD] Byrne family > > > > my great-grandparents john and catherine byrne (nee pender) were born around > 1840 in co. wexford. > > john was a soldier in the english army and apparently was stationed in nova > scotia around about 1864. > > around about 1868 he and his family came to gibraltar, presumably on service > and settled here for good. > > i would be very grateful for any help in finding out further information > about them and can assist in providing > > information from gibraltar, regards john byrne > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:45:18 EDT > From: PeggyLeonard112@aol.com > Subject: Re: [WEXFORD] WEXFORD Digest, JOAN L. FITZSIMMONS > To: wexford@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d04.5b6705e4.37913fbe@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hi Joan, > > I have four children Baptized in the R.C. Church in Ballyoughter, parents > William Fitzsimmons and Susan Barrington, if you're interested in those. > > Peggy > > > > > > **************S T R E T C H your technology dollars with great laptop > deals from Dell! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223081712x1201714210/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2 > D5) > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the WEXFORD list administrator, send an email to > WEXFORD-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the WEXFORD mailing list, send an email to WEXFORD@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEXFORD-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of WEXFORD Digest, Vol 4, Issue 83 > **************************************