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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Clare => Topic started by: Rosemary Cottage on Thursday 20 May 10 01:40 BST (UK)
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Hi everyone,
I have found my GR-GR Grandfathers arrival in Australia, but have no idea on where to look before that. Oral family history is the family arrived from County Clare for William to work for the Victorian Railways on the Swan St Railway Bridge.
Any help to point me in the right direction would be appreciated.
MCNAMARA WILLIAM 37
MCNAMARA Mary JANE 29 - Second wife?
MCNAMARA PATRICK 20
MCNAMARA JOHN 6
MCNAMARA THOMAS 4
MCNAMARA AMELIA Jane 2 - -Died 1856
MCNAMARA WILLIAM ?
William's son John married Elizabeth Born
and records show they lived in Creswick/Maryborough
McNamara William Milward 1878
McNamara Albert Robert 1879
McNamara Leonora Mary 1881
McNamara Thomas Patrick 1884
McNamara Lillian Mary 1887
Five girls died
McNamara Matilda Jane 1874
McNamara Jane Eliza 1875
McNamara Rosaline 1877
McNamara Lilian 1877
McNamara Geraldine Agnes 1886
My grandfather, Anthony Joseph Patrick McNamara born 1917 was the son of William Milward and Ellen Anastasia Burns.
Regards,
Julie Mac
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Civil registration started in Ireland in 1864 and to search for earlier church records (if they still exist) you need to establish the family's religion and a detailed location for them - i.e. parish, town or townland.
Unfortunately no County Clare parish records are available online at the moment. See the Clare Library, Genealogy (http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm) website for information on further records.
Shane
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Hi,
Nothing specific I'm afraid. My McNamara's came from County Clare too - but it's a very common name in the area, so it's unlikely we're connected.
I was fortunate in that we had some oral history passed down from my grandmother, and knew that our McNamara was married to a Butler (another common name in the area) and that they both came from Crusheen. We've managed to trace both lines back another couple of generations in the area thanks to a combination of our own efforts, the use of a researcher, and some good fortune.
Clare library has been very useful. It might be worthwile you looking at the 1901/1911 census there to see if you can see them in the area.
Regards Ann