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Galway / Re: Wakefield's
« on: Tuesday 08 June 10 20:44 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for asking teh family. I do not want to bother them I would just love to find the farm and maybe take a picture of the farm. It would be nice to take a picture of the family but I do not want to be too pushy.  What ever they are comfortable with. 

My maiden name is Wakefiled.  I am a direct decendent of David Wakefield and Mary Wade.  David and Mary settled in Pennsylvania.  I do not have my research with me as I am at work right now but I know that David and Mary moved to Brush Creek, PA.  My line of Wakefields moved into McKeesport and then to Pittsburgh, PA.  My father was Charles Sherwood Wakefield, Son of Homer Jeremiah Wakefield.  His father was David Wakefield. (he is the first of my line listed in the Wakefiled book, or last depending which direction you are going!)  I believe that his father was Jeremiah.   I can not go back further without my research but I do know that we are direct from David & Mary Wade.

Thank you again for handling this.  I do not know if I will ever get back to Ireland after this trip. It would really mean so much to see the family farm!

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Galway / Re: Wakefield's
« on: Monday 07 June 10 20:32 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: michael riddell on Tuesday 01 June 10 16:23 BST (UK)
hi all
know of one of the wakefields that you are looking for in aughrim, and the family still have a farm in aughrim , dont know if they are decedents of your David,will be speaking to her within the next 2 weeks can pass on the message
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I would be interested in visiting this family when we go to Ireland in the end of August.  At least to take a picture of the farm.  Do you think that they would mind? 

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Down / Re: Fitzroy - Finlay in Killinchy
« on: Sunday 31 January 10 20:23 GMT (UK)  »
Judith,

Thanks for the Info!  I will see if I can search the church records to find the others listed.  I am thinking that these dates you provided could be baptismal records.

I will see what I can find on the Belfast -Ontario lead. I'll let you know what I find. 

I am going to search for a new genealogy program as the one I am using now keeps losing information. As soon as you are able to reach me directly, let me know and I will send you what I have on your American cousins.

Sincerely,
Pam

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Down / Re: Fitzroy - Finlay in Killinchy
« on: Saturday 30 January 10 03:15 GMT (UK)  »
Judith,

Have you ever heard of any of the family being from Australia?  I have census records from Robert Fitzroy listing his father as being from Australia and his mother from County Down, Ireland.
 That would make James Australian.  My father in law said that he thought one of the three brothers who came from Ireland to the U.S. went to Australia first and then to America.  we have never heard that James was born in Australia.

So you know anything about this?

Pam



Quote from: aberdonian on Monday 18 January 10 11:38 GMT (UK)
Hi Pam
I believe we are related!
My great grandparents were James Fitzroy and Margaret Finlay.
Dad's mum was Margaret Fitzroy - I think she was sister to your g/g/grandfather John.
Hope I've got this right but I understand the  family inlcuded - John, Tom, Margaret (my grandmother, who died at a fairly young age), Lil, Cissie (who I remember slightly as she lived with us before her death) Mabel, Bob (who emigrated to USA) and George (also emigrated?).
Eva (from fitzroy line)  died some time ago: Madge- her sister also died very, very recently.
Tracing the Fitzroy chain is not easy, apart from the information relating to corn miller/grocer/farmer which you now know!
Perhaps we should make contact? My parents would be delighted to hear more about your family.
Judith.


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Down / Re: Fitzroy - Finlay in Killinchy
« on: Thursday 28 January 10 15:58 GMT (UK)  »
Congratulations on your new grand daughter!  Rebecca is a beautiful name.  What a wonderful Christmas present!

Pam

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Down / Re: Fitzroy - Finlay in Killinchy
« on: Sunday 24 January 10 16:01 GMT (UK)  »
Judith,

sounds like we are cousins. I sent a few private messages. Did you get them?  I would love to speak to you further.  Do you have a private email that I can send you me gedcom file on the Fitzroy's?  I am also going to search for pictures> 

Where exactly are you located?  We are from Pittsburgh, PA.

Pam

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Tyrone / Re: McHugh's in Tyrone
« on: Sunday 17 January 10 02:23 GMT (UK)  »
I am not sure of there religion. I would have thought that they were Presbyterian. The children and grandchildren belonged to the Presbyterian church in Mapleton Depot, Pennsylvania. But, John and Ellen were buried in a Catholic cemetery. 

I would guess they were catholic.

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Tyrone / McHugh's in Tyrone
« on: Saturday 16 January 10 02:22 GMT (UK)  »
I am searching for  John McHugh born 1823 who married Ellen McMinamin.
I have no idea where they came from.  Family stories say County Tyrone. John left Ireland and moved to central Pennsyvania late 1848 or early 1849.   Ellen followed shortly after and gave birth to their son James, May 1849 "on the ocean". So John would have had to leave Ireland no earlier than late 1848.

I can not find either John or Ellen on any ships records. Can't find anything in his civil war records that name a town or county.  I am really at a loss here. 

Any ideas???

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Galway / Re: Wakefield's
« on: Saturday 16 January 10 01:50 GMT (UK)  »
I am also from David Wakefield and Mary Jane Wade.  I am trying to find exactly where David was from - the best I can find is in Aughrim on the road to Ballinasloe.

About ten years ago I talked to a man who visited the Wakefield farm in Ireland. He also told me about the Gamble cemetery in West Wheatfield PA.  There is a modern tombstone for David there. He explained that the original one was illlegible and was replaced with the modern one.  Several of David's family are buried in this cemetery. I put most of my research in storage an cannot find the name of the man or how to contact him again.

I am planning a trip to Ireland this summer.  I will spend 1 week on the west coast researching (and sight seeing!) the Wakefield family and a second week in northern ireland researching my husbands family (Fitzroy).  I would greatly appreciate any help finding the location of this farm.

Thanks

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