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Wicklow / Re: The Hughs family of County Wicklow
« on: Tuesday 19 March 19 15:51 GMT (UK)  »
I have enjoyed all the posts and information! It has been awhile since I have been on. Thanks to you, Shane, I stepped foot on my GGrandparents home land...not once but twice! Am so pleased to now have a DNA connection (to Veronica)...makes it even better. The names; Susan, Thomas, James, Laurence, Patrick, Elaine, Elizabeth, Alice and Margaret are all showing up over and over again. Must have some meaning!! Glad to be back!

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Wicklow / Re: The Hughs family of County Wicklow
« on: Saturday 15 October 11 02:40 BST (UK)  »
It would be great if our Hughes lines intersected!  It is possible...do you have your tree on-line?  Mine is at Ancestry..could send you an invitation..if you go on-line and look for Elmsley, Leeds, Ontario you will find information about the Irish that settled there..many were part of the Fitzwilliam group..again, thanks..Peg

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Wicklow / Re: The Hughs family of County Wicklow
« on: Friday 30 September 11 23:45 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the information...am wondering if the townland borders have always been the same?  Also wondering what the name means??
 Because we couldn't find a baptism record for Thomas or John, it was suggested that they may have been baptized in Wexford, which makes sense if the parish covered parts of both counties. 

The spelling of the surname can be confusing.   Hughs was also listed as Hues on one census in Canada and I have seen it as Hews...as well as Hughes.  Noticed that my Great Grandfather used the Hughs version on the first US census after immigrating to the US but after that it was Hughes.  I think they could read and write, so it seems they knew what they were doing when they used the Hughs version while in Canada, as it seems to be used also on the records I have found in Wicklow.  Did that same thing happen in Ireland?  I can't find any Hughs when I search in today's Wicklow???
It is really great to at least be able to look at the place on a map...never thought it would happen!!  Thanks again!

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Wicklow / Re: Lacey of Wicklow
« on: Thursday 29 September 11 19:32 BST (UK)  »
We have a Margaret Lacy (Lacey) married to one Patrick Hughs, both from Wicklow...married about 1836?  Had daughter Susan baptized Roman Catholic..Oct 14, 1837  son Thomas, baptized 01 Jan, 1840...son Patrick, baptized15 April 1842...daughter Elizabeth, baptized 10 April, 1844.  A Stephen Lacey was one of the children's sponsor...and they had a son they named Stephen, after they immigrated to Canada.  Does this fit any of your family?

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Wicklow / The Hughs family of County Wicklow
« on: Thursday 29 September 11 19:22 BST (UK)  »
Have located our Hughs family, after 10+ years of searching.  They are from Wicklow...have a baptism record that states, Mullinaskea, in Parish/District of Killaveney...They were Roman Catholic.  There were three sons born to James and Julia Redmond Hughs, Thomas, about 1838...John, about 1839...and Andrew, born 1841.  James then immigrated to Elmsley, Leeds, Ontario, Canada around 1845.  There is a Patrick Hughs and wife Margaret Lacy (Lacey) and a Thomas Hughs and wife Ellen, who immigrated to the same area, about the same time, also from Wicklow.  If there are any Hughs out there who wish to know something of what happened to their families after they left Ireland, please get in touch. 
I would appreciate some assistance in locating the exact area of Wicklow  that Mullinaskea would be located in????  Not sure but think it is a Townland???  one site I found listed Tinahely, Arklow..as part of the location...is this correct??

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Limerick / Re: The Quinns of Limerick
« on: Friday 01 April 11 15:24 BST (UK)  »
Have some new information regarding Michael Quinn..he was born in 1816, came to US in early 1930's, oral history says through New York..was  probably married shortly after arrival, to a woman last name Ohara..first child born in Otsego, Michigan 1937, then she disappeared, likely died...and he married again, this time To Bridget Mulherin, daughter of Patrick Mulherin, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  All I know is he said he came from Limerick...common family names besides Michael and Bridget are Johanna, Jeremiah, and Frank or Francis, his oldest son was named Albert.  They belonged to St. Andrew's Parrish (Catholic) in Grand Rapids so he may have been Catholic.  I know families often migrated together, the name Nagel and Fitsmorris appear quite often in the census reports, same age group and from Ireland. Other Family surnames here are Coffee and Hughes. My thought is Michael must have gone to Michigan pretty quickly after coming over, so maybe had a reason to go to such a small, rural place in the middle of nowhere..and either the elusive Miss Ohara came with him or the romance bloomed very quickly.  Know there are always clues where we don't first see them, am I missing something?  Wish I could come there to look but not possible right now!!  Attached is a copy of Albert Quinn and his family, maybe someone will see a family resemblance. Thanks for responding!

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Limerick / Re: The Quinns of Limerick
« on: Wednesday 27 October 10 01:42 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, good idea..will look some more

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Limerick / The Quinns of Limerick
« on: Monday 27 September 10 23:15 BST (UK)  »
Am looking for Michael Quinn, born in Limerick about 1820..not sure if he came to America or Canada first, but settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan..married Bridget Mulhearn (spelling?) in Michigan and had ten children.

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Ireland / Looking for James Hughes and wife, Julia Redmond, birth dates 1815-1820
« on: Thursday 16 September 10 15:52 BST (UK)  »
James and Julia were supposedly married in Ireland...came either to America or Canada..son Thomas J. Hughes, born November 1842, either in Ireland or in Canada.  Family reported to have immigrated in 1849..one source says 1863..Thomas found in 1880 US census living in Michigan, married to girl from Michigan...can find nothing prior to that...any ideas?

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