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Yorkshire (West Riding) / BELLWOODs of Leeds
« on: Wednesday 19 November 14 05:16 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to confirm my 2nd Great Grandfather William Bellwood. I definitively know my 1st GGrandfather was Walter Bellwood b: July 1857 Chapeltown d: April 1901 Hunslet. He married Emma Lavinia Harrison. I am having difficulty establishing which William Bellwood was his father. I have a William Bellwood b: 5 April 1835 Meanwood d: April 1881 Holbeck who was married to Hannah Maria Longbottom. Can any one help me confirm this is my William Bellwood?
Any help would be so appreciated especially as far away as Australia. My grandfather Alfred Bellwood (Leeds cyclist) b: 1889 came here in 1914.

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Meath / Re: McMahon, Farrelly, Garragan of Nobber, Meath
« on: Monday 29 July 13 23:11 BST (UK)  »
Hi meath999,
It astounds me the generosity of some people. This gesture was so kind of you, to take time out of your day to search records on my behalf. I really appreciate it and the excitement you provided was electric. Cheers mate!
I am so looking forward to visiting next year. To imagine what it would have been like for a no doubt poor farming family to get everyone to Australia. I wonder how they got information about assisted passage. I know James' brother was already in Australia and sponsored them. How they got to Southampton to set sail with children ranging form 2 years of age to 14.
Thanks again for your assistance and file numbers,etc. Slainte to you.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Can anyone decipher these names
« on: Friday 05 July 13 04:34 BST (UK)  »
Hi There,
My ancestor Catherine McMahon nee Farrelly/Farley's parents names (first names on the top line)
I know the second line reads "Farley living at Norbur (meaning Nobber.)"
My research (Catherine's Australian death certificate suggests the Father is Timothy which is correct but her Mother was Mary (Garragan) which doesn't look correct in the pic.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Brien

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Meath / Re: McMahon, Farrelly, Garragan of Nobber, Meath
« on: Friday 05 July 13 04:22 BST (UK)  »
Firstly, thanks so much Gerry & Shane for your replies. I am learning something new everyday.
I was more helped by dates from the Australian end with records, ie. James & Catherine's death certificates which show age, parent's names, how long  in colony, at what aged married. Also listed was children's names and ages. I guess it's putting all these pieces together and backing up info with other bits.
Thanks about the "lost in translation" info as I was floundering for years even with a place name. My family told me "Norbik in Meath" which understandably I could never find. Then the ship's passenger list gave me "Norbur" another lost in translation which was meant to be Nobber. The ship's passenger list also gave me the McMahon's ages and that James was a farm labourer and had a brother Patrick already in the colony who was in fact their sponsor.
Ancestry has given me records of some of the McMahon kids corresponding birth years which match. Interesting that a couple of births are missing though.
No doubt I will have to  check parish records when I get there next year. They were all roman catholic.
Any clues on how the emigrating Irish, in my case from Meath, got themselves to Southampton to sail to Australia. It must have been difficult for this family of so many children (as young as 2) to make the journey.
Cheers guys and thanks again. I see if I can attach the Talvera's passenger list, if anyone is interested.
Brien

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Meath / McMahon, Farrelly, Garragan of Nobber, Meath
« on: Monday 24 June 13 04:19 BST (UK)  »
Any further info on the following would send me into orbit!
My ancestors left Nobber in 1853 as assisted emigrants to New South Wales
James McMahon b: 1820 son of Michael McMahon & Mary Guardian
Catherine Farrelly (Farley?)  b: 1820 daughter of Timothy Farrelly & Mary Garragan
James and Catherine married in Nobber during 1838
son Michael McMahon b: 1839
daughter Mary McMahon b: 1841
daughter Ann McMahon b:1843
son Patrick McMahon b: 1846
son Thomas McMahon b: 1848
daughter Catherine McMahon b: 1851
Parents Michael & Mary were deceased at the time of their departure in 1853
Catherine Farrelly's parents were still alive residing in Nobber
I will be visiting Nobber in 2014 and would love to confirm details of this family.
Please help!  Cheers,
Brien

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