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Very interesting, thanks!  So are we related then, or are you from another Evans family?  Do you have any stories of the history of Powerscourt?  Must have been an amazing place to spend childhood in.

Thanks again,

Anne-Marie

Thanks Ger that is great!  So Thomas Corkish (born 1885) who married Julia Evans (my great grandparents) is not on this family tree just because he was born after his siblings who are mentioned here.  This tree goes way back! http://www.iomfhs.im/lawsons/LawsonBMD/manx_law/v1/corkish.pdf

Thanks for the clarification.  Wonderful to know

Anne-Marie

Very interesting Julia.  I'm hoping to learn more about the Manx relatives.  Your story about my granny teaching you how to walk has gone down very well with my family in Belfast!

Hi Julia,

I like that saying very much indeed.  Your mother was a wise woman.  I'll be sure to carry on that chain of good turns!

How far back does your knowledge of the Evans family go?  Maggie, who taught you how to walk, is my grandmother!  My mother is called Julia (although she goes by her middle name Miriam).

Thank you very much indeed for the invitation to the Wednesday meetings.  I would love to go, however I now live in Brighton.  At some point this year or certainly next I'll be planning a trip to see Powerscourt, and would love to meet you, either at that Wednesday meeting or otherwise, if that's okay with you, of course.

What wonderful things I have found out from you!  Thanks again.  Would love to see any photos, if you have any.

All the best,

Anne-Marie

Hi Julia,

Yes, her daughter Margaret was my grandmother.  Julia's husband Thomas was drowned in 1947, I believe.  I would like to know anything at all that you might know about her, and her relatives. I know that her father Earnest was gameskeeper at Powerscourt?

Thanks very much,

Anne-Marie