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« on: Sunday 05 April 15 19:59 BST (UK) »
Hi there. I'm researching my family tree and have hit a brick wall. My GGGF was John Kearns/Kerins(born Sligo approx 1814) who married Maria Mulligan from Sligo (born approx 1820). They had my GGM Anna (or Mary Ann) in 1864. She married James Feeney in Calry in March 1883. They had 2 boys in Sligo before they moved to Glasgow (1886/1889) where they had 2 more childlren. Ann died in Glasgow in 1896. 3 of their boys fought in France & Flanders in WW1 (one was killed in action and the other two suffered the effects of mustard gas poisoning for their short lives afterwards). I'm trying to trace the family back to John Kearns/Kerins (he was a shepherd) and Maria Mulligan - I can find no trace of either of them in the BMD or parish records. There is a family with John Kearns/Maria Mulligan in the 1851 census but I'm not sure if this is my family. We're having a family reunion at the end of May and I'd like to fill in the gaps. Can anyone help, please? Many thanks.