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Ireland / Re: Looking for origin of O'LEARY family
« on: Sunday 22 November 20 10:45 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: shanreagh on Friday 20 November 20 05:54 GMT (UK)
Jack is sometimes a 'short ' form of John and a John b1829 has been mentioned a couple of times in this thread (Posts 5 & 7) so there may be a connection.

Thanks for that (I'm very new at this). The brother 'Jack' who shares their grave had the dates 1878-1890... but your suggestion of searching for the name John I had a death record hit with John Clark d.1890.  He seems to be Edward and Mary Ann's last child - birth record Arthur John Henry Clarke. Well that mystery is solved.  :D

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Ireland / Re: Looking for origin of O'LEARY family
« on: Thursday 22 October 20 07:54 BST (UK)  »
Hi @aldoaldo and @beccw, I’m still trying to work it out but I think my DNA test is indicating I’m related to Mary Ann O’Leary (Clark). I know my great-grandfather was raised by one of her daughters but it doesn’t look like he was her son.

I noticed an article on Trove about her which indicates she was born c1835 in Cork. The article also mentions she came to Australia on “Northern Lights” In 1853 but I can only find that ship arriving in 1855 and couldn’t work out if she was on the passenger list.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212854299

I noticed her shared headstone with her husband also has a “beloved brother Jack” who looked to be quite young when he died. Does anyone know anything about Jack? I can find a death record, can’t find a birth record.

These posts are quite old, but thought I’d try to reach out anyway. If you had found anything further I would be very interested.

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