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Mayo / Re: Gibbons, Burke and Carney families from Ballyart, Parke, Turlough, Castlebar
« on: Wednesday 29 December 21 17:25 GMT (UK) »
I've not used RootsChat for quite some time and just re-registered to get involved in the McHugh/McCue conversation.
My mother, siblings and I have kits on Ancestry. Our direct maternal ancestor (and my current brick wall) is Eliza McHugh, born about 1835 in Ireland (but DNA tests show Galway/Sligo/Mayo as likely areas), daughter of James McHugh, shoemaker (as per her marriage record). She was in Manchester, England, by the 1851 census, but I cannot I can find her family. She married James Perry, also a shoemaker, in Manchester on 21 April 1857. Witnesses to the marriage were Simon Yates and Jane McHugh. I cannot be sure Jane is her sister. There's a Jane McHugh-Simon Yates marriage record for 1853, but I thought it odd her maiden name would be on the 1857 record as a witness if she were married to Simon in 1853.
Anyhow, I'm interested in connecting with McHugh/McCue descendants who have ancestry in these area and especially those whose ancestors ended up in Manchester in the 1850s. As did many, mine lived in and around Angel Meadow. That's a whole other story!
Interested, too, in trying to make connections via DNA. I've also got a kit on 23andMe and MyHeritage.
Regards,
Julia
My mother, siblings and I have kits on Ancestry. Our direct maternal ancestor (and my current brick wall) is Eliza McHugh, born about 1835 in Ireland (but DNA tests show Galway/Sligo/Mayo as likely areas), daughter of James McHugh, shoemaker (as per her marriage record). She was in Manchester, England, by the 1851 census, but I cannot I can find her family. She married James Perry, also a shoemaker, in Manchester on 21 April 1857. Witnesses to the marriage were Simon Yates and Jane McHugh. I cannot be sure Jane is her sister. There's a Jane McHugh-Simon Yates marriage record for 1853, but I thought it odd her maiden name would be on the 1857 record as a witness if she were married to Simon in 1853.
Anyhow, I'm interested in connecting with McHugh/McCue descendants who have ancestry in these area and especially those whose ancestors ended up in Manchester in the 1850s. As did many, mine lived in and around Angel Meadow. That's a whole other story!
Interested, too, in trying to make connections via DNA. I've also got a kit on 23andMe and MyHeritage.
Regards,
Julia