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Offaly (Kings) / Re: Croghan
« on: Tuesday 27 June 06 13:46 BST (UK)  »
Hello Lesley,

Thanks for your message and your advice. I'm afraid I don't have anything else much on William Christie Farquharson. He seems to be a bit of a mystery man.

I applied for the death record of Honoria Holcombe (W C Farquharson's mother-in-law). She was my husband's g/grandmother. It had recorded on the record that, her daughter Mary Jane Farquharson was present at her death. Then I found the marriage particulars of Mary Jane Holcombe and William Christie Farquharson on the Free BMD site. I haven't yet applied for the certificate.

Will keep searching. Many thanks for your help, and good luck with your Croghan search. I was to go back this July, but my son & his wife are coming home from London for a wedding. So will go next year when they are back there and good and homesick again.

Will definately be going back to Croghan Cemetery. I think there is someone there who has the cemetery records as my rellies where going to ask about the exact position of our family graves.

If I find out any more I will let you know.

Regards and best wishes,
Hazel
Australia

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Offaly (Kings) / Re: Croghan Hill Ireland
« on: Saturday 24 June 06 11:48 BST (UK)  »
Hi Lesley,

Just came across your message again regarding Croghan Hill. I remembered when I was looking  for our relatives in Ireland, I had no idea if any would be still there or not.  The family name was Beattie, so I wrote to the Beattie family at the old address. I had no reply, so decided to write to the postmaster at that address to see what would happen.

Unbeknown to me, there was family still there, but because of marriage, the name had changed. Anyway I received a letter back from the Post Office explaining this, and also names and addresses of our family. Our family had 2 girls living in Tyrellspass near Croghan, 1 man still living on the original property at Croghan and 1 girl in Dublin.

If I remember correctly there is a shop and Post Office at Croghan. If I were you, I would write to them regarding cemeteries in the area. It's a fascinating place, and definately worth a try.

I wrote to:   The Post Master
                    Derryarkin
                    Rhode
                    Tullamore
                    Offaly
                    Ireland

Also I have a Question about Scotland for you. I have a member of our family MARY JANE HOLCOMBE born abt 1873 in Somerset England, who married a William Christie Farquharson, in Woolwich, Kent, England in 1897. William C Farquharson was supposed to have been born in Aberdeen, Scotland.

My problem is I can find Mary Jane Farquharson, married, with a son Charles Gordon, born 1899 in Woolwich, recorded on the 1901 census as visitors, at someone elses house.

But, I just cannot find her husband William Christie Farquharson. It definately records her as married NOT a widow. I'm wondering if maybe he went back to Scotland. Are there any Scottish Census records for 1901, if any publically accessable at all?

I must admitt I have seen the name FARQUHARSON spelt many different ways, but have exhausted all I can.

Would appreciate your help or advice if at all possible.
Regards,
Hazel
Australia.

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Offaly (Kings) / Re: Croghan
« on: Thursday 18 May 06 01:15 BST (UK)  »
Hello Lesley,

Thank you so much for your reply. The link did work....it was an amazing report.

When my husband and I saw it on TV, I recognized the area straight away.....it made the hair stand up on the back of our necks. I was so intrigued with Croghan when we were there ...it was a beautiful place. Just to think we were actually there made the segment so interesting.

The Croghan Cemetery is now on privately owned farm land. People are allowed to visit, and the village have a yearly Cemetery Day where lots of families visit on the same day. Although we were with one of my relatives, Margaret Sherridan of Tyrellspass, I insisted we ask permission from the owner for us to go up. It is on a hill as the name suggests, and the view from there is magnificent. It is quite a task to get up to the cemetery, as there are cattle in the paddock, and the track up was fairly rough from the cattle and I guess the rain had worn gutters in the earth. BUT, I was determined I had to see where my ancestors were resting peacefully, and the trip up was well worth the effort I can assure.

 The cemetery  itself is not huge. It has a stone fence all the way around, a locked gate, but also a style to go up over the fence. There are some graves with headstones, some are readable, some are not. Unfortunately ours had no headstones, but Margaret knew where our great grandparents were buried.

There is also another cemetery down off the hill where Margaret's parents, grandparents, and baby brother are buried. It is a newer cemetery. I'm not sure of any others, but I could possibly find out.

I can't thank you enough for your help.

Regards,
Hazel

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Offaly (Kings) / Re: Croghan
« on: Wednesday 17 May 06 16:28 BST (UK)  »
Sorry that should have read:

     OLD MAN CROGHAN


Hazel

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Offaly (Kings) / Croghan
« on: Wednesday 17 May 06 16:26 BST (UK)  »
Hello Everyone,

I am from Australia and new to this, so please bare with me.

I visited Ireland in 2004. I had found some relatives, by accident ten years ago, and have been writing to them ever since. We went to meet them, and find as much family info as possible.

We were taken to the Croghan Hill Cemetery where my great, great grandparents, Christy and Mary (nee Moore) BEATTIE are buried.

On Sunday night here in Australia we watch a program on TV called 60 Minutes. There was a segment this week about some bodies that were found in Ireland (not sure when) but they were thousands of years old, and been found in the bogs. One body they called "OLD MAN CGOGHAN" The program showed a view looking down on the bogs, and also of old headstones. To me it looked very much like CROGHAN HILL. I was wondering if anyone knows if they were found at Croghan Hill.

Regards Hazel

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