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There are usually grains of truth in family stories. My mother collected the rememberances of "the maiden aunts" in the late 1940s 50s and wrote up a document. It is largely a collection of (untruthful) social pretensions and inaccuracies but contains enough factual detail to be of some assistance in gettting to the truth. Such histories also omit the juicy and interesting bits like relatives who ended up in an asylum, runaway brides etc.

I am seeking information about the family of Robert Fowler who was a potter and Ann McMullen (several versions of the name) active 1780-1840 in Co Tyrone. Their children were Enoch, Richard, John, Mary Ann, Eliza, Janne and Sarah born between 1805-1825. All children except Sarah emigrated to Australia in late 1830s. There apppears to be a connection to the estate of John Cranston called Cranebrook in Corr township near Coalisland but the Enoch I am searching for is NOT the Enoch who had a pottery in the area that operated in the 1830s and 40s. He is likley a relative. I know the Austrlaian side well but have no records, only old family reminicences for the Irish side.