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Wicklow / Re: PARLE/PARELL family of Kilmagig, Avoca
« on: Monday 22 December 25 15:37 GMT (UK)  »
I do apologise, that is astonishingly embarrassing. Sorry to have put you to any trouble.

I am still trying to piece together the various Parle/Parell/Parnell families of Avoca and surrounding areas (despite my ineptitude with dates!) and think I've been making progress.

I revisited the Griffith's Valuation and have Luke Parnell at Ballycooleen and Michael Parle at Ballyarthur, for example.

If you're willing to give guidance, it would be appreciated,
kind regards, regen


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Wicklow / Re: PARLE/PARELL family of Kilmagig, Avoca
« on: Sunday 21 December 25 22:56 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, and no problem.
I found it in the parish records here:
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633314?locale=en#page/27/mode/1up
Kind regards,
Regen

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Down / Re: Connor Marriages
« on: Tuesday 16 December 25 19:29 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Jon_ni,
Thank you so much for those links, I have been on quite a journey! I was able to piece together the various names and dates to see how this family of Connors fared over the years and now I have a more concrete list of names and dates to try and work with.

It gave me confidence to look at land valuations on my other Irish leads and one of them led to figuring out where one of my families lived, I'm over the moon!

Your assistance has been much appreciated,
Kind regards, regen

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Down / Re: Connor Marriages
« on: Tuesday 16 December 25 02:05 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Jon_ni,
Thank you for the links and the tip about the paper copy. Catherine's brother Thomas is also in the 1871 census, maybe also from Wexford, and I'm not making any head way tracking them down, so maybe there's a chance he's on the marriage certificate, and/or James' brother Patrick.

I followed up the Griffiths Valuation and located a cluster of the Connor family together. Its a brilliant tool.
Thanks for your help, rejen

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: James the Dryster - female name or error?
« on: Monday 15 December 25 21:27 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks for all your replies.

I'll go with James being a male then and dig deeper into local industries and see if I can find out what kind of dyster he was.

Kind regards, rejen

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Family History Beginners Board / James the Dryster - female name or error?
« on: Monday 15 December 25 00:43 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, can anyone help with my quandary?

I have a potential death record for my ggg+grandfather:
James Worth a Dryster, died 14th Feb 1727 in Pointon, Prestbury, Cheshire.

I assumed a dryster was someone who dried things...
I'm not sure if drying is a process of coal mining in Poynton, or more likely milling of some kind?

But my main problem is that the Family Search listing has them as a female. I wondered if this was because of the feminine suffix "-ster".
I couldn't find any evidence of James being a female name in 1700s, but I don't know for sure.
Maybe it is a mistake?

If James was in your family would you say they're a he or a she?

Hope you can help, rejen

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Down / Re: Connor Marriages
« on: Sunday 14 December 25 23:45 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, and thanks for taking the time to reply,

I made an error in my post above - Reply #13.
I wrote:
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James and Ellen were married in Whitehaven in 1866
What I meant to write was:
James and CATHERINE were married in Cleator Moor (Whitehaven District) in 1866.
Oops, sorry for any confusion. I am a bit embarrassed!

Yes, Jon_ni, that is the record for Ellen Connor's birth that I was referring to.
Thank you for the links to the local area, it takes a while to become familiar with a new area, I find.

The record for James and Catherine's marriage is from the Cumbria FHS PeopleFinder and states:
CONNOR   Jacobum   1866 marriage   Spouse Catharinam Johnson Cleator Moor – St.Mary's Cumberland 1866-11-01 - Parish Register [transcribed by CFHS]
So it doesn't list parents.

I have found out from a later census that Catherine Connor née Johnson was from Wexford. So I'm working on the theory its the two brothers - James Connor (b. 1836) and his younger brother Patrick (b. 1839) (who were on the 1871 census when the family were in Cleator Moor), came from Drumnaquoile area.
I think James and Catherine came back to Co. Down to visit or stay and had their second child there.

Their first child, Patrick Connor (born 1867 Cleator) wasn't with the family in the 1871 census, but was
in the 1881 census, so I think there's a possibility he was with family in Co. Down in his younger years.

So, in terms of my search for the two brothers James Connor (b. 1836) and Patrick (b. 1839), it was simply to see if anyone had potential match ups on their tree.
I realise the parish records don't stretch back that far, but I thought it was worth a shot.

I've come to realise that this excellent forum had the potential for members to reach out to members past, and also members in the future, so who knows?

The websites linked by dunturk can be viewed on the Wayback Machine if that is useful to anyone:
https://web.archive.org/web/20060118220452/http://www.drumaroad.com/index2.asp
https://web.archive.org/web/20130303101108/https://www.drumaroadhistory.com/

With kind regards, rejen

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Wicklow / Re: PARLE/PARELL family of Kilmagig, Avoca
« on: Saturday 13 December 25 16:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hello HistoricalGenealogy,
Thank you very much, that was extremely useful. I had missed a lot! My count now makes 10, I've added Anne born 1839. She is the one I'm linking to Matthew Curley.


1. Michael, Baptized 7 April 1823 in Avoca
2. Mary, Baptized 25 December 1825 in Avoca
3. Brien, Baptized 10 September 1828 in Avoca
4. Elizabeth, Baptized 14 September 1828 in Avoca
5. Anne, Baptized 5 February 1831 in Avoca
6. Jane, Baptized 4 August 1833 in Avoca
7. Jane, Baptized 17 August 1834 in Avoca
8. Fanny, Baptized 28 January 1838 in Avoca
9. Anne, Baptised 5 February 1839 in Avoca
10. Margaret, Baptized 5 July 1840 in Avoca

It is Margaret I'm keenly interested in. I have potentially 2 daughters for her named Mary (the first died in infancy) and I couldn't square that, but here is the precedent in the family - 2 Janes and now 2 Annes. I'm very happy!

Have you been looking further into this family? Now that my Margaret link is stronger, I'm keen to go back further. I haven't managed to spot the marriage of Luke and Fanny for example.

With kind regards, rejen

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: St Bede's RC Clayton Green & St Joseph's RC Brindle, Prior/Pryer
« on: Saturday 13 December 25 02:00 GMT (UK)  »
UPDATE
The 1941 census is available here:
https://cavantownlands.ie/killashandra-census-of-1841/
and Patrick and family are recorded here in Drumnawall townland.
I'm thrilled to find them, I think is isn't so common to go back this far in many places in Ireland.
Funnily enough, the link to the McPartlan family, Arvagh townland, here seems to be wrong, so Family Search is better for that record.

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