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Hi Great Gran - pleased to hear from you!  Margaret Horrigan (or all the other variants!) was  my great great grandmother on my Mum's side!  I unfortunately have very little information on them, hence my message on Rootschat! Their daughter, Eliza Keho was my Grandad's mother - he was William James Bedford. hence my Mum was Margaret Bedford before marriage.  Would love to hear from you again if you have any more information at all - now need to work out how we're related! Regards Eileen aka Anderton.  I think we're second cousins once removed but I could be wrong!

Thanks again Joyful, Anderton

Hi Joyful, thanks so much for your help so far - you've been great.  As to the questions, it looks as if Jeffery dunning, who was a Master Mariner, may have been out of the country at this time.  I don't think Eliza had been married before.  Eliza's parents were Mary Ann nee Street and Draper Windsor, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.  Does this help Joyful? I hope so, any info you can find would be great thanks anderton

Please can anyone help me re the Leahy family of Fethard, Tipperary.  My great grandfather was Thomas leahy, born 1872, in Fethard.  He married a Margaret Ryan, again in Fethard.  They had ten children, the eldest of which was my maternal grandmother Catherine (Katie) Leahy.  The family lived in Chapel Lane Fethard for many years - to my knowledge the house is still there.  Catherine married a british soldier, William Bedford, again in Fethard in 1916. If anyone could help I'd be very grateful, thanks, Anderton

Yes - sorry Carole I should have made that clear.  Margaret went on to marry a John Shepherd Keho. Thanks