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Somerset / Re: Montacute - The family, the place and and a name change!
« on: Monday 22 February 21 16:37 GMT (UK)  »
The Montacute/ Low name issue was as old as the 1730s. Living in Montacute was a Thomas and Elizabeth. Their children (Thomazine, Betty, John, Petter, Edward) have a mixture of Low and Montacute surnames . under Petter (2/9/1750) is recorded the following
"Petter the son of Thomas Low, alias Montacute and his wife Elizabeth.." Was he baseborn from the Montacute household to a "Low" mother? I have looked but not found.
We are decended from Heber, who went to wales and changed surname to Montague and eventually lost the Heber part (using his second name)
Your Edward is the grandson of Thomas.. via John (1747) and wife Mary Hockey. Edward was born 11/5/1777 and moved to live in Coker with his wife Elizabeth

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Glamorganshire / Re: Irish in Cardiff
« on: Saturday 01 November 08 21:35 GMT (UK)  »
my Irish ancesters came over in three waves. The Donovan during the famine (from Skibbereen) then the more skilled (stonemasons) Dooleys during 1860 &1870 and finally the Connors (really O'Conners) during the 1870s via the army and India. They lived in Irish communities and married other Irish families for several generations.
I am most interested in my Dooley ancesters as we are relatively rare in Wales. I think they came from Waterford but this may just be a family rumour. My Ggrandfather Richard came over to join his brother Philip (who then disappears with his entire family ...did they emigrate?). Richard stayed on living in Cardiff, Dowlais and then all over Glamorgan (as he looked for work) The only thing I know is that their father was called John and he too was a stonemason

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