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Can anyone please help me, I have been tracing me family tree Gracey/Wall and my great grand father James Gracey b.1875 married Ann Jane Rogan b.1884.  Owen seems to be a very prevalent name in the Rogan family line, handed down thru the generations.  I have the family tree going back circa late 17 hundreds, with each generation having a son called Owen.  My problem is I have found an interesting document written from Hut 14 Ballykinlar dated 2/81921.  I would really like to find out if this would be my great great uncle who was born circa 1872.  Apparently they are originally from Dundalk.  I would appreciate any help anyone can give me.

Thanks 

Hi Sonja, do you thing this attached is relating to you.  I do hope it is because it is very interesting and does have the NZ connection too.

Patrick Kilmartin (c.1822-1900) arrived in Hobart as a convict in 1851 on board the Blenheim together with his brother Bryan Kilmartin. Both tried for stealing two heifers 28 June 1849 in Co. Clare and sentenced to 7 years transportation. Bryan died of exhaustion in the bush in 1855, aged 30. Also tried Bryan Kilmartin junior. He died at Spike Island Gaol, Co. Cork. Three marriages are recorded for Patrick Kilmartin. Aged 35, he married Mary O'Neil (aged 26) in Hobart in 1858. She died the following year. In 1860, aged 39, he married Catherine Daley in Hobart. Catherine Kilmartin died in April 1878, aged 70. She is buried with Patrick at St. James Cemetery. In August 1878, aged 74, Patrick married Annie Clark (aged 24) in Port Cygnet. They had a son, Patrick Kilmartin, born October 1878. Annie Kilmartin died in childbirth (October 1878). Patrick Kilmartin and Catherine Sullivan had a daughter, Elizabeth Kilmartin, in 1884. Patrick Kilmartin leased a house and farm on 20 acres near Glaziers Bay (VR58). He is listed as living at Agnes Rivulet in 1867 (MDT). Patrick Kilmartin died in 1900 (death notice Mercury). He is buried in St. James Cemetery.

Read it a few times and it starts to make more sense :-)

Good luck

Carole

Hi Barbara, looks like you may be right.  Have just spoken to my partner and he knew he had Irish relatives but thought that maybe they were on His Grandfather Boyce's side.  Now he thinks that it is a strong possibility that they are on his Grandmother Brigids side.  He has a vague recollection of a connection in the Cork area.  Looks like they may have come over to Liverpool as my own parents did.
What ever details I find I will definitely post them as due to this site I have been able to trace all my own family back to early 17th century which is amazing. 

Many thanks to you Barbara 

Hi there - can anyone help me please.  I am trying to find some information out on the Boyce family, Fazakerley - liverpool.  All I can start with is Alfred Boyce who married a lady called Bridget Maher probably married in around 1920.  I have managed to trace my own family back to 1630 thanks to this forum so, as I surprise I am trying to trace my partners for him.

Thanks for any help you can give me

Thank you, this is the information I have so far, McNally family of Stewartstown dates back to a John McNally b.c. 1856 d.1904 he married in 1893 to Mary Ann Brannigan b.c.1867.  I have the name of Johns Father Michael McNally but unfortunately no date of birth.  Mary Anns father was a Patrick Branigan again no date of birth.  This side of the family leads to my grandfather John McNally who married my grandmother Agnes Bradley.  I have some more leads to work out to follow the family tree and to understand how the names relate to each other.  Any help you could give me I would greatly appreciate.