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Ireland / Re: Timothy and Anastasia Hayes Ireland and Australia
« on: Monday 13 May 13 09:59 BST (UK)  »
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I spent a bit of time looking up various sites trying to find some link between Mary Ann and Patrick and Timothy, reading about the Eureka Stockade and cannot really find anything linking all 3. For now I think I am going to add Patrick and Timothy as possible brothers and hope that some time down the years further information provides proof one way or the other.

What i did find  was the following:
 "Erected by P. HAYES, J.P., I The Oaks, St. Leonard's, Sydney, I in memory of his Father I JOHN HAYES, who died 18 April 1858 I aged 63 years.  R.I.P."/  [An upright stone.]
http://home.people.net.au/~ousie/county_carlow_memorials_of_the_dead_JPMD_Ballyknockan.htm
This is a site from Ballyknockan Church so I'm guessing John Hayes lived somewhere near there.

Jenny

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Ireland / Hayes and O'Connor
« on: Saturday 11 May 13 07:16 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for replying so quickly, after such a long time I was not expecting a reply.

My Mary Ann Hayes was born in Carlow about 1827 and married John Perkins in Liverpool in1845 and had 13 children. Her father's name is given as John Hayes and his occupation is "wheelwright".  There appear to have been a lot of issues with that marriage and in 1873 she and 3 of her daughters (Lucy Helena, Elizabeth Teresa Josephine and Agnes ) emigrated to Melbourne, Australia leaving the surviving children  and husband in Liverpool.In Melbourne, Mary Ann works as a needlewoman before marrying Thomas Bolger in 1887. Her marriage certificate says her parents are John Hayes and Anne  O'Connor. John's occupation is "farmer"  and on her death certificate his occupation is "millwright". I give more weight to the marriage certificate information as Mary was alive when that information was recorded.
My only concern is that none of Mary's children are named Patrick and Irish families seemed use family names a lot.

I hope there is a link as i have always wondered why Mary moved Melbourne on her own".

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Ireland / Re: Timothy and Anastasia Hayes Ireland and Australia
« on: Friday 10 May 13 14:51 BST (UK)  »
I know this is a late reply but i have only just found your post. I have a Mary Ann Hayes in my tree. She died in Melbourne and her death certificate says her parents are John Hayes and Anne O'Connor and her birthplace is Carlow. This seems to much of a coincidence! Where did you find Patrick Hayes with parents John Hayes and Anne O'Connor?

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Ayrshire / Re: William Thomson
« on: Monday 07 September 09 10:50 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the thoughts Monica, I hadn't thought about his parents death certificates. I guess i am just trying to make sure I have the right person - there seem to be so many Thomsons and Crawfords

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Ayrshire / William Thomson
« on: Monday 07 September 09 06:53 BST (UK)  »
I am new to this forum and also to family history (having only just caught the "bug") so please bear with me. My GGGGG..father was William Thomson born around 1801 supposedly in Irvine. His parents are noted as  John Thomson and Margaret Crawford on his death certificate. He married Mary Kerr in 1928 and Margaret Mair Risk in 1861 I think. Despite hours of trawling various sites I cannot find his birth information to confirm his parents. I can find brothers and their families but not him. Newspaper cuttings refer to him as "Provost" in the 1830's. and a Death Notice says he was 80 when he died in 1880 but that is all I have. Any help would be very much apreciated.

Penny

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Stirlingshire / Re: RISK Surname - Mainly Stirling, Dunbarton, Renfrew & Lanark.
« on: Monday 07 September 09 06:29 BST (UK)  »
My GGGG grandfather, William Thomson, married Margaret Mair Risk (DOB 1828) and she had a sister Marian Mair Johnstone Risk (1830) and a brother John Rankillor Watson Risk (DOB 1832). I think their father was John Risk and mother Marian Johnston. They were all born in Falkirk, Stirling. I don't really know much more about them and would be interested in any information that is available.

Thanks

Penny

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: how did she get to NZ
« on: Monday 20 July 09 08:55 BST (UK)  »
Sorry, that should read Margaret's aunt (Mary) - there are Margarets and Marys in two generations!

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: how did she get to NZ
« on: Monday 20 July 09 08:22 BST (UK)  »
Do you have access to Ancestry? There is quite a lot of information there about the Thomson family who  spent about 50 years in Melbourne after coming out from Scotland. Margaret Thomson married Lindsay Crompton Lawford in Melbourne, they had three daughters (Daisy  Madeline and Olive). Daisy died as a baby. Margaret and Lindsay were divorced in Melbourne and after that we lost track of Margaret although we found Olive and Margaret in NZ. Lindsay's father was born in Belgium which is probably why they were educated in Belgium. Margaret's sister (Mary) married William Downie Stewart Snr (who was in NZ politics) and they moved to Dunedin which we think is probably the reason why Margaret moved to NZ after the divorce.

If you have any specific questions may be you can send your email address and I can answer them privately

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: how did she get to NZ
« on: Sunday 19 July 09 13:41 BST (UK)  »
I am only new to this forum so I have only just read your post. Olive and Madeline Lawford are the children of Margaret Jane Thomson who is the sister of my great great grandfather William Kerr Thomson. If I can help with any information, please let me know.

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