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Wicklow / Re: O'Connor family from the meeting of the waters avoca.
« on: Monday 02 November 09 21:11 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry Tom, I do not know where she was from originally, I would love to find out more about them, also I cannot find the census entry you told me about for Michael, I must be looking on the wrong site, did you look on a specific site.
I looked up the 1922 census for Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire just now and found them. At that point they had 4 children. I think that I got that on the st. Josephs parish site, I also looked up the wedding records on that site from 1911 - 1919 but they obviously didn't get married there. I will keep trying though.

Liz

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Wicklow / Re: O'Connor family from the meeting of the waters avoca.
« on: Monday 02 November 09 20:36 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Tom, following on from that message I just sent ,more on  the children of Michael O'Connor and Elizabeth Lawless . Betty was a nurse, moved to South Africa  and married a Turner. Walter was killed in the second world war he was in the RAF and was shot down, as was his young brother Michael, Mary was a teacher in Glasgow and married Jan Jedrzetski just after the 2nd world war,no children. They both died in the 1970s as did Elizabeth O'Connor nee Lawless.
Anne(my mother)married George Winn in Oldham but died in 1993, she had me in 1946 and another daughter Veronica who died as an infant.  John was a dentist, I don't know whether he is alive or not, he had a son John who was born in the 1950s. I am remembering that Elizabeth Lawless did have at least one brother and at least one sister but do not know what their names were.
Look forward to hearing from you again.
Liz.

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Wicklow / Re: O'Connor family from the meeting of the waters avoca.
« on: Monday 02 November 09 20:16 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Tom, thank you for your information.  I think that the Michael J O'Connor that you found on the census might be my grandad as on my mothers birth certificate her father was described as a clerk. I will have to have a look at the census and try to find out more info. My grandmother Elizabeth Lawless however did not to my knowledge have a son called Matthew, her children were: Betty, Walter, Mary, Anne, John and Michael born in quick succession and to my knowledge there were no more children. Anne was my mother. They were all born in Bonnybridge Stirlingshire as Michael, my grandad met her when he came to Scotland.  However Lawless is an unusual name so there more than likely may be some connection. Thanks a million for contacting me and if you uncover anything else please get in touch and I will do likewise.
Liz.

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Wicklow / O'Connor family from the meeting of the waters avoca.
« on: Friday 10 July 09 17:26 BST (UK)  »
My Grandfather was Michael O'Connor originally from Avoca. I never met him. He moved to Glenyards, Bonnybridge Stirlingshire, where he married Elizabeth Lawless and where they had six children. If anyone has any information about the O'Connors or the Lawless family, I would love to hear from you. My Grandfather was probably born in the 1890s

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Westmeath / Re: Can anyone help with ancestors from west meath?
« on: Friday 10 July 09 17:03 BST (UK)  »
Hi Minnie, My mum was born in 1921 too and she was Annie Nally's best friend for many years. Annie Nally had a sister called Bunty Nally and I think that she was about the same age. They were all born in Glenyards Cottages, Bonnybridge.I think that Annie Nally's mum delivered all the babies in the cottages. I do not know about other brothers or sisters in the Nally family but my mum often spoke of Annie and Bunty. Glenyards Cottages no longer exist, they were workers cottages built around a big house, the bosses house. The bosses name was ST. John (THEY PRONOUNCED IT SINJUN)
My mum was Annie O'Connor there were 8 of them in all and as far as I remember they lived in very cramped conditions in the downstairs part of the cottage and the Nallys lived in the upstairs part. Through time the Nallys moved to one of the bigger cottages and my mums family got tenancy of the upstairs and downstairs. I think that there are still Nallys in Bonnybridge, I am sure that they were all rehoused there and Glenyards cottages would have been demolished probably in the 1950s. Hope that this is of some interest to you.

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