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Wicklow / Re: Avoca O'Briens
« on: Sunday 24 January 10 05:10 GMT (UK)  »
Just wanted to refresh this post to see if anyone familiar with Avoca might have some new leads. thank you ahead of time


Quote from: Avoca OBriens on Saturday 12 December 09 05:23 GMT (UK)
Tom, with that information I was able to find a little more, review the 1901,1911 census info etc. but not sure where to go from here.

Anyone have any suggestions? I don't seem to find a source for birth,marriage,death certificates on line for Wicklow County. Where did you look to get Kilmagig Cemetary information? And how does one best trace forward after the 1911 census? The hunt is certainly rewarding but don't know quite what I am up against.

And/or is it best at this point to try and pay someone familiar with Avoca to do some further digging? In that case maybe looking for a recommendation.

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Wicklow / Re: Avoca O'Briens
« on: Saturday 12 December 09 05:23 GMT (UK)  »
Tom, with that information I was able to find a little more, review the 1901,1911 census info etc. but not sure where to go from here.

Anyone have any suggestions? I don't seem to find a source for birth,marriage,death certificates on line for Wicklow County. Where did you look to get Kilmagig Cemetary information? And how does one best trace forward after the 1911 census? The hunt is certainly rewarding but don't know quite what I am up against.

And/or is it best at this point to try and pay someone familiar with Avoca to do some further digging? In that case maybe looking for a recommendation.

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Wicklow / Re: Avoca O'Briens
« on: Thursday 03 December 09 20:09 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Tom. That was very helpful. It clears up which John O'Brien was family and identified 'Sis'.
Bob

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Wicklow / Avoca O'Briens
« on: Sunday 29 November 09 06:10 GMT (UK)  »
I am just starting out with tracking back family. I am looking for the names of the 14 children of John O'Brien (born 1857) who married Elizabeth O'Reilly. My grandmother, their daughter, was Mary Jane (born March 12,1895). Siblings Lillie,Sheila and maybe James are buried in Avoca. According to my mother the other siblings are Sheila, Patrick, Julia, Martha, John. They lived on a farm near Connary, near the Motto Stone (Maybe).

The 1911 census shows them living in Tigroney and lists the father John and 9 siblings (10 out of 14 still living)

My mother is Maura Mulreany, daughter of Mary Jane O'Brien and James Joseph Mulreany(Co Mayo). She and her sister Eva used to spend holidays on the farm.

The James O'Brien headstone at the Avoca Cemetery (1885). According to my mother, James married a Bridie Horgie. The tombstone lists a Hannah O'Brien as his wife and the 1911 census lists James as born in 1890. So i am not sure i have the right James.

I would appreciate any sources of information to find family/neighbor connections or additional information on the family, going back or forward. I hope to make a visit next summer as well.

Bob


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