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help needed on Irish Volunteer
« on: Saturday 29 May 10 15:47 BST (UK) »
Hi'All,come to a dead end on this one ,please can anybody help??James Cassels lived in mayor st dublin under the 1911 cenus when he was 16. He was involved in the rising first at jacobs factory and finally at the gpo.I would like to point out that his name is miss spelled on the records cassells instead of cassels. He was also on active service 1919-21.I have the honour of having  his 1916 medal and his comrac medal.l can not find his birth marriage or death details, I know he died 1940s 50s thats about it!
I would be greatful of any help.cheers paul

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Re: HELP NEEDED ON IRISH VOLUNTEER
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 30 May 10 19:25 BST (UK) »
Paul

I have James Cassells listed as serving in both Jacobs and in the GPO in my book.

(http://www.lilliputpress.ie/author.html?author=Connell%2C+Joseph+E.A.)

I am not "selling" books here, just wish proper copyright notice.

Thank you for the spelling correction, and that will be noted.

All I have further is that Mr. Cassels listed his address as 42 Lower Mayor Street, Dublin, and he was imprisoned in Frongoch.

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Re: help needed on Irish Volunteer
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 30 May 10 20:26 BST (UK) »
Hi' thanks for the details.I have been told that he may have been in crumlin road jail in belfast around 1919-1921  but can not comfirm this.thanks again, Paul

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Re: help needed on Irish Volunteer
« Reply #3 on: Monday 31 May 10 08:55 BST (UK) »
hi heres a link for glasnevin  cemetery    i dont know if its the right james     it will be well worth the 10 euros as it is a multipul grave 

http://www.rootschat.com/links/08so/

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Ireland,  Co  Dublin,    Surnames:- Roe, Hawkshaw,Holden,Oreilly,
Co Antrim    surnames :- McAuley, Mc Neill   of carnlough ,  Co Down Surnames:- Doran or Doolan

Uk   Somerset surnames:- Fear,Patch,Rowsell , Difford, Priddle Davis Tratt


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Re: help needed on Irish Volunteer
« Reply #4 on: Monday 31 May 10 09:21 BST (UK) »
to do searchs in glasnevin  cemetery  ok   

on the home page click on genealogy 

the search is very  narrow    so just  enter a letter in each box and click search ( see image page )


 this should take you to  the advanced search page.   this is where you can broaden your search

i have found it easier to search the whole data base like this.  it will take a little time. on first name   you will have to the search around 20 times for each block of 20 year, doing a single letter of the alphabet at a time    but you wont miss any one with your family name

 the records  are still in progress  i have found they only go back as 1889  for my family at the moment

see the set up on image 2


happy hunting
Ireland,  Co  Dublin,    Surnames:- Roe, Hawkshaw,Holden,Oreilly,
Co Antrim    surnames :- McAuley, Mc Neill   of carnlough ,  Co Down Surnames:- Doran or Doolan

Uk   Somerset surnames:- Fear,Patch,Rowsell , Difford, Priddle Davis Tratt

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Re: help needed on Irish Volunteer
« Reply #5 on: Monday 31 May 10 14:06 BST (UK) »
Hi Pol65

"Cassells J. Lower Mayor Sr, North Wall - clerk" is on the list of around 200 prisoners  removed from Richmond Barracks and sent to Knutsford Detention Barracks England on 1 May

You probably need to read a specialist book on the happenings at both Jacobs and GPO. Perhaps a reader here without a book to sell could check the index of anything they have

This Wikipedia article has a couple of books mentioned on Frongoch where he ended up.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frongoch_internment_camp
Grant in Tipperary
Piper in Tipperary
Blong in Leix
Watson in Offaly
Pugh in North Wales
Evans in North Wales
Proctor in Edinburgh
Steedman in Stirling

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Re: help needed on Irish Volunteer
« Reply #6 on: Monday 31 May 10 15:16 BST (UK) »
I would think his birth was

Name     James Cassels
Registration district    Dublin North
Record type    BIRTHS
Registration date - quarter and year    Apr - Jun 1894
Volume    2
Page    458

Do you know that he was still in Ireland after 1920s?
Grant in Tipperary
Piper in Tipperary
Blong in Leix
Watson in Offaly
Pugh in North Wales
Evans in North Wales
Proctor in Edinburgh
Steedman in Stirling

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Re: help needed on Irish Volunteer
« Reply #7 on: Friday 04 June 10 11:18 BST (UK) »
Hi' thanks for everything heiping me a great deal.I take it he was in ireland as i have his comrac active service medal.

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Re: help needed on Irish Volunteer
« Reply #8 on: Friday 04 June 10 11:38 BST (UK) »
Hi all,

If he was at Knutsford, my Great-grandfather may have met him.  Apparently he used to go and visit the Irish prisoners there, as he was living in the Manchester area at the time.

I have a detailed book about the Fron-goch camp but can anyone suggest any books that would cover the internments at Knutsford?
McDonough, Oliver, McLoughlin, O'Brien, Cuthbert, Keegan, Quirk(e), O'Malley, McGuirk (Ireland)
Dudley, Winchurch, Wolverson, Brookes (Black Country)
Concannon, Moore, Markowski (Markesky), Mottram, Lawton (Black Country)