Hi Babzi,
I have only just joined RootsChat and seen this post, hopefully you see this.
I am wondering if my family (and the brick wall I am trying to break through) may tie in with your family. My 3x great grandfather Frederick Carrick was a printer in Dublin, as was his brother Robert Carrick.
Frederick married Catherine Franklin in St Mary's parish in 1838, and at some stage they moved to England. I'm not sure when they moved, they were still in Dublin in 1841 and my great great grandfather Frederick Henry Carrick was born in Surrey in 1846, so somewhere inbetween those years. I have not been able to find the parents of Frederick, or any other children for him. Frederick Henry Carrick ended up in New Zealand where he married Marian Fowles in 1875, the announcement in the paper states he is the second son of Frederick Carrick of Dublin.
I know the family originated in Scotland and moved to Ireland, again I don't know when.
If these sound like they could be part of your family, I would love to try to work out the connection.
Angel