I have just come across this website with Ransford. We have two Ransford (Rainsford) in our Connor family. Anne Ransford married Patrick Connor, probably in Celbridge, Kildare, she is certainly buried in the ROI churchyard. Family legend/myth has either her or her mother Elizabeth being wetnurse to the Wellesley family.
Our Connors who lived in Celbridge apparently lived in the house that Arthur Guiness lived in. We have been to the house and seen the deeds. We were further interested to see Rainsford Street near the brewery, and found a deed given to Arthur Guiness signed by the Lord Mayor, Ransford.
We believe our Ransford not being of the landed gentry, but possibly a very poor relative of the Dublin Ransford, but have not been able to find much more about them. Only by searching the web, have we come up with further details.
