This problem has been in and out of my 'too hard basket' for 20 years! I'm hoping someone could help me please.
I would love to find some answers regarding my g.grandfather Samuel Daly who lists his father (in his marriage in Madras, India 31-12- 1853) as Arthur Henry Daly. We do not know who his mother was. Samuel Daly, possibly bp. 7 Feb 1825 at Ballinhassig, Cork, enlisted in the English Army in Cork on the 6-09-1844 and was later sent to India.
There he married in Bangalore, Charlotte Milton,( b. 1823 London) who was the Lady in Waiting to Lady Rawlinson. Their lives from then on - London then New Zealand, are fairly straight forward.
Their 3 children were - Arthur Henry Daly, b. Bangalore, 1856, Charlotte Esther Amelia Daly, b. 1859 N.Z. and Mary Ann de Burgh Daly, b. 1862 N.Z.
However, we do not know anything about Samuel Daly's lineage in Ireland, but the fact that his father's name was given to his son and the de Burgh name given to a daughter, appear in an Irish Family Tree on various sites which makes me curious if this his his family. But there is no indication of a 'Samuel' on this Tree.
His possible father, Arthur Henry Daly died in 1826 in Cork so Samuel would therefore have no recollection of him. I am loath to attach him to the Arthur Henry Daly/Johanna Gore Tree without proof.
I'll be grateful for any data that will sort this family of mine.
Thank you for taking time to consider this request and I look forward to suggestions when time permits.
Barrie.