William McIlraith born about 1795 from Lyle Hill in Antrim, married to Jane McIlraith. He had a son William who married Barbara McCulloch. In 1861 together with his soms William, Daniel & Gilbert they sailed from bristol on "Rhea Silvia" to New Zealand. Verbal family history says that he left his wife Barbara in Ireland + possibly two daughters. They never returned to Ireland. Their occupatione were ploughmen & farm labourers. The youngest Daniel was 16 on arrival in New Zealand
Gerald Breeze
Wednesday 20th Nov 2013, 08:29PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi - Thank you for your message. Some sites & resources that might be useful to you include:
British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
Irish Newspaper Archives: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
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cynoconnor
Friday 24th Jan 2014, 03:10PM