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Bright (County Down)

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Ancestors from Bright (County Down)

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Robert Curran

Down (Down) +others Down Ballyphilip (Down) Belfast (Antrim) Antrim Rathmullan (Down) Ardglass (Down) Bright (Down) Shankill (Antrim) Shankill (Down) Newtownards (Down) DOB: 1st January 1834

Patrick McComb

Bright (Down) DOB: 24th February 1866

Jane Elizabeth Curran

Down (Down) +others Down Belfast (Antrim) Ardglass (Down) Ballyphilip (Down) Bright (Down) Shankill (Down) Ballytrustan (Down) Rathmullan (Down) Antrim Bright (Down) Newtownards (Down) DOB: 5th December 1871

Timeline from Bright (County Down)

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1820

McSherry Family (Seafarers, not family of Farmers of same village also named McSherry) of Killough, Co. Down, later of Belfast, c. 1807-1891

1st Jan 1825

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Looking for children of Thomas Quinn and Jane Hunter

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Portaferry’s Captain Robert Curran & Killough’s Captain Richard McSherry (both later of Belfast from approximately 1867-1891)

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Stewart & Fitzsimmons

29 Jan 2016 09:18

Ralph Black

8 Jul 2014 11:07

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