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I am looking for information on John McGrath and Alice Furlong who married 13 Jun 1831 in Rathmacknee.  Their residence in 1841 was given as "the Mountain."  Does anyone know what mountain that would be?

Their son John was born around 1838.  The family legend is that he beat up his schoolmaster and stowed away on a boat to America.  What we do know is that in 1852 he emigrated to the United States taking up residence in Buffalo New York.

LRMCG

Saturday 27th Oct 2012, 03:53PM

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  • Hi

     

    Have you tried checking the the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

    or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

    or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/ for your relatives?

     

    Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com

     

    You can check for information about the frequency of the name in the mid-19th century and any other variant spellings of the name here: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/

    You may also try: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/wexford/index.html

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    Genealogy Support

    Ireland Reaching Out

    Wednesday 5th Dec 2012, 10:33AM
  • Thank you.

     

    Larry

    LRMCG

    Thursday 19th Dec 2013, 08:48PM

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