(User Above) wrote:
: <br>: : Tracing to Mayo from Canada for Crozier McCormick.<br>: : Arrived in Canada about 1905, assumed to Montreal.<br>: : Passage on ship of unknown name.<br>: : Settled in Regina Sask. anf joined RCMP.<p>: : Looking for threads to tied him to Ireland and his <br>: : birth.<p>
(User Above) wrote:
: I am the Great-grandaughter of Mary Dougherty<br>who married John Curly.<p><p><p><p>: : Tracing to Mayo from Canada for Crozier McCormick.<br>: : Arrived in Canada about 1905, assumed to Montreal.<br>: : Passage on ship of unknown name.<br>: : Settled in Regina Sask. anf joined RCMP.<p>: : Looking for threads to tied him to Ireland and his <br>: : birth.<p>
The first mention of the Anglo-Norman <br>(subsequently known as Old English) Gaynard family<br>in Ireland was in about 1280, at a place named Cargin Castle<br>(Carraigin)near Headford in the County Galway. Sir Adam<br>Gaynard was one of the first sherriffs of Connaught.<br>There is mention of him and his son William in the<br>English parliament of 1290. William later fought with<br>Edward I (the hammer of the scots) in Scotland and<br>was also knighted. A William (I am not sure if it<br>was the same one, because Adam had a brother, Peter,<br>who also owned land in Galway--in fact the Gaynards<br>owned nearly all of the land on the East side of<br>the Corrib up to the Mayo border at that time) <br>William was murdered by a bunch of men from the<br>de Ryddelsford family, who were probably contesting<br>the land rights to Carraigin. <br>The Black death apparently weakened the family a lot.<br>There are other mentions of the Gaynards in <br>Carraigin in 1498 and 1598. They most probably<br> fought on the Royalist side<br>in the Civil War against Cromwell (the "Confederation of <br>Kilkenny"). After the surrender of Galway, Cromwell<br>confiscated the lands of the Catholic landowners, <br>to give it to the soldiers he had brought with<br>him from England. This was some time around 1650-1651.<br>The family which took over Carraigin was named Staunton<br>(now Lynch-Staunton) one of whose descendants is or was<br>a member of the Canadian parliament. After the<br>Cromwellian confiscations, the Gaynards were driven<br>up into Connaught. Some of them seem to have stopped off<br>in Ballinrobe. My part of the family eventually ended<br>up in Belmullet in Erris, although from then on there<br>was gradual erosion through emigration to the U.S. and<br>England. Most of the Gaynards who had remained into<br>the 20th century left Erris in the 1950s, though there<br>are still a few of the name in the southern part<br>of the peninsula. The Togher family name is also<br>found around Belmullet and some of my own cousins <br>are named Togher. They live in England and I live<br>in France. If you would like further information<br>please contact me. Best regards, <br>
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<br>: : Searching for any info or links to Martin Durkin<br>: or Margaret Reagan both came to New York in 1930s.<p>Searching for Hugh Devitt left Ireland in 1846<br>or 1847 possibly with brother Patrick maybe<br>Cavan. Hugh married Bridget Rooney<br>possibly in Ireland or Northumberland.
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<p><br>: Searching for Hugh Devitt left Ireland in 1846<br>: or 1847 possibly with brother Patrick maybe<br>: Cavan. Hugh married Bridget Rooney<br>: possibly in Ireland or Northumberland.<p>
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: This is my first venture into geneology on the internet. My mother has some fairly extensive hard copy information. Do you have information regarding records on John McGinty and Mary Maud O'Donnell. Records would probably be in the Catholic church for Ballycroy. Dates would be around early 1830s. Any information or leads to other sites or points of contact would be greatly appreciated.<p>: David Armstrong<br>: Yokosuka Japan<p>
(User Above) wrote:
: : Tracing to Mayo from Canada for Crozier McCormick.<br>: : Arrived in Canada about 1905, assumed to Montreal.<br>: : Passage on ship of unknown name.<br>: : Settled in Regina Sask. anf joined RCMP.<p>: : Looking for threads to tied him to Ireland and his <br>: : birth.<p>Am from Foxford, and never ever heard the name mentioned<br>but am only young, and could ask someone in the know,<br>chao