Michael Hester was my great grandfather and married in<br>Newtowncashel Co. Longford in 1862. He was thought to have come <br>from Roscommon possibly as an orphan taken in by a family in Newtowncashel as he was the only Hester in that area. I am trying<br>to locate his origins in Roscommon i.e. did he come from an orphanage<br>was there a tradition of placing orphans with families, who would <br>know about this? The area of Frenchpark was mentioned many years<br>ago in relation to him.
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