Trying to locate my great granfather's family that may still be in Ireland. My great grandfather was Joseph Murray, he arrived in New York in 1895. He left behind a sister that he wrote to - Christina Murray (b.1/1/1864). Christina married Nicholas Farrell and they had four children. He also left behind a brother John.
Last address I have for Christina is Drummond Longwood Co Meath
After some research I found that Christina Murray's husband name was James Farrell - census shows them in Co Meath, letter has Drummond Longwood
Hi, Amy,
I'm looking into this at the moment. I found several records for Christina and James and their children. I also note that you have information on Ancestry which correlates to the same records I have found.
According to the 1911 census, the family were living at House Number 2, Drummond, County meath..... http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Meath/Killyon/Drummond…
As Drummond was mostly farmland and not a main street, where House Number 2 is exactly, is anyones guess. Again going by the census, there were only two houses at the time...
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Meath/Killyon/Drummond/
Nowadays, however, the landscape is FAR different. Although, still mainly farmland, there are a great deal more properties there now. So trying to find the correct one will be difficult.
Drummond is not too far from me though, so I will print off the census returns as well as the other records and when I get time, I will go for a treasure hunt to see if I can locate the correct family.
The local church is the Church of the Assumption, Killyon, so I will first start with having a chat with the parish priest there to see if i can get any leads and I will get back to you with any info.
Regards,
AnthonyC
Hi, I've sent a few emails to you over the past while but I've not had any response. Are your contact details correct on here?
AnthonyC