Irish Brickwall
My Irish brickwall relates to my husband's tree on Ancestry who give a DNA location pinpointing Eyrecourt. This area might give a clue to the area of his grandmother Ellen maiden name unknown. Ellen born c1833 Ireland appears on the 1861 Census Record for England living as a 'boarder' in Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. Also living with her is her Son aged 10 years also born Ireland. The record states that her surname is Bambury and is married. On a later census for her son George Bambury the place of birth is listed as Castlebay Barracks, Ireland. I think this could be Castlebar Barracks because George on his marriage certificate gives his father's name as George Bambury. I had a breakthrough recently after many years investigating all the possibilities as to why George jnr was born in a barracksand I managed to come to the conclusion, aided by genealogy and dna matches on Ancestry, and army records tying in why George jnr was born at Castlebar Barracks, that George snr was in the army at the time his son was born. So was Ellen married to George and what was her maiden name? She would have been very young and why did she choose to live in Staffordshire? Who did she travel with and when did she leave Ireland with her young son George who would have been born c1851? Any help welcome. Andrea