Castles family
MeathTrim (Meath)
Knowledge of the Castles family who lived in Trim or surrounds
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Can you give a few first names and approximate birth years so the the volunteers can search please?
Thanks
Col
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Peter Castles maybe born in Trim area in 1844 approx. We think his mothers name was Brigit Ennis. He married Ellen Gaffney from Trim in Australia in 1876. Ellen was born in Trim area in 1847. She had younger brothers who died in Ireland - one was called Brinseley Bernard. There was an elergy written to their deaths in an Almanac. She was trained as a "Nightingale nurse"? and worked in the forerunner of the Royal Melbourne Hospital when she first came to Australia. She died in Shepparton Victoria in 1911. Peter Castles died in Shepparton Victoria in 1925 Family tradition says that Ellens father was a "Hedgerow teacher"
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On www.rootsireland.ie/ there are two baptism records of Peter Castles (or surmane variants) born in Meath but one is 1791 & the other 1823; neither has mother Bridget Ennis or is from Meath.
Closest to 1844 are Westmeath & Roscommon 1842 & Wicklow 1846
I couldn't find any Castle record with mother B E
The nli R C registers are free online and have Trim baptisms & marriages from 1829 to 1881 so might be worth a look.
Col
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Thanks for your trouble. Am getting used to using these sources of information Rosalind Betson
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