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Hello -- I am researching an ancestor who emigrated to the U.S. from Tipperary named Martin Vaughan. The headstone erected by his wife says that he was born in Baile an Gharrai, and I am not sure what parish that is, or if it's a parish at all. (Does it mean Ballingarry?) According to family records, he was born in 1815 and came to the U.S. in 1845. Unfortunately, I don't know his parents' names, but I do know from letters that he had a brother named William who also emigrated to the U.S. 

In the U.S., he married  Catherine O'Brien (also from Tipperary though I don't know the parish), had four children--Nora, Mary, Patrick, and Elizabeth--and died in the Civil War in 1862. I would love to know where he was originally from. Any advice would be most appreciated. Thank you! --Michele

 

 

Michele Pellegrini

Friday 3rd Apr 2020, 11:15PM

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