I am looking for information on my great grandfather - LAWRENCE ERNEST CAREW JNR - and his father, my great-great-great grandfather, also LAWRENCE ERNEST CAREW SNR - who was born in 1860. I am unsure as to whom Lawrence Snr was married to and how many children they had in total.
I am desperately trying to trace my Irish heritage back from here. Apparently our CAREW branch of the family came from BRUREE.
Lawrence Ernest Carew Jnr married Gladys May Tucker (from Kent, England).
[Apparently Gladys had a cousin called AGNES LILIAN CAREW COLLYNS. She was an actress and singer in London, South Africa and Australia in 1890's and early 1900's. She claims to be from Devonshire. Also claims to be cousin of Gen. Pole-Carew.]
Lawrence Ernest Jnr and Gladys May emigrated to South Africa at some point, but had the following 7 children inbetween:
1. Lawrence
2. Ralph
3. Tim
4. Michael I
5. Norah
6. Pat
7. ** Gladys Rosemary Doris Minnie (born in the Borough of Finsbury, England, in 1934) - my grandmother.
Gladys married a South African - Hendrik Christoffel Kleyn - in November of 1952. They had several children together. I am the daughter of one of their children. I was given up for adoption at birth and am desperately trying to piece together my heritage.
Please contact me if you have any information. It would be greatly appreciated.
Ilse Byrne
Tuesday 12th Feb 2013, 11:58AM
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Hi Ilse
Thank you for your query. You have a fair amount of information to make a good start however you need to find the exact origin of your family in Ireland to find any further records.
You can check for information about the frequency of the name in the mid-19th century and any other variant spellings of the name here: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/
There is lots of useful information to be found in the 1901 and 1911 census records. You can find this here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/
Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
You could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/
The Tithe Applotment List might be of use to you, or at least interesting for you. These lists constitute the only nationwide survey for the period, and are valuable because the heaviest burden of the tithes to the Established Church, the Church of Ireland, fell on the poorest, for whom few other records survive.For Parishes where the registers do not begin until after 1850, this information can be useful, as they are often the only surviving early records. They can provide valuable circumstantial evidence, especially where a holding passed from father to son in the period between the Tithe survey and Griffith's Valuation.
Information on your family emigration to South Africa may also be found within the UK achieves, here is the link: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
Some other websites that may be of use to you are:
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introductio…
http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/?gclid=CNno8ZeUwLUCFcgc4Qod_goADw
http://www.limerickgenealogy.com/
Ilse, we wish you all the best in your search for more information on your family. Do not hesitate to contact us again.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Monday 18th Feb 2013, 03:24PM