My Marlan/Marlin/Martin ancestors

Hi

Marlin/Marlan not a familar name in Borrisokane there were some in Thurles a town approx 20 miles away.

The name you have Alkrone could possibly refer to Ardcroney a village near Borrisokane and from the 1901 census there were Leahy's still living there will send you link.

Will check further on Marlin name.

Rgds Bill.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tipperary/Ardcrony/Ard…

Many thanks, Bill. I suspect that you're correct - that my great-grandmother's birthplace was really Ardcroney, which was incorrectly recorded as Alkrone by colonial authorities in the Colony of New South Wales.

So far as the Marlin name is concerned, there may be another answer. There is some suggestion that an Elizabeth Leahy married a John MARTIN in the Cloughjordan RC church in about 1847. This would be about the time that my great-grandparents would have married, so it could be them. In which case, "MARLIN" could be an error!

The only other relevant information that I have is that, according to my great-grandfather's Death Certificate, his father's name was Thomas.

Any further light you can shed will be most welcome.

regards

Bernie Brown

Bill, I should have added that, according to my great-grandmother's Australian Death Certificate, her father was Michael Leahy and her mother was Katherine Olive Leahy.

regards

Bernie Brown

Just a brief comment - Peter Madden's Tipperary Emigrant database gives the same information as you have given with John Marlin's (or Martin?)  parents as Thomas and Bridget both dead by 1852.

You may be interested in looking at the website 

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maddenps/TIPPEM5.htm

Clare

Just had alook at Rootsireland.ie and there is a baptism for a John Martin of Borrisokane 16 Sep 1822 Father Thomas Martin Mother Bridget Howe- could be a possibility.

Regards

Clare 

Many thanks, Clare; every little helps!

regards

Bernie Brown

Bernard, I have been following the threads in your ancestral search with interest.Since you posted your first enquiry I have been making enquiries around the Ardcroney / Borrisokane area and I am now pretty sure that there was indeed a Marlin family living in this area. I have come across a lady who still refers to a field as Marlin's field. She remembers a little stone house in that field-unfortunately the house has been demolished. There are still quite a few Leahys living in the Ardcroney area so we will continue to do some research here to establish if any of these people are related to you.I'll get back to you in 2014 when hopefully I might have some more information for you. Best wishes for the New Year, Tom Kennedy.

Happy 2014, Tom!

What a fantastic piece of forensic investigation. It would be great if some of my (distant) relations are still around; it would be even better if, when my wife & I are in the Borrisokane area in mid/late April this year, I could meet up with any of them, especially any who have an interest in family history. Any suggestions?

regards

Bernie Brown

Bernard, Check your private e-mail ac for some correspondence from me. Tom Kennedy

Hi Bernard,
My name is Frank Griffin.I only recently discovered your post about Elizabeth Marlan.
My great great grandmother is Catherine Leahy.Her parents were Michael Leahy and Catherine Oliver from Tipperary.
Catherine emigrated to Victoria and married Patrick Griffin.
Catherine had a brother called John that married Catherine Griffin(Patrick's sister).They also emigrated to Victoria.
I guess that means we're related through Michael and Catherine Leahy!
I'd love to find out more about the Leahy family.Did you make it to Ardcroney?
Hope to hear from you
Frank Griffin