Hello Louise
My name is Fiona Bruce nee MORTLAND and I am the Great Grand daughter of Alexander MORTLAND who immigrated to NZ on the Tintern Abbey on 03 May 1875.
I have recently been reseaching my Fathers heritage, he is 80 years old and has always wanted to know where Alexander came from. My father is the son of David MORTLAND who was one of eight children that Alex and Sarah had in Canterbury New Zealand.
I found this post you made several years ago and to say my father was excited was a understatement, did you find out where John MORTLAND or Eliza Mary ORR came from? We would dearly love to know.
I do hope this message finds you fit and well.
regards Fiona
Bruce
Tuesday 11th May 2021, 10:49PMMessage Board Replies
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Fiona:
I appended this message to the 2013 message from Louise. If Louise still has the same e-mail address that she used in 2013, she will get a notification from Ireland Reaching Out that you made a comment. However, if she changed e-mail addresses then she will not be notified.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Wednesday 12th May 2021, 12:13AM -
Thank you, fingers crossed
Fiona Bruce, Christchurch, NZ
Bruce
Wednesday 12th May 2021, 02:13AM -
Mortland is not a common name in Ireland. There aren’t many in the statutory records. The few that there are, are mostly in Co. Tyrone or nearby in Donegal.
Here’s a John Mortland death in 1881. (Don’t know if it’s your family):
Here’s a John Mortland marrying in 1845 in Castlederg. He was a widower.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_re…
Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Wednesday 12th May 2021, 04:23AM -
Hi Elwyn
Thank you for this information, I will talk it over with my Father.
Regards
Fiona Bruce
Christchurch NZ
Bruce
Thursday 13th May 2021, 01:41AM