John Falvey

Hello John, Fairly new member and I am still fumbling around trying to figure out how to best navigate through this site. I continue to be interested in my 3rd great grandfather, Robert Henry Bell, 1770 - 1842 who was a Lieutenant in the Royal Waggoneers, retired on half-pay in 1810 and was the captain of the newly formed Dublin Horse Police, Kevin Street Barracks 1816 - 1832. He was married twice. He married Rebecca Colley in Mitcham, Surrey in 1786. This may or may not have been his first marriage. Rebecca died in Dublin in 1821, shortly after giving birth to my 2nd great grandfather, Frederick H. Bell. Captain Robert Henry Bell married Rebecca Bowland of Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland. After his retirement from the Dublin Horse Police they moved to Glenavy in Country Antrim where he built a large family home, Bellbrook, which was completed in 1835 and still stands today.

My concern is with a family story that says three sons were disinherited because they went off to sea. I suspect these sons may have been from a previous marriage where their natural mother died and left in the care of maternal grandparents. Anyone searching for their ancestry in the Mitcham Surrey area between 1790 and 1808 with a relative born to a Robert Henry Bell, who was a Lieutenant at that time, may well be related.

Lastly, because we do have some records of his military service in the Royal Waggoneers, is there a London-based genealogist, familiar with army records, that could be engaged, for a fee, to search those records that may lead to names of parents or place of birth?

I have done a great deal of research on this family but I have reached a stone-wall trying to move back to the next generation. I am a long-time member and user of Ancestry.com, but with assistance to trace our family tree further back in time. Steve Bell

Hi John,

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Hi John, what do think  ?

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1549564/this-thomas-eagar-really-francis-eager-honora-hickson-tralee

Hello John Falvey

I believe that my husband, Bryan (né Catt) Belfont, is a descendant of this John Bolton.

Bryan > Gerald (né Bellfont) Catt > Kathleen Dora Bolton > Robert Henry Bolton (Surg Major, British army) > Robert Collis Bolton > John Justice Bolton (m Anne Collis) >…… and have not proven the next links; but you may have them. I also found the 1759 undertaking at the Irish Land Registry Office…. But I did not know of a 1718 one.

Perhaps we could correspond to find out where John Bolton was born and what the links down the generations to John Justice Bolton.

Marjorie Schurman Vancouver BC Canada [email address removed]

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Hi John, looking for his wife's family on WikiTree. It says she was a daughter of David La Touche.

Maria La Touche, his first wife ("On the 5th of November 1801 Maurice married Maria La Touche (daughter of David La Touche) ; they had six sons and four daughters. Maria La Touche died in 1829. Secondly, Maurice married Cecilia Maria, widow of George Knight")

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/FitzGerald-965

Any clues? Thanks

Hi John ~ I have been trying to figure out if William Mahony married and had this daughter? I plan on removing them.

No sources. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mahony-474

Thanks (-:

Hi John ~ I need your opinion on Elizabeth MacCarthy. Someone on Family Search Tree added a marriage to a Daniel Ryan and a ton of children in Pennsylvania (and Virginia) to her (no sources, of course).I removed them all and put her back in original position (in Ireland, never immigrated). In the meantime, our S.T.M. says she could have married a James De Courcy? What do you think?

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/MacCarthy-122

When I get back from work today, I am going to add her brothers' wives and children.

Take Care (-:

John, can you take a peek if you have a minute? Terribly short notice, I know. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/O'Connell-837

Oh just send me what you think should be in there......Thanks, Maggie

We plan on featuring Daniel O' Connell alongside St. Patrick, the Example Profile of the Week in the Connection Finder on March 17th. Between now and then is a good time to take a look at the sources and biography to see if there are updates and improvements that need made, especially those that will bring it up to WikiTree Style Guide standards. We know it's short notice, so don't fret too much. Just do what you can. A Team member will check on the profile Tuesday and make changes as necessary.

Thank you for sending me suggestions for improving my Irish sourcing, along with a bunch of Irish sources I had no idea even existed. They are, for me, like bait placed at the entrance to the rabbit hole.

How you found Bessie Mahony under that " Leghune" spelling amazes me! Thanks so, so much! This branch of the family contacted me recently. One of her children moved to Canada.

I want to congratulate you on your Generous Genealogist award you received on April 21, 2020.

John Williams

Re: John Hickson. Wow."......who died aged 104" !!!

Thank you, John. The sources you find are amazing.

Thank you John for the correct dod for Thomas Dennehy

John, thanks for that great information for McGillicuddy-77. Once again, you are the best!

Awesome find on Richard Uniacke.

Thanks for the Cotter information. Like Trants, I am having trouble keeping track of them all (-:

Hi John,

The Ireland Project (previously the Irish Roots Project) has now changed its structure into Teams. We require everyone with the Ireland Badge to be a member of at least one Team or Sub-Team and our google group. See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Ireland for details. The Teams are :-

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Many thanks,

Maria

Do I have the correct Montserrat Dominick Trant as Sarah Trant Blake's father? Thank....

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Trant-85

Many thanks for your assistance with my Dillon/Dillane problem. I will now assume all my efforts with Linch should focus on Lynch. The places Tralee, Lixnaw, Listowel, Tieraclea and Tournageehy all being in Kerry will really help the search.

Charbonneau-532

re McCarthy names - [1] there are two different families - MacCarthy Reagh from south east Cork & MacCarthy Mór from Kerry - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacCarthy

Thank you, john. Re: McCarthy-928

I have not had time to investigate that one McCarthy.....so glad you pointed outthe age discrepancies.

Merry Christmas, John!