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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 4 Send Message	Margaret	Report	23 Sep 2007 14:01
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 4 Send Message	Help is needed in tracing my family background. Jane Byrne my gradmother was born in 1881 in Stoke on Trent her father was John Byrne and mother Catherine Corrigan. Family thought they came from Kilkenny Ireland. Please can anyone help.
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 3,133 Send Message	David	Report	23 Sep 2007 14:12
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 3,133 Send Message	In 1891 in John Street, Wolstanton: Catherine Byrne c1852 Roscommon, Ireland, Widow Thomas c1876 Goldenhill, Staffs, Apprentice Plate Maker Martin c1878 Goldenhill, Staffs, Mould runner John c1880 Goldenhill, Staffs Jane c1882 Goldenhill, Staffs Mary Ann c1883 Goldenhill, Staffs Patrick c1885 Goldenhill, Staffs Catherine c1887 Goldenhill, Staffs Agnes c1889 Goldenhill, Staffs
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 7 Send Message	Karen	Report	8 Oct 2007 15:35
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 7 Send Message	My Byrnes came over to Hanley Stoke-on-Trent feom Co Mayo and all seemed to live in or near to Bow Street, Northwood, Hanley from about 1851. My grandfathers brother was also called John and I am apparently named after a female relative called Katherine, but I don't know where she fits in the distant family tree. Karen