Tag Archives: Ireland

A-Z Challenge Surnames Y

Posted on April 29, 2016 by tiesthatbindsite

Yes, we have no Y names either…. YIN YANG   This, my 2nd last post in the A-Z Challenge is going to be about YIN YANG. (and it’s never Yin AND Yang, by the way, as the words are supposed … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge Surnames V

Posted on April 25, 2016 by tiesthatbindsite

No V Surname either! So let’s talk about taking a vacation. Yes, a vacation! Who hasn’t dreamed of travelling to their ancestral home? For me it was Italy and the fact that I still have relatives who live there. Since … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge Surnames Q

Posted on April 19, 2016 by tiesthatbindsite

Q! Not many have a surname starting with Q. We are one of them! So I will talk about our ancestor John QUARTZ Moore. What a cool middle name! It has to be a surname because I’ve never, ever heard … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge Surname L

Posted on April 14, 2016 by tiesthatbindsite

LEONARD LEONARD is a surname that married into our family. One of Hugh Macdonald IV of Boisdale’s daughters, Georgina, married John Charles Leonard on February 28th, 1862 in Liverpool. A little back history on the Macdonald family, Hugh IV was … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge Surnames I

Posted on April 11, 2016 by tiesthatbindsite

I- IRELAND   This is the one and ONLY  “I” surname in my whole family tree. Helen IRELAND married John Normand in Strathmiglo, Fife on June 20, 1791. She was sometimes referred to as Helen NORMAND which threw me for … Continue reading →

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Family History in 5 photos- Day 2

Posted on March 22, 2016 by tiesthatbindsite

This is a hard one for me. I’m including 2 photos here because of that. My husband’s great grandfather was JOHN QUARTZ MOORE born in 1883 in County Down, Ireland. He married ROSEANNA FERGUSON in Belfast on October 10, 1906. … Continue reading →

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