Clare Past Forum

Hi,

My wife and I both have Irish Ancestors. All along we have assumed that the given/surname they used in Ireland was the same as the one they use when they settled in the US. Can anyone help us understand how or if their surnames and given names might have changed after they arrived? The names ...

Sorry this thread got lost in a mountain of other projects. I did double check your data and conferred with my cousin and we are quite certain this is not the correct Matthew. Thanks for the reply. Jim

Sorry this thread got lost in a mountain of other projects. I did double check your data and conferred with my cousin and we are quite certain this is not the correct Matthew. Thanks for the reply. Jim

Wow and double wow! The "off the top of my head" reply is I don't know. But I will look into it and notify my cousin who is also looking into our Dinan line and we will get back to you.

In the meantime, do you have any documentation on Matthew i.e. copies of Birth, baptism, marriage, or death ...

The Dinan Family in the United States is searching for information on their Irish forebears. John Dinan, born in County Clare in 1811, was the son of David (or possibly Daniel) Dinan and Catherine Kenny (dates unknown). Griffith’s Valuation leads us to believe he may have been born and lived in ...