Clare Past Forum

John,
Many thanks for your prompt reply, and again for your ongoing input and suggestions.
At least we've removed any doubt about this possibility not being so.
Regards,
John Kirby.

John,

Thank you for your continued interest in this topic.

Ellen died as Ellen Kaby ( a step along the way of Cabey becoming Kirby) in Port Melbourne in 1908 and I've photographed her grave which still survives at Melbourne General Cemetery.
According to both her death certificate (which we have ...

John,

Thank you for your suggestion, but unfortunately I don't think this Tim fits.

Since I last posted, my sister received a response to a chance letter she mailed to a Dermot Cabey in Clare, explaining our search. ( One advantage we have in our search is that Cabey is not a common name ...

Hi Sharon,
Thank you so much for your sage advice, you've given me so much to pursue. Interesting that you comment on surnames "morphing", my own being a case in point!
I'll take a look around the links that you've given me and perhaps come back with more questions, but hopefully answers.
Your ...

My great grandparents, John Cabey and Ellen Morony, married on 9 February, 1875, in the Chapel of Kilmaley, Registrar's District of Killaniv. They must have left for Australia not long after, as we have evidence of their loss of an infant son here in Melbourne late 1878.

Other information from ...