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HI IRENE,THE LADY I MET IN BOLGERS PUB WAS NAMED ELIZABETH.SHE WAS QUITE OLD,ABOUT 85 I THINK.SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD AN UNCLE DAVIDWHO COULD HAVE BEEN MY GREAT GR FATHER.I TRACED MY FAMILY BACK TO A MICHAEL BOLGER WHO WAS BORN IN KILLABAN IN ARLES PARISH IN 1800.HE HAD 2 SONS PATRICK AND DAVID.DAVID WAS MY GREAT GR FATHER.PATRICK WAS BORN IN 1820 AND CAME TO THE US IN THE 1840S AND SETTLED IN CANANDAIGUA NY TO WORK ON THE ERIE CANAL.DAVID FINALLY ENLISTED IN THE BRITISH ARMY RATHER THAN STARVE ON THE FARM AND FOUGHT IN THE CRIMEAN WAR.HIS WIFE JOHANNA(RYAN)TRAVELLED WITH HIM TO VARIOUS POSTS.THEY HAD 10 CHILDREN 3 BOYS 7 GIRLS.THEY WERE BORN ALL OVER THE PLACE.ENGLAND,GIBRALTER,MALTA,ISLE OF WIGHT AND IRELAND.THE 3 BOYS WERE JAMES,THOMAS,AND WILLIAM(THE YOUNGEST AND MY GRANDFATHER)I'M NOT TOOS SURE ABOUT THE GIRLS.IKNOW THERE WAS A LOUISE,CLARE,LUCY,GRACE.THE OTHERS I DO NOT KNOW.HOPE THIS HELPS.FEEL FREE TO E MAIL ME.WALTER
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