Date: Mar 12 2000 10:47:45 EST
From: Ellie <e&jsokoly(a)powerweb.net>
Subject: Re: Carrick/Kerrick
My greatgrandfather David Carrick came from Kerry Co. The book on families
from Kerry Co. list the Carrick name. I'm still working on ancestors
beyond that. If you find anything good, please share.
Ellie
At 12:14 AM 3/12/2000 -0600, you wrote:
Carrick Kerrick Genealogy -
http://www.cyberramp.net/~gcarrick
Hi, Mark,
Thanks for your kind reply. Your research sounds fascinating, and I sure
appreciate your taking the time to respond & your comments on my 3-g
grandfather Carrick's story. He is one of my most intriguing genalogical
mysteries.
I followed your suggestions the other night and got on Cyndi's list and then
the Irish National Archive, but did not have any luck. They do have some
Irish records online now, but since I have absolutely no idea what county my
Stephen Carrick may have come from, and all of the records seem to be
organized by county, I was at a loss.
Was wondering if you know if there is any kind of resource that might help
me pin down a county of origin for Stephen Carrick??? I mean, I know that
somewhere on the web you can do a search on a surname and it will tell you
where most of the people with that surname are, in the U.S. I sure wish
there was some kind of resource like that for Ireland, because I am
basically clueless, although I would be *very* surprised if he were not
Catholic. Do you know if there is any kind of geographic indicator for
Irish surnames? Of course, it may not help me, because I understand that
Carrick is a pretty common word in Ireland, but, on the other hand, it may
help me exclude some counties, and so be able to do a good search. Thank
you again for your help,
Cathy
----- Original Message -----
From: "me" <veteran(a)davesworld.net>
To: "Carrick Kerrick Genealogy" <CarrickKerrick(a)listbot.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: Carrick/Kerrick
> Carrick Kerrick Genealogy -
http://www.cyberramp.net/~gcarrick
>
> Hi Cathy,
> That's a very interesting story on your 3gt grandfather. Right
now, my files consist only on
> Kerrick Karrick and the Carricks of ancient time. I would really like to
add the Carricks of the
> 17th century but I am confused with that particular spelling after it
leaves Scotland in the 14th
> Century. Reason being is that some of the Kerricks today, just a few
lines, have have traced their
> family back to Kerch, a German family that came to America around the 17th
Century and changed their
> name to Carrick and then Kerrick. This makes it really hard for us that
are trying to find the
> original Carricks Karrick Kerrick family line. And I can't afford to get
side tracked. Most Kerrick
> and Karrick lines trace theirs back to Edward Kerrick who came to America
in abt. 1671 from Scotland
> some say, some say Ireland. If I can connect Edward with the Scot/Irish
spelling of Carrick then I
> can get the ambition to continue. I have written, emailed and even phoned
Carricks and Karrick in
> Ireland on this a few years ago but got no where. I guess what I am trying
to do is close the gap
> between the Carricks of Scotland from the 13th Century and the Karricks
that came to America abt.
> the 17th Century. I am convinced from all the info I have seen, that
Carrick and Karrick are the
> same from Ireland and Scotland. Kerrick and some Kerrich are just
variations from the original
> Carrick spelling, and Carrick was originally Carric, because Scots didn't
have a "K" in their
> alphabet. If I were you, I would try
http://www.cyndislist.com/, here you
can find webpages on ships
> from all over the world past. You might also do a search on Irish ships
that wrecked. Sorry I dont
> have anything on Carrick that you are looking for at this time. But please
keep in touch.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: Cathy Reese <ccreese(a)inet-direct.com>
> To: Carrick Kerrick Genealogy <CarrickKerrick(a)listbot.com>
> Date: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 9:13 PM
> Subject: Carrick/Kerrick
>
>
> >Carrick Kerrick Genealogy -
http://www.cyberramp.net/~gcarrick
> >
> >Hi, Mark,
> >
> >You may have already seen my information on Gil's page or from the
Carrick
> >list he runs, but I thought I would run it by you just in case you have
not.
> >I am writing to you because I received an email as part of the Carrick
list
> >in which you mentioned that you are writing a book.
> >
> >My 3g grandfather was Stephen Carrick. He was born @ 1820s? in Ireland
> >(don't know where), and then came over here @ 1850s or so. The family
> >legend is that he met my 3g grandmother, Celia E. Beattie, after both
came
> >over from Ireland. She supposedly was sent over here to somewhere in KY
to
> >live with an Aunt Sullivan. From that, I assume that Stephen must have
> >lived in KY, too. The family legend also says that he died (my best
guess
> >is @ the mid- to-late 1860s) "at sea," that he was the captain? of a
ship
> >and he went down with it & so is not buried anywhere, etc. I would guess
> >that he and Celia married around the later 1850s. They had 4 children
who
> >lived and at least 1 who died as a child. The four who lived were Thomas
J.
> >Carrick, Julia Theresa Carrick, Stephen U. Carrick, and Martin Carrick.
> >Thomas, Julia & Stephen are all buried at Calvary (Catholic) Cemetery in
> >Nashville, TN. Martin went off to Texas & was never heard from again.
> >
> >If any of this sounds familiar to you at all, please write back. When I
saw
> >that you are writing a book on Kerrick/Carrick, I thought I would write
and
> >ask whether you might have run across any of my Carricks before. I have
> >wanted for years to find out the story behind Stephen Carrick and his
> >boat/ship/whatever that went down. I have also wanted to know for a long
> >time where he came from in Ireland, etc. Thanks for your time, Cathy
Reese
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