Date: Mar 01 2000 11:20:42 EST
From: "me" <veteran(a)davesworld.net>
Subject: Re: Carrick/Kerrick
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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