HI MY NAME IS LIZA PATERSON (NEE TURNER)
This year I found out that my maiden name Turner was not suppose to
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as it is, because my great grandfather, John Cassidy (on my fathers =
side) changed his surname during his life, he was born John Cassidy, in
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New South Wales Australia to Irish immigrants Patrick & Mary
Cassidy, in
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1857. Johns mother Mary, remarried a George Turner when Patrick was
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around 15, and John took his surname. His natural father had died a few
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years earlier. I am trying to track down information regarding his
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parents, the only info I have is that his parents came to Australia =
prior to 1857 from Tipperary, Ireland, they had two children at that =
time Bridget aged 7 and Patrick aged 1. No date of arrival has been =
given, therefore, I assume it would have been around 1855 to 57. I =
would like to know if other Cassidy's came from Tipperary so that I may
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collate some info, as I am trying to trace back our family as far as
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can.
from
Lisa (spank(a)one.net.au)