Hi Tony
Welcome to the list - its very quiet I'm afraid! But maybe we can kick
start it. I should try giving it a mention in the message boards etc.
I will add my history below and if you can do the same would be great!
Cheers
David
My Cassells / Castles family originally were from Annaloiste, County
Armagh, Northern Ireland. I visited Ireland in 2003 for the first time
since we migrated and a cousin showed me around Annaloiste and Lurgan.
One of our relatives still lives in Annaloiste. We went to see him and
he still has the original family card with dates of birth etc for my
ancestor James [son of Wm Cassells and Jane Turkington] and his family!
James married Isabella Hanna and their son William was my great
grandfather. He married Elizabeth McBride, with most of their children
born in Tannaghmore North, but their son Francis [my grandfather] was
born 1892 in Castle Lane, Lurgan. He and his family then moved to
Belfast.
My grandfather Francis was a carter - he and his son Frank jnr. later
started up a trucking business. He married Ellen Hayes from Suffolk,
County Antrim.
Dad [Alex] and family lived in Dunmurry, Belfast where my brother
and I [1954] were born, until 1959 when we migrated to Melbourne,
Australia.