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Surnames: Caulfield / Kerr / Carr / Harper / Burnett / Victor
Classification: Query
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Message Board Post:
About ten months ago I sent a post to this message board regarding the Caulfield and Kerr
/ Carr families. Since then I have found out the latest information.
Interested in any information on the ancestors or descendants of William Caulfield (son of
Thomas Caulfield) and Esther / Essie Kerr or Carr (daughter of James Kerr), who were
married in Monaghan Town, Co. Monaghan, on November 6, 1855. The Caulfields at least were
supposed to be of Scottish descent and Protestant.
They were the parents of Esther Caulfield, born about 1859 (married James David Harper in
New Zealand in 1884), Sarah Jane Caulfield, born about 1862 (married Kenneth Burnett in
New Zealand in 1886), Elizabeth Caulfield, born June 20th 1866, William Caulfield, born
February 20th 1869, and Daniel Joseph Caulfield, born July 16th 1872 (married Ruth Sophia
Victor in Melbourne, Australia, in 1907). The last two children at least were born in
Aghnasedagh townland, Monaghan Town, County Monaghan. There may be more children that we
are not aware of.
Daniel served a printing apprenticeship with William Swan in Monaghan Town from I assume
about 1886 to 1893. He also served in the Royal Irish Constabulary between 1896 and 1902
before emmigrating to the Straits Settlement in South-East Asia, then on to Australia
where he arrived about 1905. Especially interested in details on any other children and
their descendants.
Regards,
Tom Caulfield.