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19-04-2012 9:19pm#1Hello all!
I grew up knowing from my granny that we were a VERY Irish family. My great gran, grand da and granny all died in my early teens so I did not have the presence of mind to ask about my heritage, if I had family in Ireland (which I presume so- somewhere there is a long lost cousin or aunt uncle someone out there). My father grew up in a time that one did not ask what was not being freely shared by adults and did not ask as his grandparents were already gone prior to his birth.
My grandmother made it well known that she is a "Fitzgerald" and from a very "good" and well known family. I assume this is a common name... so other than that- I have no other real information- other than my grand da last name and his mother married name is Aura. We were told that my great gran Aura came from Ireland at a young age to the USA. No records as to from what part, or way to verify. I have looked on ancestry.com and I have asked the death index to verify- but since at her death no one was around that remembered anything (she lived to 100) there was limited information. Especially since there was no birth index to go from for information here in the US.
I dont know if anyone has family who speaks of an Agnes who married someone with the last name Aura (Her mother's maiden name was Nolan) she was born in 1893.
My gran da David C Aura is her son who married June Fitzgerald (mother's maiden name was Shute-although that is an olde english name from devonshire she insisted her mother was born in Ireland).
I grew up deeply in love with Ireland, and was told stories of the magic that exists there- now I wonder if I have family I can connect with, learn about, and who may know more about the family.
Thank you and take care- and I apologize for my rambling on...
Also, hope I am not offensive, my gran used to call me her Celtic Princess until she passed on- so this is where my nick-name comes from.
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Celtic Princess wrote: »Hello all!
I grew up knowing from my granny that we were a VERY Irish family. My great gran, grand da and granny all died in my early teens so I did not have the presence of mind to ask about my heritage, if I had family in Ireland (which I presume so- somewhere there is a long lost cousin or aunt uncle someone out there). My father grew up in a time that one did not ask what was not being freely shared by adults and did not ask as his grandparents were already gone prior to his birth.
My grandmother made it well known that she is a "Fitzgerald" and from a very "good" and well known family. I assume this is a common name... so other than that- I have no other real information- other than my grand da last name and his mother married name is Aura. We were told that my great gran Aura came from Ireland at a young age to the USA. No records as to from what part, or way to verify. I have looked on ancestry.com and I have asked the death index to verify- but since at her death no one was around that remembered anything (she lived to 100) there was limited information. Especially since there was no birth index to go from for information here in the US.
I dont know if anyone has family who speaks of an Agnes who married someone with the last name Aura (Her mother's maiden name was Nolan) she was born in 1893.
My gran da David C Aura is her son who married June Fitzgerald (mother's maiden name was Shute-although that is an olde english name from devonshire she insisted her mother was born in Ireland).
I grew up deeply in love with Ireland, and was told stories of the magic that exists there- now I wonder if I have family I can connect with, learn about, and who may know more about the family.
Thank you and take care- and I apologize for my rambling on...
Also, hope I am not offensive, my gran used to call me her Celtic Princess until she passed on- so this is where my nick-name comes from.
It's a common mistake but you have to start you search in US records before searching in Ireland.
Get every federal census, state census, birth,marriage, death, Church, will, headstone etc.. record that you can. Also, there is so much out there that is not on Ancestry.
Many people think they know the history of their family but the records can often be revealing.
You need to work back to the original immigrant(s) and fully document their lives.
This will then give you a good approx era to search in Ireland and therefore types of records.
Best of luck with the search.0 -
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Celtic Princess wrote: »My granny romanticised Ireland so much for me, told me stories of how beautiful Ireland was when she went with grand da and when she visited as a child. Sometimes, when I drive in the rural area I live in, I see the rolling deep green hills, the brooke, light fog from the water, and I think of the stories granny told me.
I dont know if it is weird or not, but I long for a human connection to Ireland, I was 7 1/2 months pregnant when my mom took my sisters to Dublin to see Ireland, so I could not go along- but its like an ache I have to go to Ireland someday and it would be even better if I could find family. Maybe I feel it a part of me because of my grandparents and how they felt about it and how much they loved Ireland. I must sound crazy.
You don't sound it, because you're not.
It's quite a common urge/need among the descendants of emigrants all over the world, not just the Irish. I grew up in Canada with stories of my ancestors (Dad's family) leaving Ireland on a coffin ship during the Great Hunger (1853 in fact, as I later discovered) and I was always fascinated with Mum's stories (she was born and reared here). Returning, as I did at aged 10, was quite the culture shock but I hope you make it back some day, and will better appreciate it as an adult.0 -
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Coolnabacky1873- yes that is Minnesota. I lived in NY for a few years- it was an amazing experience- I loved being exposed to all of the different people, accents, cultures and foods
My gran was VERY VERY Catholic and at one point in my young life they were grooming me for convent! I did learn to play the fiddle though through my gran.
It is possible for my gran da's mother to be a Huguenot Irish person. I am willing to entertain any thoughts about ancestry.
Dido2- my great gran was born June 21st 1893 her name was Agnes Alguier (according to the spelling on legal documents such as my grand da's birth certificate). Grand da was born here in Minnesota in 1925 his name was David Charles Aura. I don't know his father's name yet, I am working on getting that information.
My father's mum was June Elizabeth Fitzgerald born 1920 in Minnesota and her mother's maiden name is Shute. I am working on getting her birth certificate as well. I do not know her father's name yet- this should be on the birth certificate when I get it.
Fun fact: My great gran and her daughter-in-law (my gran) and I always cut a potato in half and planted it on St. Patrick's Day every year. I have continued this tradition since she is gone. They always told me that if it sprouted that meant a prosperous year and that St. Patrick was looking kindly upon us.
Anyway, thank you all so much again, you are all so sweet helping me get this all sorted and some sort of direction to take with this.0 -
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No, I have not seen the certificate yet. I had to wait until today to order it so it will be a while before it comes. I am not that resourceful when it comes to geneology, I dont know how to get it free. I tried to look online at the document because we have an online index system- but I can not get any details from it- it is merely used to verify who you are looking for and then you still have to order the document to see the whole thing.
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it is okay though... eventually I will figure it out, and especially with the help you have given me-it is very much appreciated.
THank you!!! again and again.0 -
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